Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-18
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Members of Board of Education Must
 Act Without Pay.

IHp DOslTti OI aldermen llpIu IH iiu- journed meeting last night, Chairman Hall presiding, and all the members being present.
 The appropria tions for the board of education, with q few slight changes, were approved. The salary for school visitors was stricken out on motion of MT GoSs, all the members favoring such q course except Aldermen Walk CT. Foley, Kane and Phelan.
 Stationery and supplies was re- duced from S2,OO0 to $l,0U0 on strict party vote, the democrats opposing the reduction and the republicans faVorIng it. The items, printing, $500; insur- ance, S1,GUS; enumeTa ton, SIUU; gradu- ating expenses. $200; telephones, $35S were taken from under the heading. re- pairs and maintenance, and added to "eXpense.' with the sum of $500 Topped off, MT Goss stating that he thought this could be saved on printing and in surance- Alderman Tyrrell said he considered the printing bill high. The Waterbury Printing Co did all the printing of the New Haven schools during the present year for !S4OO and made money on the job. Superintend- ent Tinker of the public schools. who was present and explained the differ ent items. replied to Mfr Tyrrell's state ment. stating that he was not aware that New Haven printed any reports for general circulation. If they do. he said. Il never saw one of them. We send out about 1000 copies of the report all over tie country and receive others in exchange for them"
 The recommendation that S200G0 be appropri;, ed for q school on West Side hill was adopted, but no action was taken on the recOmmendat ton for a ,n on Locust street. although Mir Tinker showed that new school house is sad Iy needed in that district. and AIr GOss admitted that it was one of those things that would have to be met no matter where the money comes from. The following items not recommend ed by the board of finance will be con- sidered at an adjourned meeting to he held tomorrow night: Bank street. six additional rooms. S10,000: Bank street heating and ventilating, S6,950; Clay street school. sanitaries. $1.000: Hen driclen school. SanitarieS, SIIO: lot near center of city. S13.00O.
 The item of expense" tabled at the last meeting. was taken from the table and passed unanimously, on motion of NIT Morris. At the previous meeting there was some difference on this itPm on account of the sum of %lOO being included in the total S14.0GO. for clcrl- cal service i'll the sc mptrollcrS S office. MT Goss stated that acting upon mis- information he had made some mis- statements upon the question at the last meeting and that he was willing to vote for it now. provided the comp trOller should agree to report to the al dermen all failures on the part of the heads of departments to comply win the provisions of the charter regarding purchases of supplies.
 Comptroller Russell was requested to explain the situation. He said ID part: The neel of assistance is due entirely to the fact that the mayor and the board of finance exact strict compliance on my part with the pro visions of the charter in reference tC purchasing supplies for the city. Ac- cordinS to the charter the comptroller iS thp city buyer and this in itself. if attended to aS it ought to be, would take up q good deal of ones time. l . do as much of that as 1 can reach, but there are times when duties ill the ol flee prevent me from giving it the at tention it requires. for no matter what stands I am obliged to attend to my clerical work. which. with the natura growth of tie city, to say nothing Oi the added district and the taking in o1 the center school. is growing every year \ false impression prevails re garding tie amount of work performet by my predecessor in the comptroller: office and as clerk in the office of judge Of probate. Mir CasSin held both of fees but had fair share of the comp troller's work done by an assistant whom he paid out of his own income IT is not possible for one man to ac as comptroller and do justice to th' office He cannot perform the clerica work in the office and act as purchaS ing agent, and in the opinion of tn gentlemen who oversee my work th latter is almost as important as tn other,
 MT White: If this gives you chance to go out and do the buying you can save the cost of your assist ant. and this board will vote to giv it to you freely"
 The whole item was passed unanI mously.
 On motion of Alderman White was voted to make a new item of S1 GOO for lights in the district outSid the old and within the new city line> all the members voting for it eXcep Mir Goss and MT Morris.
 The board of finance reported rC garding the $5.O00 for the Mad Rive Water Co. that it had no resources meet the Dll. 1He report WilS Iect1N ' and ordered on file. On motion of M Callan the board of public works Wa instructed to confer with the Ma River Water Go and find out if the will accept this sum in settlement c all claims.
 Tine bureau of assessment made rt port on the benefits and damages ari ing from the layout of Round Hi street from a point $50 feet south ( Wood street to Camp street. Th damages amount to S1.22S. the benefit to S2.5I1 The estimated cost of til work is S2. 600. On motion of M Walker the matter was laid on tl table. A report from the board of pu' lie works was received on the pedtio of James c. White and others s3thf building lines be established on Mort Main street both sides. from the ore ent terminus of the lines to the jun ton of North Main. Grove and Bisho streets The report was accepted an the board of public works instructe to designate the lines.
 It was voted that the city attorne be instructed to procure legislation a1 thorizing the establishment of sinl ing fund for a street from Bank stree