Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-20
DELAYED CHANGES.
Two Municipal Boards That Have
 nuch Work Ahead.

nuch Work Ahead.
 The article which tha Democrat
 printed the other day relative to the al
 iesed inside workings of the board of
 cnaritles IS said to have surprised the
 members of that board. Tn that arti-
 Gle It was stated that several appli-
 cants mad petitioned the board for the
 places now held by Thomas Moran.
 Ss keeper of the town farm. Mortimer
 Joran, as superintendent of charities.
 and Thomas F. McMahon, as secretary
 of the board of charities. It was also
 stated that among the applicants were
 Joseph M. Levin, Mir Parish of Mari-
 den, E. W. Pinney of Derby and FL
 son Wright of New Haven, for the pc
 sltlon of keeper of the town farm,
 Henry W. Atwood for superintendent
 or charities and Lieutenant William
 Sandland for clerk of the board. It
 Was stated also that Joseph N Levin
 would i'll all probability receive the ap- continent as keeper of the town farm
 and that Mir Atwood would supplant
 Mir Doran. The clerk of the board
 would remain the same.
 That story evidently must Lave scared, Some of the members of the
 board, for although it was almost posi- lively known that the appointments were to be made at the last meeting, nothing was done in the matter. Since then, however, Messrs Pinney and Parish have again visited the city, and an effort is now being made, it is said, to break up the slate formerly ar- ranged and build new one: On this new slate only Thomas Moran was the one to go and Messrs Doran and McMahon would remain in possession of their present offices. It has been hlnted that the members of the board did not care to follow out l--e thread of the story as first pub Lshed in the Democrat because it might leave the impression that the inside facts were known to the Demo- crat alone. The forces are still at work, however. and the republicans are still clamoring for their reward for helping elect the republican ticket. and although many Of the republicans are making the statement that there is no general demand to oust every democrat in office, they know that they are telling something which they do not believe to be true It may not come to pass that every democrat will be given the grand bounce right away, for it would leave some of the -,nert- ments in the city in a bad way, but rest assured there will not be many democrats holding important appoint i've positions before Mayor Elton's term is concluded This includes pO- sitions in all departments. city, water, town, streets and everything where a democrat holds good job. Joseph IN. Levin will be the next superintendent Of the town farm, Henry W. Atwood will be the next superintendent of cnarities and perchance Lieutenant ~ f~ 1T, nl~ <.0& ', board. or there will be the biggest kick that ever occurred in the ranks of the republican party. and the Lord knows there are kicks there enough already.
 Other secrets are beginning to leak out. too, in connection with the board Of public safety. When the board de- cided to drop or retire certain old men Of t1,o force 1t was said that the big gest fight that took place was over the retirement of Officer Miles McNiff Some of the commissioners are said to have favored dropping this officer out right and retiring him to the veteran service. One commissioner is alleged to have stated emphatically tat IT Officer McNiff was dismissed from the !, force he would resign from the board l forthwith. As the members did not want the public to know that there had been any differences between them it is said it was then agreed to retire ufficer McNiff to the veteran field.
 Would it be surprising to the people who read the Democrat to hear of few more dismissals or retirements from the police department? We'll, you need not be surprised, for listen to the following rumors: Detective William Keegan, 1t is said. was ap- pointed to his present position from patrolman for one purpose alone. and that to raise him to sergeancy Derore many months have passed by. How can this be done when the sergeant positions are already filled? Easy enough. One of the sergeants must %. Who will it be? Will 1t be Ser geant Blakely? Not on your tin type. {
 Do the members of the fire depart ment expect to go scot free? We'll. not if the members of the board or safety know it. There is a list of names in existence. and after each name is marked ''N. G." or "Poor" Who made up the list or who owns the list is not known, but from the looks of the sheet there will be gen eral busting in the fire department.