Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-17
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Brooklyn District Will Have the New Engine House.

The board of aldermen met last night and completed their labors on the school estimates, voted to lay a 40 mill tax, made Chairman Hall the re- cipient of a handsome gold headed cane anu then adjourned sine die. un- less called together again by the clerk All the members were present at the opening of the session except AIessrs Goss and Tyrrell.
 4 communication was received from Mayor Kilduff vetoing the report of the board in adopting the report of the bureau of assessment on the mat ter of benefits and damages arising from the layout and grade of Silver street, on the ground that the dam ages awarded are excessive The veto was sustained by a unanimous vote
 Alderman Mahaney offered q reso- 1ution providing for 8 sinking fund for the Liberty street extension. and moved that it be adopted Alderman Cross thought this should go to the board of finance. and made such mo- tion When the question was put the six republicans voted for it and the democrats answered No" leaving it tie Chairman Hall cast the deciding vote in favor of his party and thus ended Alderman Mahaney's last effort to save the Liberty street extension from its opponents.
 Alderman Morris said that since the last meeting several persons had spok- en to him regarding the action of the board in striking out the recommen- dation of the board of finance that $500 be appropriated for the contin- uance of the surface hardening or Baldwin street.
 Tylnnx- all folt aOCrinvnd oVar inc matter and wanted the item restored With view to getting at it in some way Mir Morris moved to reconsider fhe action taken on the estimates for fhe board of public safety. This started the republicans thinking, for they saw in it move to get hold of the $20,OOO for an engine house in Brooklyn and divide it up between Lib erty street and Baldwin street MT Callan thought that the alderman from the fourth was actuated by a spirit of revenge and said so.
 '.I wish to correct the statement made by the alderman from the third,' said Mir Morris. T am en- deayoring to have justice done to cit izens who have reason to feel ag- grieved.'
 Aldermen Blakeslee and Cross want ed some light on the need of the pro- posed Brooklyn engine house and were answered by Alderman Mahaney, who said: There is no need of it at the present time. The one we have will suit the requirements of the place for some time to come. Outside the brew cry and the factories. I'm the heaviest Individual taxpayer in that district and if I thought We needed additional fire protection I should be very sorry to oppose it. This agitation for a fire house is confined to a few people acting in the interest of the mill over fhere''
 Alderman Callan indignantly denied fhiS He said he is foreman at Holmes, Booth x Haydens, but that no one representing that factory had ever mentioned the matter to him. Pri- yate individuals had however, and urged him to endeavor to secure fire protection for the factories, schools and private property in that district. While the subject was being aired Al derman Goss appeared on the scene, thus giving the republicans a majority without a tie. so that when the motion of Alderman Morris was put it was lost by party vote. Alderman Nor iris then tried to have provision made for the salary of clerk of the board of assessors. but the republican mem bers did not care to deal with that question and took up the school esti- mates instead.
 The school estimates as submitted by the board of finance were adopted on motion of Mir Chesson with the ad- ditfon of $500 to text books and school supplies The republicans tried hard to get $500 added to the teachers pay roll for the teachers in the cooking school. but the democrats wouldn't have it and as it required ten votes to perform the feat the advocates of the plan were two short although they fried it twice In his efforts to cOaN the opposition into voting for it. Al derman Goss related a conversation which took place between the late Fa fher Mulcahy and himself on suef training as children receive in insti tutfons like the training school, show ing how highly the deceased church man approved of it. Superintendent Tinker and MT Chapman also spoke in favor of the addition of 5000. bu if was all to no use. The republi cans had shown no disposition to trea
 
 get along without them and now the. were bound to give them a dose O their own medicine. and they did it
 You have lopped $2.O00 off Hamil fon park said Alderman Boylan s.struck out Baldwin and Libert. streets altogether, and did it as yo' claimed because you wanted to give Il Q low rate of taxation as possible Now you come forward and want $6O for a private institution l shan vote for it"
 Tn reference to specials Alderman Goss moved that $22-50O be appropri ated for the completion of the uppe rooms in. the Walsh school and for new school site and building in tn eoufh end of the city, He said h should oppose putting up a new build fug on the Clay street lot for variou reasons. but principally because he be 4feved the increase in school childrel was considerably greater in the out side districts than in the center an mat if would be more so in the fu ture. He thought the proper place [ 4ncafe was south of Washington
 Mr Chapman Of the board of eduea fion and SupeFintedent Tinker did no nnnose this move. though of cours - -~<.~.1,7f fffrc fo oao sfuuSiQhtlV. m