Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-07
HERE'S X NASTY HESS.

A Queer State of Affairs Brought ao Light in the ssIectmsn's IOmoe-IndsSs- sdness That the Public Knew Nothing Ab ut Left a Legacy IO the Preasns s
 Hoard.
 When the taxpayers of Waterbury aa- semble in town meeting tomorrow night they will hnd that the whole story has not yet been told relative to the manner in which the public money was spent by the former board of selsctmen. The present selectmen have been quietly holding a seance and have about completed @ thor ough house cleaning ard as strange 6 con. dition of affairs has been discovered in the management of this office as in that of the street inspector. which the DEMOCRAT so thoroughly aired yesterday.
 In the annual report of the former board of selectmen we find that they have recorded that the estimated amounts duo on open accounts is $4. 40. The boar d did not conduct the office in a mann CT which any business house would have done. or they would have put in the true amount due on such accounts, which is nearer SIC, 900 than $4 4.47O. The prese mt board were astonlshed to find that bills which came in long before the re- port was prepared for publication ware not paid and were not included in that
 
 received by the former board and are now on file in the office. Whether or not these bills were concealed in order to make the open accounts due look small is not known.
 The selectmen discovered this state of affairs when they visited Bristol e short time ago and looked up bill of $56S 7s which was dated August 20, 1894. The visit will save the town some $500 in flu. ture as it was found that Aome of the de pendents upon this town living in Bristol are able to support themselves and their allowance was promptly cut of. The nx- penses connected with the trip to Bristol was 8 S5. The selectmen also found ma ny other bills which should have appeared on the last boards annual report but winch are not recorded there.
 The former board also estimated the ex- pense of the present fiscal year, ending September 30. 1895. at SIPS. .31O. The two mill tax which was laid would bring revenue of about SPA, ,O00. This with the liquor license money, would amount 10 $S7 ,O00. When taking office then they were confronted with estimates of $42, ,uOO for which no provision had been made On the day the liquor money was re- ceived $20.O00 WAS paid on two loans in order to save the interest. There We're Ohly kHo AteAnS OA kuc cstlIlhtcu expense that could be reduced. outside poor and loans not under contract. How well the board has managed will appear in the schedule of expense for the first four months of the year 1895. Notwithstand- ing this reduction they were confronted with the fact that the outstanding bills which should have been placed on the for. ner boards report, would counter balance any curtailing they could do. Even with the four mill tax asked for they would not be atle to meet the estimated expenses.
 Clerk McMahon at once was instructed to prepare an abstract of the expenses for the months of October, November and Jan- uary, under the former and the present board of selectmen. It was found that in almost every department the expenses have been lowered until the grand total re- duced the amount just one half The fol- lowing is the expenses under each head for the months named.