Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
TALKING ABOUT EXPENSES.
Alderman Cross Thinks Board of Edu-
 cation Should Not Be Paid

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 There was not much said during the reading of the estimates for 1901 at the meeting of the board of aIdarman last night still enough was dropped'' 10 convey q pretty fair idea of what will go and what will not. For in stance, the motion of Alderman Goss. Wnlch was Withdrawn for the present, mat the recommendation of the board of finance that five new policemen be appointed be adopted, shows that the board is not likely to turn this matter down, so that candidates for the berths should be Up and doing. IL is safe to say, too, that we'll . get the S5,O0O recommended for police signal sys tenn, and who knows but that the all. defmen may decide to 1op off enough here and there from other items to provide for a horse and wagon to pro- pel<people to the station who happen to be temporarily paralyzed and who, under the present arrangement. have 10 De carried to the station in any kind or vehicle that can be got hold of.
 Judging, by what was said in ref erence to salaries for the board of ed ucatfon, our school officials will have to give their service gratis Alderman Gross came down upon this with both feet. Said he: II don't see why the D'tiAe VI SlOtllu De DllU any more than the members of the board Of aldermen and other city officials who devote more of their time to the aflatfs of the city than the school board does and receive no 'compaIsa- ton for their services. It is not the purpose of this board to pay salaries for work that lots of good men are willing to devote their time to for noth. ing. And l know of nothing that tends to make q public official mora honest than to have him work for nothing. ne only city board that gets paid is the board of public works, and they earn what they get. They have to de vote a good deal of time to their work and don't know that 1 have anything to say against paying them something for it. That's what this board de- clded upon some time ago.
 Alderman Cross came near getting into trouble over the Jewelry street matter. He didn't see any sense in appropriating $17.O00 for that work so long as there was no certainty that it would be needed next year. That" i he said, would go good stroke on building a school on West Side Hill." While the alderman from the sec | ond was talking half dozen members were looking at him with aelurid glare l in their eyes and if he had said much
 more it is likely that Sheriff Mcdonald
 would have to step in and make peace That street is needed there as bad
 ly as school is in any part of the city" roared Alderman Callan. "Thous sands of people use it for various pur- I poses. men and women on their way | to work and children going to school
 to say nothing about the inconvenience | people are put to in trying to get to | church through it in all kinds of wealth
 er."
 | Alderman Mahaney Chis face white 1 with rage): The board of public
 works eXpectsSte have a. chance to go
 ahead with that work any day. The
 railroad people cannot hold us back l much longer and when the time comes
 to act We want to be in a position to l go ahead instead of waiting for a year | to get an appropriation for it.
 MT Goss (wearing a very sober face):
 When the railroad gets ready to l make changes there they will want
 them made as quickly as possible. and
 in my judgment it would be well for the city to be in a position to meet
 them at any moment" ,,
 E Alderman Cross (apparently scared
 at the row his attitude on this matter
 started): But it may not be needed | next year."
 | Aluefnlan W alker tDOlllnS over Wltn rage): Well let you see whether it | will be needed or not
 That was practically all there was
 said in reference to the appropriations
 at last nights session, but it is safe
 to state that much more will be said | between now and the next meeting,
 for the republicans will have their lit
 tie caucus all by their lonesome and
 come into the chamber prepared to do
 certain things whether the other fel-
 lows like it or not, though to be candid
 about the matter, the present board appears to pull together pretty well.