Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-29
BOND ISSUE COMMITTEE
|het Last Night and Had | Talk in the
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ed for an hour or so on matters per taining to municipal affairs. The commission consists of fifteen mem. bers, appointed by the mayor, to investigate relative to public needs and report whether in their judg- ment it would be wise to ask per mission to issue bonds to do such work as cannot be reached by the ordinary means of raising funds for public purposes. The full board Is as follows: Thomas D. Barlow, Ed ward W. Beach. Valentine Bohl, J. B. Burrall, James J. Cassin, J. M. Daily, G. A. Briggs, J. r. Elton. w. E. Fulton, Willis NJ. Hall John Hen derson, jr. Edward c. Kilduff, Dan- iel D. AIahaney, John F. McGrath, H. S. Chase, all of whom were pres ent with the exception of Mir Me Grath. who is in California, and H. S. Chase. who was chosen to SIC ceed James s. Whiting, who dec'.ned to serve on the commission.
 City Clerk w. H. Sandland called the meeting to order and read the communication of the mayor address ed to the aldermen appointing the commission, after which John r. FL on was chosen chairman and Mir Sandland clerk. An effort was made to have Mir Henderson serve as chair
 man, but he positively declined, evi. dently preferring to remain on the floor and take part in the delibera- ions.
 When Chairman Elton called for re- marks there was long pause and | finally the silence was broken by Mir Henderson, who suggese0 that he be-
 lieved the proper thing to do at the
 outset was to prepare q list of what
 in their judgment was necessary to take hold of and then look them up.
 such as laying out streets, widening streets that are now too narrow.
 paving. extension of streets. such as Jewelry sreet. Fifth street and others
 that might be mentioned; the exten- sion of the water system: sewers. the
 police station, city hall, public parks. children's play grounds. laboratories. public baths and so forth. Mir Hem derson said his idea was to have the
 whole town streeted. that is run the lines for the streets and establish the grades so that whenever one wanted to open a street or build house he would not make any mistake as to grade or street lines. This would do
 away with the confusion and expense
 of laying out streets after they are | h.,s ,.A l,o%
 cannot be altered unless at great ex- pense. It would insure nice. slightly
 streets and do away with twists and l turns now too common in some of our city thoroughfares.
 MT Henderson was not prepared to say how large bond should be asked for. hut he mentioned the sum of s.
 000.0OO and said that while some
 might want larger amount yet hc
 never heard anybody put the sum be- yond $3000000. He would not issue
 all the bonds at once. but would car- ry them through a period of about
 ten years, Following this plan MT
 Henderson thought great deal of
 work could be- done without making
 the rate of taxation any higher than
 it is at present.
 Mir Mahnney. wanted to know what
 plan Mir Henderson had for paying
 the interest>on the bonds and meeting
 them according as they would mature
 unless there was big gain in the
 grand list. to which Mir Henderson
 replied that the increase would come | from property that would he bene-
 fited and brought in at higher fig ure.
 What do you call that hut in-
 creasing the taxes" said Mir Mahaney.
 Putting up the valuation is the same
 as raising the rate. and if people can
 not dispose of their property or build
 on it don't see how you can col | lect more money from them."
 It was evident that Mir Henderson
 meant that the lines of the full taxa
 ton district should be extended and | a good share of the outside territory
 brought into the second taxation dis trict. but talking was indulged in so
 rapidly at that time he didn't get a
 chance to say so.
 Chairman Elton said that he was
 afraid that if the commission took up
 everything mentioned by Mir Tender
 son they would have to get appoint
 ed on the department of public works
 and added that so far as laying out
 streets was concerned the board of public works with the approval of the aldermen could do all. such work as that. and that according to the law | lt would cost nothing except the ex- pense of making the surveying. since
 neither benefits nor damages are pay
 able until the work is done. Continu- ing the chairman said he had a no- | ton that the real purpose of the com
 mission was to provide for such
 streets as it may be deemed best to
 make at the new union station and see
 what can he done regarding the ex-
 tension of Liberty street from Bene-
 dict street 10 Bank street: open new street on West Main street to
 run westerly under the yard of the new railroad to a point near the Nau- gatuck River: extend Jackson street | from Bank sreet to Race street and
 construct bridge over the Nnugn-
 tuck river some where between Bank
 street and West Main street. These
 are the most pressing demands. be- kause owing Ia the progress of the railroad work it is necessary fo know
 as soon as possible whether or not | they are going to be taken hold cf.
 Already. Mr Elton said. the city has authority to issue bonds as follows. | cs ra4ar