Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-09
THE REPORT IS OUT AND
 AGAIN PIGEON HOLED
Missing Street and Sewer Assessments are Still Absent Report Presented to Board of Finance-That Board Will Not Divulge-What Judge Rurpee Has to Say-Attorney Bronson is Amused

| The long looked for report relative : 10 alleged missing money paid on street and sewer assessments has been submitted to the board of finance. but instead of clearing up the whole thing, as everybody expected it would do, it
 seems it but adds to the mystery, for although the board of finance met yes terday afternoon and puzzled their
 wits over il, nothing has been given out and nobody can be found who dares to say when it's contents will be made public.
 As sOou as the document was turned
 over to Mayor Elton he summoned to-
 gether the members of the board of
 finance and they held q private session
 in the executive chamber. taking pains
 to close all the doors and exclude ev.
 elybody and everything that might in
 any way betray to outsiders what the
 result of the investigation revealed,
 even the clerk being left in the dark
 aud the mayors dog ushered into the
 lobby. After the meeting the mayor
 hurried to the railroad station and left
 town for an indefinite time, and the
 other members of the board went their
 several ways as if nothing unusual had ? been brought to their attention. ana when approached about it their minds
 were q blank on the subject.
 The report was prepared by Martin !. McEvoy. one of the assessors, and Archie Lord. teller al the Manufactur' ers' National bank. MT McEvoy could not throw any light oh the contents of the report All he would say was that , the committee had completed it's in , vestigation and turned the whole mat ter over to the board of finance, Mir
 Lord hadn't word to say. either. The
 lreport is now in the hands of the board
 Of finance, he said. and it is for them
 to decide what to do with it. Asked if T this report differed materially from the 2 first one, Mr Lord replied. no, not to 0 any great extent tA'nptroller Good 6 rich had d vague knowledge of being f at the meeting and seeing the docu- : ment, but beyond that he knew abso- 0 luteiy nothing about it. City Clerk . Nettleton hadn't got look at the 5 thing at all and couldn't even tell what s il looked like.
 Il Taking the admission made by Mir y Lord that the second report is sub. q stantialIy the same as the one sub t mitted about year ago, it is fair tc e state. that the committee found 8
 shortage of between SiO,0ou aud S12,
 GOO and receipts representing that . amount all signed by Colonel Rurpe'
 or his clerks. Besides this there i' |, something in the peighborhood Of S3, l. 800 Or Sl,000 which people claim the, a, paid but lost their receipts. These twC g items with interest would make up { l. total of over $20.000. Ii is understood e that some of the city fathers believe ,e in taking steps to collect the money n but others want a little time for con
 slderatlon and think it only right tt
 give the parties whose names are con
 nected with the mixup an opportunit.
 to be heard before the board and ge y their version of it before going an. Is farther. so that in all probability all x other meeting will be held and tn ft matter thoroughly gone over in prtvat It. before the report goes to the aldermen " Nobody could have shown nor re pleasure at the announcement Of th re completion of the report and its sut
 mission to the board of finance tha
 Colonel Burpee manifested this morr
 ing when interviewed on the matte
 by Democrat reporter HIN inquire
 what there was to 1t and was iDforme 'n that so far all that could he learne o3 was that il was practically the sam g. as the other one.
 VI Just as said right along with q Ut air of triumph. as if he considered
 Il victory for him. i've done cverl he thing in my power" he continued. 't T straighten out this thing and prove
 t,a sa- s..s- E1 H. the money paid over to nc, but the .e pever gave me the opportunity l d w sired and I'm glad to know that it ha - come even at this late day. This 'roI
 hle all grew out of the system of hoo' .. keeping in tbe city government at th' ',., time. Some of the time they kept I VI books al all. and the accounts wet ,,- kept on ordinary sheets of paper. don't know whether these have heG n. preserved pr not hut in any case q " inc money received by me and inten VI e for inc city was acrnunied for. ar ~, the mistakes that crept In are due m the fact that the accounts were n
 properly credited tc the persons vi
 made the payments. I have done e 'fe erythus that couid he expected. on anvhodv to straighten out this matte .eu and | stand ready now io make SC; ny any assessment which can he prove ns cane into nay possession and was n Iit rirncl over n the person authorized his receive # for and 'n thc nam" of ii u citv or Waterbury,.
 !" Colonel Burpee was asked f q in .,.u total nF his collections and !
 turns agreed with tho total credited st him Sn the rity's books. He said cX- could moi say as tC that because by was not aware what the total cD [ all -ftv's side shows When he receiv ar an assessment CT a portion Of U. ias tTirta,1 t over to tha city together vi ael tbe name of the person who made [ TIT payment. He has good deal oi Il ar ,lsta. hp says. but some "f ir vas ies stroyef hv accident years ago l ice .orifns to Colonel Eurpas's view or inc g~see Irs owes The city nothing. g ile. !. flss 5e sc the more tho assessms fl, question j. stirred up the more TBS mystery faepons But r would be -Je ! go-pI i.Ies not to jump .t c0nciusioi ,e;- II l- understood that ths report Df ,u. committee iS thorough and SUEficisn ru+ definite fc- ali purposes. and that af' -be if has been put before tts people Inv prIt,Iic will na longer 'se iI doubt as ,r.I the facts in the cas-.
 bss Os e-psIFse people wsi., H".d Feeell fin will come art sII right snvxAy. ' ,,,.. ttoSe who paid ant have BDshifls ..,- show for their money viIl have .n. tEsrSN ttiemselve~ oIl fife mercy of | -, fr.sr.t sf aldermen. ans TEiS vii ma