Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-04
NEW MEN
 TAKE OATH
Republicans in P0s~
 session of City Hall
The New Officials Were Sworn in This Morning First Meeting of Nexv Board of Aldermen Toe Night.

Board of Aldermen In
 Night.
 The new city administration assunl< ed the reins of government to-day and started off with bright prospects for \ successful career At 10 o'clock fIlz< morning the city officers and the town clerk were sworn in by Attorney zHs $. Hunt. They are as folIows 9fs8st or, John r. Elton: city clerk, Georsa H. Nettleton; comptroller, Al. Goof{1 rich; treasurer, Otis S. Northrop; shes if, ". J. Rigney; town clerk. JonIz Blair. With the exception of the in= coming and retiring officials the onI3; persons present were c. F. Goszs ,Alderman-E Elect c. L. Holmes and fIIA clerks of the different departments, alI making up quite nice little party 3f was q modest affair so much SD th4E the newspaper reporters who were on hand prepared to do full just7S* to the occasion were Somewhat diSa pointed. The preliminaries were as< ranged by Mayor Kilduff, who a2s pointed Sheriff Mcdonald as usher The ceremony took place in the may or's office the oath being adnninis stefaH
  Mayor KiIduff stepped forward and congratulated his successor. Mfr Hx8jf gave George H. Nettleton the sIzS hand and MT Russell spoke q fex< words of congratl tlilatiQu to ATr Goadz rich. Sheriff McDonaId enjoyed # handshake with Mr Rigney and wIsl1* ed him all sorts of good luck. The l'{z tiring treasurer George ~. Gibson yg s4k not present, nor Town Clerk Brett; b4t their successors, Mir Nortbrop and q Blair received many congratulatIp It looked good deal like n1eet[r# of old friends and when it was all QX< ers the spectators got to cornne u<aN* upon it. They could not help TeuaaT] ing the excellent good feeling naa1< fested on the part of the retiring ofI1N@ ials to their successors and vice ysI'zs<
 Mayor Kilduff said the only ipsIs17;l of office in his possession was q feF< keys which he desired to turn oxer k4 his successor, which he did, wishiuE him successful and smooth adlninis- tration, Mayor Elton renarki1g aS Aq reached for the keys that he accepte8 the insignia very cheerfully .S There will De but few changes in thu clerical force. Miss Bergen will f4= main as clerk in Mayor Eltonfs ofl1f& and Miss Noonan will continue a<a stenographer to the city clerk. Egan and Miss Eldridge will remai19 i'll the town clerks office and Miss Johnson will be found at her old poHl- ton in the collectors office: Afourant formerly in the employ ok Perry's steam laundry and later paw. master at Matthews & Willard's sufr ceeds Henry O'Connor i'll the cofa1{3z troller's office So far this is the oz1l change among the clerks. E There was very little excite men about the hall during the fpre1soo1s Of course the new men had to 48 something to make things look HfS| tie different from the way the oszzs' fellows had them. The desks na FF been turned around and the rest 44~ the furniture rearranged so that pea9 Dle who have been accustanneq W dropping into chairs will have to te careful i'll the future when they "A and make sure there is seat uuoeE| them before they set down for f5s5< will not find the chairs i'll the old Na si miIiar spots The whole building HS undergone a thorough cleaning aud 1z{ new men have only to do q HEt1e a ing once in q while to keep 1t ln good condition as they found it. <
 Mayor Kilduff was the first of fss{ retiring officers to show up this n1ssz ing. He looked bright and cIlearx and spoke like one who felt that H was glad the time had come for hiln lay down the burdens of public oz1{kE He was followed closely bv <l<z Clerk Ryan who didn't forget his jakSs
 
 his ears Hokey pokey, but at 3s cold day for fellow to lose his aas3s This broke the ice and all had @ hearty laugh at the hunog of fA& clerks introductory address Comx- troIler Russell was on hand eaIss happy and cheerful as usala ' mi spent his spare moments coaching Afy successor. Sheriff, McDonald dfopn6< in shortly before 10 o'clock 'Nlfh < smile and Il handshake for evels body and if one didn't know that Hss was about to retire he would thInF that Jack had just dropped in fax bunch of notices.
 Mayor Elton complained of the cold as he rushed i'll. He said it was thFeS below zero when he left the house. but even so he had no idea that it was sa cold out of doors. After rubbing hl* ears he greeted everybody in a gl'a{ls ful manner and then went hers and there handshaking. Sheriff Rlgney was at his post on time. He exh pffa4 a handsome badge. which will expla4N his official position for the next t'xP years.
 Great interest is centered tle meeting which will be held to-nsg
 xx,,.,,, NFax-,,.s Islton will 3rfsad his n3e3 sage and make. known his appo1u17 ments to the several boards.
 The new assistant city clerk Reeves, will not report for duty tomorrow. e