The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-09
THE HEARINGS CONCLUDED
ON THE ESYIMATES SUBMYTTEn nv
 THE FINANCE BOARD.

l 1 1 THE FINANCE BOARD.
 Health Officer Wright Wants a Trans
 fer of Money to Pay for Anti-Toxin- No Opinion Received from the Corpo- ration Counsel on Board of Education n Estimates-The Committec's Recom-
 mcndation.
 The special committee on the esti-
 mates met last night to hold second
 public hearing on the appropriations
 recommended by the board of finance.
 The only city official to appear was pr. Wright, health officer, who spoke on the appropriation recommended for the health department. few citizens were
 then heard, and, no more desiring to be
 heard the committee went into execu-
 tive session and probably no more hear
 ings on the estimates for 1900 will be
 held
 Dr. Wright recommended that $20o be
 transferred from the contagious diseases
 account to the sundry account, so that
 the department may have sundry ac-
 count for unlocked for expenses, no
 sundry account being provided for in
 the appropriation made by the board of
 finance. The sundry account, he said,
 was needed to pay for antitoxin and
 other like items. The account for the
 care of contagious diseases was the only
 account in which, with the consent of the mayor, the appropriation might be
 exceeded. If there was no appropria-
 tion for that account, money could b6 used for caring for contagious diseases, that being the view of the matter talk en by the board of finance last year.
 No other city officials being present to speak on the estimates Alderman Chil- lingworth moved that the committee go into executive session. Anthony Car roll asked if citizens were not to be heard. Alderman T. Brennan of the lamp committee stated that he would like to speak on the estimate for the lamp department. At the request of Chairman Cooley, MT. Chillingworth withdrew his motion. Alderman Bren- nan stated that the appropriation rec commended for street gas lamps and Welsbach lights was not sufficient by about $253, although the appropriation is about the same as that made last year. There might be small balance in the department this year, probably g !, laJv v,v Ina dfd rrnt nvxr just how much.
 Alderman Donovan thought that g. number of gas lamps about the city could be discontinued, where electric lights have been placed. When MT. Brennan completed his statement Mr. Chillingwortb renewed his motion to go into executive session. Alderman Beecher amended to allow citizens to be heard, and that each one be allowed to speak ten minutes. Alderman O. Fl Brennan thought that the executive session would only last five or ten min- utes, just long enough to decide on mode of procedure to hear sitizens and thus settle upon a course to expedite matters.
 Alderman Chillingworth recalled his motion and said that he was willing to allow citizens to speak; 1t might inform the members of the committee. Alder- nan Brennan objected to restricting cit zens to ten minutes He thought more time should be given to citizens to speak. It was then voted to allow citi- zens to speak, each one to take no more han ten minutes, and then to go into executive session.
 Anthony Carroll was the first citizen 10 speak He did not think that ten minutes was sufficient time in which to speak on the estimates. He therefore declined to attempt to conf1ne his re- marks to ten-minute talk. Alderman Hogan asked if the opinion of the cor ,oration counsel on the matter of an temized account from the board of 'edu- ,ation had been received. Chairman Cooley did not know, but Councilman xeare stated that he understood that he controller would appear later in the vening with the itemized account of he estimates of the board of education- Alderman Doohan moved that Anthony Carroll be given sufficient time to make lis statement concerning the estimates. The motion was carried
 Chairman Miller of the board of coun- ilmen asked if the liens for pavink as- essments on Orange Trumbull, West ,hapel and other paved streets were to ,e included in the estimated income for he next year. Alderman Chillingworth aid that he would present resolution o have the assessment liens included a0
 part of the estimated income. MT. filler thought if the money from those ems was available it should be appor- loned among the various departments, hereby rendering it unnecessary to in- rease the tax rate to twenty-two mills. lderman Dove of the board of finance nd MT. Chillingworth called attention , the fact that all money received from armament pavement assessments must e expended for permanent pavements.
 Anthony Carroll then spoke. He nought that inspectors of sewer exca- ations were not needed by the depart lent of public works. As for street aving he said that there was no one the department of public works who new anything about pavement laying. ' any business man was to hire heip e would get men who knew how to do leir work. Alderman Beecher object- l to this statement. He said that the 5mmittee was there to hear a discuss on of the estimates. not to hear crit