Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-09
FouR MILLS sPEclAL TAx LAND.

orously Ohjeck-Action ON the HOrsp
Railroad Conapany's Petition Deferred
The adjourned meeting of the court of |
common council was held last evening |
and much important business trans |
acted.
In the board OF aldermen the follow !
ing resolution, offered by Alderman
Barlow with reference to the electric !
road was passed: THAT the report of the |
srecial committee on the matter OF
/ granting the Waterbury Horse railroad
company permission to use electricity
as q motive power, be and the same Is
hereby referred back to the said COM
mittee with instructions to give said
railroad q further hearing and report to
/ the next meeting, at which time the
matter will be acted upon"
When the resolution came up for
concurrence in the lower board, Council
man Fitzpatrick objected to that part
of the resolution which provided that
the matter be settled at the next meet /
ing. He moved that that part be
stricken out, but his motion was de-
feated and the matter was passed in
concurrence.
In the board of aldermen the clerk
read the recommendation from the
board of finance, in regard to appro-
priating $21 900 In order to finish the
work in the several departments and
for which there is at present no money.
Alderman Kelley said he did not
understand about the 200 asked for
paving. The clerk explained this by
saying that the city was under contract
with the Meriden railroad to freight
year and this will cost $4,000. 1t will
take $4,000 to quarry and crush the
4, 600 tons of rock that the city intends
to freight and about $500 to lay the
rock on the streets properly, making
8, 900 for macadamizing the streets,
and this work is termed street paving.
This brought up the question of whether
property owners for macadamizing the
streets. City Attorney Burpee said
that this was optional with the common
council as the charter says that the city
may assess for macadamizlng. The
following vote was then passed, all
voting for it except Alderman Vail:
"Voted, that a city tax of two and
one-half mills on the dollar upon the
ratable estates within the limits Of the
, city of Waterbury on the grand list of
the town OF Waterbury, then next to be
completed, be and the same is hereby
laid to meet the appropriation made at
this meeting, for interest account; law
expense; City hall account; streets, new
work; streets, paving; sewers, new
1
payable, May /, 1893"
When the matter came up in the
board of councilmen a long discussion
on the subject took place.
Councilman Fitzpatrick said that the
out going board of finance made appro-
4 priations for the different departments
8 to amounts they thought necessary and
for this purpose city tax of 10 mills
q was laid. The ordinary and extraordi-
: nary taxpayers think this quite enough
t for one year. The city should go slow
and keep pace with the will of the tax
r payers. It is about time to hold up OF
: we will find ourselves in q condition
= where it will be cheaper to live out OF
r city than in it.
n was called in to explain the action OF
o finance board. He explained very thor
. oughly what the board found regarding
the needs of the several departments.
Councilman Holohan said: "Next
= year our tax will DO 40 mills IL we keeK
= ON in this way. I am not here to vote
3 away the peoples money and 1 dis
= tinctly object to these extra appropria
y tions."
Councilman Andrews moved to strike
g out the 5000 asked for street paving
u and Councilman Bannon said that al
though he objected to any more block
n paving at present he did not see how
IS the council could do otherwise thar
70 vote the amount asked for paving as the
n city would have to keep its contrac
n with the Meriden & Waterbury road.
Commissioner Fitzpatrick then moved
n that the matter be referred to the boarC
l. of finance to see if some other methoC
of raising money than by extra taxation
a could be arrived at. His motion wa
h carried.
n The sewer commissioners recon-
: 1 no Of =
10 Ayers street, expense $500; East Clay
}. street, expense $3.50; James street, $70O
v Emerald street, 81 ,400, and the aldermen
). passed them in order! When they
II reached the councilmen they laid eacl
+. ON the table.
- Alderman Cross said that the matte
n of tax revision should be continued an(
d he moved the passage of the following
y vote:
"Voted, that the court appoint a com
mittee from the town Of Waterbury
: the center district and the board o.
r. trade in the matter of correcting errors
n il any exist, and also in readjusting
4 values if deemed necessary, in the list O
y inventory of property made by tn,
10 and submitted by the committee las
- December and upon the completion o
their labors urge upon the board O
assessors the necessity of adopting tn,
n same" The aldermen passed the reso
= luton.
ls Word having been received from tn,
,. lower board that they failed to concu
~ with the upper board in the matter o
an additional tax, City Attorney Burpe,
y and Aldermen Reilly and Cross wer,
y Immediately appointed committee Il
y confer with a committee from the coun
q cilmen and see if the matter could no
= be agreed upon. In the council a com
y non, Andrews and Seeley were ap
u pointed and it was an hour before tn,
Joint committee reached a conclusion.
Councilman Fitzpatrick called from
n the table the vote offered by him at tn,
&c previous meeting in reference to con
n cessions which he thought the Hors
N railroad company should make in re
e turn for the privilege of using cleo