Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-05

General Kellogg was very much pleased with the Dill except tha sac ton which provides that the board or assessors and the board of relief be appointed by the mayor He said he ai"ays looked upon these offices as somewhat different to the board of health and the board of public Uorls ana thought that they ought to be elective instead of appointive offices. and hoped that the aldermen would LOOK at the matter in the same Iinif. and amend the draft so that the as seSsors and the board of relief shaii De elected iy the people instead Of appointed by the mayor. Geaeral Kei- loEG SAW no injustice in taxing tie outside district the same, as on inc in Sii:e ans; stated that there 5 pot as ;huch ualeNcloped property i'll tlicacled district 3c7: as there was in tl,e city proper when it was inc0rt,oraatcG and no one thought of two rates of taxa ton.
 Martin Scully asked Judge Coweu Ii he thought the annexed district en- titled to public improvements while the rate of taxation remained as it is at present. Judge Cowell said he did Tot think so. Mir Scully then stated that the necessity of having the same rate of taxation for property in the old and new city lines was forced upon the people on account of the per slstent demand for improvements on the part of dozen or more persoas on the outside. who claimed that they wanted the improvements. were able and willing to pay for them and that II the matter of taxation was not equitable tn $ was something they had nothing to do with and should not be made to suffer for it. II believe" con tinued Mr Scully, that if we are going to have consolidation the same rate Of taxation should obtain all over tine city. and let the difference in the value of property be determined by the as SesSOrs as it is now and has been since in the city for the past forty or fifty years. The section 1 live in has always been in the city, and property there is taxed at the same ratesc as in the center, although the city never spent dollar about some parts of it and many of the streets have not been supplied with city water. The people on the out side are paying the school tax. and in this respect they are as well provided for as those on the in side. If the new district remains q part of the city, property there should be taxed the same as on the inside. At present the demand for public inl- proyements in the added district is IS great as in any ether part of the city. They want water in SilnOnSViile; they are looking for water. sewers and side walks in North Main and North Will 1oy ctr, iptr in for electric lights in all sections cf the new district Who's going to pay for these Improvements: Under the present system the eXpens must ba met by property owners on the inside. Already the aldermen have decided to give people on the outside $1.oOO worth of electric lights. more than people who are paying full taxes received last year. and more than they are likely to get this year. If the outside district wants public Improvements it should be taxed to meet the expense. If it does not need Improvements perhaps the present rate of taxation is all right. School lines should be obliterated and the board of education given full jurisdic- ton over all the schools in Waterbury. I am pleased to know that General Kellogg favorS electing the board Of assessors and the board of relief in stead of giving the appointment to the mayor. l believe the people should elect all public ofiiciais.'
 E. F. R:ordan was much pleased with the draft and would like to see it passed as submitted.
 George E. Benham of West Side hill was very much in favor of providing that the board of educa tion have juris- i o11 In schools IJn lives about q hundred yards outside the city. but sends his children to the e.ty schools, and thought that if the two governments should be merged into one the schools should be under the same head and contended that the ed ucational institutions of Waterbury would profit by sucha course. There is a good deal of pickering in the town schools" said Mir Benham. sThat such system as I am talking about would do away with. l belong in Oronoke. I suppose you have heard of the Oronoke school district. 1 think everybody in Waterbury has, and peo- pie there and in other town districts --ho want to provide the best possible
 hool accommodation for their chill
 r~n would like t, -Ne the board of
 ducation in charge I'll the schools
 Joseph Corr was lvor of consoli- dalton under certain conditions. He thought the selectmen should be re tained to do such work as the bill pro- vides shall be performed by board of charities. ''The selectmen," said MT Corr, twill have to be retained any way. and if you want to reduce offices and cut down expenses, l think 1t would be a good plan to have them attend to the poor as usual and make out appropriations for them the same as you do for the other city depart- ments. MT Corr switched off from the subject and started to talk upon the folly of the policy of bonding the city for public improvements, and stated that when the city cannot pay as it goes it should stop creating expenses.
 H. E. Tullar, from Waterville. said that the feeling in that place is strong in opposition to consolidation. but that he was of the opinion that if certain changes were made in the bill people would look at it differently He thought that at least one of the as sessors should belong in the town. and that the outlying districts should te