Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-18
NOT ONE lOTA. ,

 The Superior COnrt's Decision n Re gard to Sewage Does Not Scare Mayor
 kndun-An Issue Of Bonds Now Is Like Putting the Cart Before the Horse.
 Mayor Kilduff was interviewed by DEMOCRAT reporter to-day in regard to the decision of Judge Wheeler. on the sewage disposal matter, which is adverse to the city.
 That is the, opinion of the judge of the superior court of the state of Connecticut" he said, But the city of Waterbury does not intend to let the case rest there. It will carry the mat ter to the supreme court of the United States and will maintain its right to the last to empty its sewage into the Nsuga- tuck river"
 Will this decision have any effect upon the stand you have taken on the issuing of sewage disposal bonds?" was asked.
 Mot one iota. It is time enough for the city to issue bonds when it is compelled to issue them. If the city must eventually dispose of its sewage by some other method rather than emptying into the NaugatucA river, no man TOT set of men at the pres ent time can tell what the expense of dis posing of it otherwise will be. It is indeter- minable. Why then should the city ask for permission to issue $300, GOO when $10O,- 900 might be sufficient? If the people who favor the obtaining of authority to issue bonds want the sum fixed at $500. 900 what reason can they give for fixing it at that sum? If they want to be on the safe side why not ask for authority to issue bonds to the amount of Fl 1000, ,OO0. It would car- tninly give the people who would have the expendiDg of this money. and there seems to be quite good many who would like to be in on the expending of it. more politi- cal pull and prestige. There would be more gusto, more hurrah in spending {. ,u00, ,OO0 of the peoples money than | there would be over the spending of $3OO,- 900.
 If the city is finally compelled to adopt some other method of sewage disposal lei us have the Hlans and every detail con- neCt,d with such a system thoroughly | perfected and estimates of the cost made before entering upon the real work. Iu other words let us know where we are al before We enter in on a huge undertaking of this character. If the expense is toe high let the public know what the cost will be. Don't fool the taxpayers by stat ing that it will cost a certain sum and then have them learn that before it is com pleted that it will cost twice that amount The people were told that the new water supply would cost about $45O 900. But the job will not be completed for much less than twice that. The public, like an m dividu4l. has an uudisputed right to know how much it will be called upon to pay fol 1 a certain work and no man or body of meI has d right to commence a work involving such an immense sum of money as is asked for in this case without having some specific statement as to the cost"
 'Some people take the stand that the city ought to be protected in the matter O finances in case we are compelled to mak' a change ln our method of sewage disposa and that for this reason permission to issu the bonds should have been asked
 would say in answer thereto that the cit. of Waterbury can obtain all the money i wants on its orders, AS has been evidence, by its obtaining money at favorable inter est in this manner within the past fiv months. In one case the city received
 temporary loan at 2 per cent per annuu and in another # got money at the rate o 3t per cent per annum. II the city i compelled to make a change in its system of sewage disposal. money could be raise' in this manner during the progress and un til the completion of the work The when the cost is positively and finally de termined authority could be obtained t Issue bonds to cover the amount of tem porary loans made for that purpose. l authority Is obtained 10 issue a certai amount of bonds before the work Is com mepced or the cost ascertained. will ther
 not be a disposition to spend up to tn limit of the bond issue? History ha shown that in very few cases have publi corporations failed tc eNpend the sum , thtlr disposal