Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-10
INFRINGEMENT IS HE CRY
Aldermen Shave Down the App
 propriations.

u1e Liberty Street IAeSioioA 1ApPAo
 priation Cut Out-Lively Times
 Among the Members of the Board
 In An Effort to Bring the Tex Low
 CT Than Forty Mills.
 The board of aldermen held meet ing last night for the purpose ct act ing on the annual appropriations. Chairman Hall presided and all the members were present. The repupn- can members Of the board held two sessions all by their lonesome last week and fixed up the approprlatlons 10 suit themselves. so that the demo craJS weren't in it even little pit last night and after this had become SJ apparent that blind man could see IT, Alderman Mahaney bowed and uid obeisance to the chair and then pro pelled his portly form into the lobby and left for home. Aldermen Boylah and Morris followed and the rest of the decocrats evidently concluding that they had better skip, too, showed signs of feeling that they were i'll the way. and finally Alderman Foley moved to adjourn. and the republicans feeling that they had done well enough for one night supported the motion and q few seconds later JanitOr Ioughlln was extinguishing the lights.
 The democrats were ill their seats promptly at o'clock. but the republi- cans remained in caucus i'll the ante room until the democrats got tired of waiting for them and were thinking of getting out when the other fellows showed up. In the early stages Of the republican star chamber session. Al <iermdn Tyrrell submitted resolution to the wise heads regarding the cleo lion muddle. The purport of the doc ument was to instruct the city attof- mey to attend the hearings on the con- tested election case and look out for The city's side of the case from T legal standpoint. The republicans looked sskance at the paper. winked hard at each other and then dismissed the au- thor Of the resolution with tine under standing that it shouldn't be brought before the meeting without Mir Kel- logg's approval. When the matter was mentioned 10 City Attorney Kel- logs lie turned pale. looked real mad and acted as if he felt like humping someone. Then Mir Tyrrell stuffed the resolution into his hip pocket and that was the last heard Of it. One of the republicans told a representative of Ihe Democrat that they did not care to instruct Mir Kellogg to do anything ill this case. If they made move at all. he said, they should feel in duty bound to stand behind Mayor Kilduff. but he thought it too much to expect that they come out flat footed and oppose the head of their own tick. ct. and for this reason they preferred to sit on the fence
 All the estimates as submitted by the board of finance were adopted up to those relating to the department of education. with q few exceptions The exceptions included the wiping out of the Sl3.G00 recommended for the pro- posed extension of Liberty street: khIing the S3.500 for the surface hard enlng of Baldwin street from Stone street to Washington street; taking S2,eOo from the S4,000 for improve ment Of Hamilton park, and taking l.UO0 from ''Almshouse" and adding 1t to school districts. school books and tuition.
 Alderman Goss was cock of the roost and every time he moved his feet his colleagues stood ready to flap their wings and crow. The principal bat tie was over the Liberty street oues- ton during which Alderman Mahaney covered himself with glory and mOpped the floor with his next door neighbor. Alderman Walker. who would dearly love to have stood for hA | ssfrs
 s-daSsent''
 Alderman Mahaney. holding q copy or the journal of last year i'll one hand and the public acts of the last session of the legislature in the other. read the vote Of the aldermen passed year ago instruct ing the city attorney to get permission To open sinking fund for the Liberty street extension and then turned 10 the public acts and read the act passed authorizing the Waterbury board Of aldermen to create sinking funds for any purpose they might deem desirable. Then throwing both books on the desk and adjusting his specs so as to get q good look at Al dcrmen Calian and Walker. who Were very pronounced in their advocacy of the Liberty street matter last year. he said: I'm not opposed to anything that is for the public good even though 1t does run my taxes up a mill or two above where I'd like to see them. If We want additional school houses let nS have them and shall not grumble, but here is something which is very badly needed and you are going to kill it for fire house in Brooklyn. something that there is no need of at the present time. Outside our four lnaln streets. there is no place i'll Wa ferbury where so many people pass to and fro than from South Main street to Bank street Over three thousand people use that path every day i'll the year. many of them children going to and from school The fire department in Brooklyn has been called out but once or twice the past year and yet you want 10 spend a large sum of money. in putting mp a new house and employing paid force there''
 Alderman Callan addressing Mir 0Iahaney: Do you knowswhen that street can be put through:''
 Afr AIahaney: "As soon as the city alas the money to do it with and can force the railroad company to move in 1he matter.
 Alderman Wa1tar. ssI raa1;1o that