The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-01

| CTS could not agree upon canuldate for long time, For several months
 Captain Hyde was the acting chief. The superintendent of any department should be invested with full powers. | In the Consolidated road the chiefs do
 not interfere with appointments in de- partments, and the same should apply
 in city departments. When members of
 the board of aldermen we have tried to
 graduate and become members of com
 missions" Naughter).
 Alling-Will the new charter be for
 economy and efficiency?
 States-I certainly think so. The
 court of common council passes orders
 and our pigeon holes are always full of
 them. We have on hand $500,00O or
 $6OO,0OO worth of orders and annual ap-
 propriations of only $1OOOOO are made
 annually. Under the new charter we
 propose when an order is presented the
 appropriation shall go with it. The de-
 partment of the public works should be purely executive. Our pavements are
 largely of a mongrel Telford about
 thirty miles. It is a very expensive
 pavement It is an almost universal
 opinion that no more of these pave ments should be laid. We desire per- manent method of paving, the same as in the sewer building. Such a plan, hope, will be adopted by this general assembly.
 It was then stated by all of the coun- sel present that there was no objection to the permanent bill.
 Attorney filling then called up the consolidation bill and said the town had voted yesterday in approval.
 Mir Benton said the town government had not been instructed to approve of this specific bill.
 Goodhart-A government that has existed for 250 years should not be dis posed of in a moment. No plan has ever been presented to the town of New Haven of any consolidation act. The selectment have never given any infor- nation officially concerning consolida- tion. My purpose here is to ascertain as to under what consideration we are to give up our jurisdiction. The select men will then take such action as is for the interest of the people. Before any act Is adopted, however, the matter should be submitted to the people of the town for their approval. We should oppose any hearing on this particular measure now. It must be the voice of the town of New Haven.
 MT. Watrous expleined that he had a conference with members of the select ment last year,
 Town Agent Baldwin called at my office and secured copies of the pam phlet containing the proposed bills"
 Goodhart-We have been told that a commission would fix all right boun- daries of the outlying districts, but they | have not done so. We do not bring in | the technical question, but we desire to know just what they have to offer us,
 Alling-It is too late to say that the terms of this measure are not fa- miliar
 Goodhart-The town desires to hear what can be said for the charter as to whether it would be for our advan- tage to accept it.
 Chairman Marigold said the hearing, | as on the first day. was on the matter as a whole. At future meetings the | would insist upon taking up the bills in detail
 MT. States continued-T am very much in favor of one central govern ment. At present we have no use for l mayor, and it would be just as well for us to become a school district. It will be better to consolidate under one ,axing power. The city is really leven-twelfths of the town, territorial y. The selectmen take care of the own poor and for the roads outside of the city. There was a feeling that ,ur property was very unequally as- ;essed and we proposed an assessing commission independent of the people. Town assessors are now affected more ,r less by the people.
 Goodhart-There is every means now Or the full assessing of property with ut resorting to the proposed expen- i've plan.
 States-The assessors are busy with present. duties and have not time to make a reassessment This work re- luires a technical knowledge not pos essed by the average assessor. If this S not done, then we should increase he number of assessors. The bill also provides for a board of relief. But if UT assessors had the time there would e no objection to their doing the work hey say owing to their onerous duties hey cannot make a reassessment Goodhart-With clerical assistance ould not they perform the work as yell as any? States-I think so.
 Goodhart-Do you not get a good ( air government from the selectmen? States-It is very fair government, ( ut more expensive. But I have no ' riticism to offer. g Benton-Mr. States, you are good ractical politician? C States-Well, I am no chicken. $ 
 Benton-You get half of the patronage l the public works? States-Johnson says get more than alf Naughter). If the mayor was at 1e head of the police machine, and I as the mayor I would pretty nearly T wn the department and if you was K layor, the same could be said of you V IT.. Benton. The committee on education reported Il on the bill regarding the U opointment of teachers and it was in- Il postponed U There were only six bills starred for z ytion on the calendar. The resolution c aking teaching of commercial arith- etic and bookkeeping compulsory in s' gh schools, reported unfavorably was 5,