Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-15


 Alderman Boylan: 'I think you did.
 In fact, I know you did, and to bring l it right home to yowI want to state | that you told me SOL
 MT Kellogg: If I did based my l judgment on the merits of the case as presented to me by you" Alderman Boylan: "Oh, no; you aI.-
 peared to be quite familiar with all tue facts, and I drew a picture of the l place for you on piece of paper in the city clerks office. We were talk l ing about the Mill street case, and l that's how it came. about. l thought l the Mill street case worse than Walk l CTS, and you stated very plainly that 1 the city was not liable in either case | MT Kellogg said he did not care to raise a question of veracity. If the alderman said that this was true he was not prepared to deny it, but if he had said such a thing it was because | he was not in possession of all the l facts at the time.
 Alderman Mahaney: 'sDid this com mittee get an itemized report of the stock. and if so where is it? I hear there were items in that no one would think of paying for. A barrel of wine
 was said to have been left with tiie bung out of it and the water ran into it and spoiled it. Now, this can't be so. No man would leave barrel Of wine in his cellar with the bung out of it. It would eyaporate and spoil in short time supposing nothing ever went near it. If I leave the bung, ont of a barrel of wine in my cellar and q little water runs into it off the street is that any reason why the city should pay me? I think if you pay this with out testing it's merits in the courts you will have lots of similar bills to deal with in the future. If felt so dis posed I could have presented many bill to the city myself for damage caused by surface water"
 Alderman Cross: sI have a great deal of respect for the mayors opinion on this question. He's pretty good au- thority. but his opinion Is not worth as much as the opinion of all the mem bers of this board and that of the city attorney. The fact that other bills may come in is no reason why we should not pay this if we are satisfied that the city is liable.''
 Alderman Mahaney: That's the trouble. We want to place the ques- ton of responsibility, and I maintain that the proper place to determine that is in the courts. I object to seeing tbe bill ordered paid until the committee produces an itemized statement of the damaged stock. It should be brought here and read, so that we'll all know what We are voting on. Where is that report?''
 Alderman Goss: sIt is lengthy re- port that I don't care to hear read. It is on file in the city attorneys office"
 Mir Mahaney: ssI move that the city attorney be requested to bring it in here so that we can have it read and see what there is to it'
 MT Walker: ''The report is not in the office of the city attorney. It is in Colonel Burpee's office."
 Alderman Mahaney insisted on his motion being put. It was lost. the SUD- porters of the committees report all voting against it.
 This was the first intimation some of the democrats had that Mir Kane was with the opposition, and this an- gered Mir Boylan so much he looked the alderman from the fifth in the face and said: "Id like to hear what Mir Kane knows about this case Mir Kane did not like this and replied rather sharply to the alderman from the fourth. but what he said did not reach the reporters desk. Being pressed to speak on the question MT Kane said:
 'I believe this is the first time I have spoken in this chamber and l should much prefer not to say any thing, but seeing you want to know why I signed that report I'll tell you. I have acted on the law committee with MT Goss and Mir Callan the past two years and found them all right. I think we all signed that report in good faith. For my part, I put my name to 1t because Mir Kellogg assured us that the city was liable and that the amount to be paid to MT Walker can be col lected by the city from the Hellmann Brewing Go. I know the Brooklyn district well. I have lived here for the past thirty-three years. long be- fore some of these gentlemen who are opposed to me ever saw the place. I travelled through Brooklyn in the days of the old wooden brewery, when there were very few sidewalks or other pub lie Improvements in the place. Otner people got damages in that section, and no one ever knew how they got them. 1t was done on the quiet MT Kelly got heavy damages How did he get it? I don't know. I think tho best thing we can do is to pay this bill instead of losing money going to law about 1t and then have to pay it later Mind you, have no fault to find with the mayor for vetoing the report. If he thought this a matter that should go to the courts it was his duty to say so and I have no blame to him over the matter"
 Alderman Mahaney Undressing Mr Kane): Did you see that itemized re port?"
 Mir Kane: ssNo, I did not.''
 MT Mahaney furiously): "There it is. Here is a man who never saw that report and yet he comes here prepared to vote away the peoples money anl doesn't know for what. The man was forced to sign it.''
 Alderman Goss: 'Why, yes. MT Kane saw that itemized report.-
 MT Kane: "Oh, yes, I saw it: but did not read it over very carefully"
 MT Morris: 'I don't think we ought to pass upon this question tonight. It seems to E.e that the report of the committee is incomplete. We ought to see that itemized report of the dam- aged stock before being asked to pay the bill. I don't think there is any thing unreasonable in this. The par ties ought to be required to produce an itemiZed account of the damaged stock before the city is asked to pay for it.''
 Chairman Hall: ssThis board has not so ordered"
 Mir Morris: ssI know it. but it seems to me that the committee as well as fhn OfhnT- rarfiar xuoT11I ba vui11iprr <1