Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
BOARD oF FINANCE

Recommended Special Appropriation
 of $2,O00 for Police Protection.
 The board of finance met last night, Mayor Kilduff presiding and all the members being present.
 Superintendent Tinker, Commission CTS Griggs, Kent, Superintendent Smith and Architect Ashiem, a com mittee from the department of educa- ton, were heard regarding the advlsa- bihty of making an additional appro- priation for the completion of the Null cahy school building. The amount needed Is something in the neighbor- hood of $600. The only way this could be raised is by special tax, and none of the financiers favored that, so that the board of education will have to make the most of its opportunities with the funds now on hand. A communication was received rom the department of education informing the board of the election of Thomas +. Mitchell as supply clerk and the n1lng of his salary at $50 month.
 "Is this the position MT Geragnty heid?" inquired Commissions Nc Evoy.
 Mayor Kilduff nodded his head, and
  peeted to perform all the duties of the former clerk, and if so what reason had the board for making such reduc- ton fin the salary.
 Mayor Kildufe said MT Mitchell would have just as much work to per form as his predecessor had, but as he was not at the meeting when MT Mitch ell was elected he could not say what prompted the board to make the sal ary less. Some one remarked that per haps it was because the right fellow didn't get there. Mir McBvoy thought this should not have anything to do with the case and moved that the sal ary be fixed at the old figure, $70 a month.
 MT Goss: q shouldn't hesitate to vote for a salary of $7O month If l knew the job was worth 1t. Perhaps the other man had too much"
 In the discussion that ensued the opinion was pretty generally expressed that the present clerk was entitled to as much wages as his predecessor, but the board saw that it had no power to fix the amount All they could do was to approve or disapprove of the recon mendation and they got out of 1t by sending it back to the department of education for an explanation regarding the salary question
 Commissioners Lahey, Reeves and Beach of the board of public safety ap- peared and were heard regarding the need of funds to continue policing cer- tain sections of the first taxation dis trict. Already about $1,000 has been spent for police protection in the out i side district and a similar sum will be 1 required for the balance of the year Mir McEvoy wanted to know when ] this thing was going to end, and stated that he thought such service as is now being rendered by the city in many places was formerly paid for by the parties who needed it. MT Goss said he believed two or three arrests would do more good in that direction than an outlay of $40 a day for the next year. The mayor didn't act as if he was in full accord with the expenditure, either, but Commissioners Lahey and Beach claimed the board had good req son to believe that the course it is pur- suing was a safe one, and the board finally voted to recommend to the all dermen that a special appropriation of $2,0o0 be made for police protection in the first taxation district.
 It was voted to recommend to the aldermen that the board of public works be authorized to lease a strip of land on Benedict street for a term of four years at an annual rental of $5.S0O, S5,6o0, 5,40o and $5,200, on condition that at the expiration of the lease the owner deed the land in question to the city for the sum of $1.
 The half monthly payrolls were ap- proved.