Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-27
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Drld school Appropriation as
 Originally Agreed Upon.

day and put the finishing touches on
 xne appropriations. It might also be
 said that although neither side had
 any advantage over the other in point
 or numbers, the democrats got bad
 walloping and the victors in addition
 70 holding everything they wanted,
 took advantage of the opportunity af-
 toried to change back the approprla-
 ton of $4O,OO0 for school In the
 Drlggs district and made it read flor
 addition to the Driggs school,'' as
 originally agreed upon. This item
 was changed on recommendation of
 tne mayor at n meeting held Monday,
 December 10, when the democrats
 were In the majority. The republi-
 cans didn't like 1t, but they intended
 10 swallow the pill and would have
 taken 1t without a murmur, were it
 not that they saw chance to avoid
 It last night and promptly availed
 themselves of the opportunity.
 Most of the members were on hand early, but the meeting was not
 called until $40 o'clock and at that
 time an agreement had been reached
 whereby the mayors veto was to be sustained with the understanding
 that later on the reference contained
 therein to party caucuses and other Things objectionable to the majority
 should be eliminated, and that the
 vote offered Wednesday night by Mir Goss regarding the veto be expunged
 from the minutes. The resolution re- ferred to was defeated and the alder
 man from the second didn't like the
 looks of 1t on the journal and wanted
 It relegated to the grave of oblivion together with the remarks of his hon or about caucuses and fixing apprO- priations without knowing why. In addition to these matters 1t was also agreed to drop item 49, $15.0OO. for the purchase of land for the High school, on condition that a vote be passed. authorizing the mayor to give bond for deed to the owner of that property, the purchase price to be paid when the aldermen appro- priates the money, which was tanta- mount to leaving all the other items vetoed as originally fixed and reduc- tIig the rate of taxation to 14.7.
 When all the details had been at tended to Chairman Filling rappcd for order and Sheriff Smith read the warning. Then Clerk Sandland call cd the roll and every member except Mir Elton answered to his name.
 Out of respect to the feelings of Mir Goss and his colleagues the mayors message was not read. the chair dis posing of this part of the program by stating that the question before the house was, should the board adhere tO its former action, the veto not withstnnding. This was taken on q yea and nay vote and resulted iu sustaining the veto, but in order to show q certain spirit of resistance from anything. coming from that source. four of the majority repre- scnting Messrs Sherwood. Larkin. Goss and Fitzsimons. evidently as per previous understanding. took the opposite side of the question.
 Then Mir Larkin appeared before the footlights and offered several res olutlons. all of which were unani- mously adopted. They included the dropping of item 49. and putting back Item a where 1t was originally placed and retaining the following other items vetoed by the mayor: for Webster school. S15,O00; for Bank street school, S6.JO0; for Web stcr school, $500: for Mulcahy school, $5.000. When all these had been or dered Mir Larkln made a graceful obeisance and withdrew and imme- diately bowed to the chair and moved that the appropriations as amended be adopted. This was passed and then the alderman from the second moved that the rate of taxation for the maintainance of the schools be made to read. 6.3 instead of 6.6. The motion was carried unanimously and was followed by another covering the rate in the different districts and get ting it down 10 the point figured out by the board of finance. which is 14.I in the second district.
 The special session then adjourned and the adjourned regular meeting was called to order.
 Alderman Spain, holding long paper in his hand. said that he had been requested by his honor the may or, who was In the ante-room. to say that he desired permission to elimi- nate section 3 from his veto message. This the alderman remarked contain ed the clauses to which the majority had taken exception. On motion of Mir Goss. q resolution to that effect was put and carried with the addition that the clerk he to correct the minutes ac-
 Nfx< .xl. tl...e the resolution offered by him at the meeting "Wednesday night relative to the mayors message be expunged from the minutes. The motion was passed.
 An application from the ScoviIl Mfg Co asking that W. II. Strobel. F.. n. Sullivan and John Hodapp be made special constables to do duty on the property of the company without play from the city. was referred to the board of safety. On 'recommensia- ton of the safety board the petition of the board of education that Jasnes TyrreIl and John Claffey. school janl- tors. was grantesl The recomm.n- 'laflons of the board of public works that they be authorized to hold hear Ing regarding the layout of River side street from West Main street to Inc cemetery gate and the establish Ing of building lines on Walnut street were approved. Tho reconn- Incndatlon of the board of finance that bond of SI50O he obtained to rnable the water department to carry the elevated service into Brooklyn and Town plot. was. on motion os Mir ro~s. referred to the city attornsy with instruction to submit a proper fraft fo the next meeting. On mo-