Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-01
BOARD OF FINANCE
Worked on Estimates Until After Mid
 night The Ldst.

Worked on Estimates Until After Mid
 night-The Idst.
 The board of finance held an ad- 1ournad meeting last night and com. pleted it's labors on the estimates. Mayor Kilduff presided and all the members were present. The session lasted until after midnight
 The first matter disposed of was the question of rernodeling the City hall building. Mir Goss moved that $2,00o be appropriated for plans and esti- mates for such changes as are r1eceS- saTy in the building. It was pass d Building Inspector A. I. Chatheld. was heard regarding the condition of the Elm street school. He said that he had nothing new to offer on the sub feet. According to his best Judgment The building is unsafe, the only things holding it up being the braces put in there some time ago by Mir Tierney. It seemed to be the opinion of some of the members that the brilding can he made safe at moderate outlay, but Mr Chatheld didn't think so Mayor Ktldun said that so much had bcen said about that Elm street building he thought it would be wise to have it taken down and aslyAd after all that has Teen aid with reference to whe her It Is safe or not, what man would care to serd his children there. He believer that the department Of education was Justified in taking the children out O. II, and said that while it might stand for some time 1t was evident that t was dangerous and tho-ght it would not he right to take any chances with It. Mr Russell moved that the sum of $60 OO0 be appropriated for new sohool building on the Elm street. site The naofion was lost. The whole mat ter was then ref-rred to the aldermen i withor1t recommendation.
 Before retiring MT Chatfield said that he hored the hoard would be able ! fo ind few dollars which can he used fo carry into effect the provisions of the ordinance re~ariing the examina- 'tion of pl'7mbeFs and also stated that at least $500 should he set aside for the deputy building inmector. about SS0 For telephones and $175 for horse hire and street car fare
 Things moved along nicely until Mir Goss made & move for a fire house in he northwestern section of the city, and from that time on it was case of # @5A&SH@A & 4GW QOl1AFS OH everything 1l sight if the rate of taxation was going co be kept within reasonable bonds. The mayor didn't sae any pressing need Of fire house in that part of the % town and reminded Mir Goss that so far as he knew no serious damage had ever occurred from fire in that district and that the number of alarms sent in was small. MT, Goss admitted tfis but contended, that one never can tell what is going to happen and kent at 1t up.I be finally srIrceeHed in ge+tirg 2 en appropriat ton of cir GOO recommend. fd for new fire Aorse to be loca+ ted between waterville street and North Willow street.
 At this Juncture Mfr McEvov ra & marked that this $17.000 would have to come off other things ''It seems strange" said the commissioner, ''witf an increase Of nearly $S.00O, GOO in the grand list and items of about $100 OOC that had to be provided for last yeal outs Of the way at this time. that nc reduction can be made in the rate oi taxation. Tn my o-inion we ought tS be able to do much better than we did last year. and certainly we should moi shink of going beyond that. Some con, sideratton should be paid to- the pao ple's ability to pay rate bills"
 Mayor Kilduff: "Yes, that's so. Il the rate is high the people won't stand for it.''
 MT Goss: What proportion of tn, taxpayers is represented by the fault finders about high rate bills?"
 Mayor Kiiduff: Nobody wants t, see taxes going upward. People lik public improvements, but when the, receive their rate bills and find tta they are higher than the ones sent Q the year before, then 1t is anothe story"
 Another matter that brought out con siderable discussion was the item o $A,o00 asked by the board of educatiol to complete four rooms in the Drigg school. Mayor Kilduff didn't see wh, the city should go to the expense o fitting up additional rooms in tn Dr1gRs school while there are five va cant rooms in the Bishop street buiId ing that can be used for children not attending the Driggs school and wh live convenient to the Bishop stree building. To make such an outlay h said under the circumstances it woul leave the board open 10 the severes kind oe criticism. If was finally agr e Co make t',e sum & BOO.
 Along towards midVight they gd down to close quarters and saw that
 would require a 14-miIl fax to rais money enorgI to meet what they ha- dacidad to ask for. divided as fellows First taxation di-tffct, X miils; sef onA distriet fS~f,onisD. 5 wills: secon ana outside districts. 5 10 mills l will he noticed that this mates no prc =-.nz S--z as -R-. N T..N year the rate reeommAnAed bv n hoard of finance was A 2 1n r1ills Tn