Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05

here tonight and say that so far as 1 hnoW evely oAe or LI4ela u1u HIS wvrA "c.A- ror clLy LuaL Las spent 50 lnucn nf3Aey Iu puDl4c MorkS as we Aity Ill tue IaSI tWenLy-nve years Lnere Has Ueen lILLre reaSun Lo coInplan or now IL Was nanuled. Inere Was no Sra1t, Mr Mayor. Ii anything WeuL l Wrong It was the result o1 puor judS- menu or l4Aconpetrncy, but ueVer d case Of dishonesty. Mr Elton, wish | you a succeSSIul and smooth adlninls- trauon. You can do a great ueaI for 1 Waterbury. lou Delong to Warer- bury, you are of 1t, and rev of it's citi- zens have more tune or are Deter hued to serve it. The people have con- tidence Ill you. It affords lne great pleasure to entrust the salety or the city into your hands. l wish you sue cess and the people of WaLerDury q prosperous and happy new year" (Ap- 1 plause.)
 Mayor Elton was deeply touched by MT kildutf's remarks and stated that he should always remember the splen- did administrations Mayor kilduff had ]! given to Waterbury, adding that the city has no man who is his peer i'll the knowledge Of things pertaining to municipal affairs He thanked him for 1 what he had done for Waterbury and assured him that he enjoyed the best wishes and confidence of ,all the people of Waterbury
 Mayor El,on then read his message. | He was in good voice and rattled it off in a way which showed that he is no ' .Ir cation was received and placed on file, 1 after which his honor and Mir Ikilduff retired. On the way out Mayor Elton was stopped and then a short recess was declared to give him an opportuni- ! ty have hand-shake with the new al- dermen. When this was over Alder man Murray moved vote of thanks to Mayor Kilduff for the faithful and efficient in manner which he has served the city as city clerk or mayer for the past twenty-five years. The motion was carried unanimously.
 This was followed by the reading of the mayors appointments to the sev- 1 eral boards. Inasmuch as most of them had appeared on and off in the papers they created very little surprise. l On the confirmatory vote taken by. the | scratch except E. L.. Frisbie, who fell one short. H. L. Wade, Fred s. Chase i and w. s. Jones were two each be- hind. It was thought that the demo- crats would resent the slight put upon them and show that they could vote mo" as well as ''yes'' if they cared to, ! but they decided otherwise and their conduct met with the approval of all who were on hand and expressed an opinion on the matter.
 City Clerk Nettleton presented the name of Francis T. Reeves as assist ant city clerk. The nomination was i approved by a vote of ten to four.
 A communication was received from Frank D. Pagan asking for reappoint- ment as Sealer Of weights and meas ures, and Charles M, Loomis asking to 1 be elected to the same office. Both communications were laid on the table. The resignation of w. J. Rigney as constable was read and accepted. Frank J. Rametti desired to be ap- pointed to the place vacated by MT l Rigney, but the board decided to think the matter over and laid the applica- 1 ton on the table.
 A recommendation of the board of l public works that an electric arc light be installed on South Leonard street at Third street was approved and the work ordered. The recommendation of the board of finance that an assess ment of S535.5O aoainst the Waterbury hospital be ahated was referred to the committee on law. Mir Filling wanted to know why it should be abated and the city attorney said it was ques- ton whether it could be collected or not Asked if they had refused to pay 1 it, the city attorney replied that thev informed him that they should make a l fight against paying it. BSilding Tn snector Cbatfield and City Attorn ev Kellogg, committee aDnointed by the aldermen ts report relative to section 4 of the ordinance, "Building." report ed that it be changed to read that the contractor instead of tao owner will have to take out the ,aassnit before commencing operations. The reports was accented and the new draft passed 1 tn ho anorrossed
 l On motion of MT Murray it was voted unanimously that the opening and closing hours of saloons he from 5 o'clock in the morning to 12 at night
 The clerk was authorized and em- rowered fo prenara and have printed the munioinal ree'ster for 1903 and q certain number of rosters.
 The board adjourned for two weeks.