Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-15

West Main St. improvement 1,634.13 For salary for milk inspector
 for two past years and sue
 ceeding year at S60 per
 month ................... s1.sOO.OO For a sewer in Oneco street 10000 Commission on new charter. 500.00
 Opening the meeting at o'clock, Mayor Thayer asked for the reading of the warning, which Clerk Moore gave, and upon motion of E. Percival Arms trong it was decided to take up each item separately.
 Edward Kirby gave the meeting q long talk about some changes he was willing to make in the Oneco street sewer which would allow the cutting of the appropriation.
 Gas and Electric Increase.
 Edwin A. Tracy, president of the gas and electric commission, thought the meeting should understand one or two spoke regarding the gas and electric department The $6,000 for the pole line to Taftville is now included in the balance in the treasury, where it of it for the polo line cannot be ob- tained. The city is therefore s6,000 short. The department asked for s105,- 900 last year, that being their esti- mate of expenses, with an additional s20,000 for interest on the first mort gage bonds. It was cut to $97 800. Tha appropriation of the past year was kept inside of by not paying bills. and he declared it a bad idea to vote money without understanding the situation. The increase needed with the pole line sum may mean another mill tax The income is estimated at s160,000, but all beyond the expenses of the department must go into the reserve or sinking funds, so that the extra income will not help the city; $105,000 is needed for operating expenses. and if the in come is s160.60O the expenses will be paid out of that, the s2o,0 interest net, the interest on the equity of S12.- 900 paid and about S20,0O0 will be left for the reserve fund. The bills must be paid and nothing will be saved by hampering the department He moved that the amount be $105,0OO, which was voted.
 Bills Paid and Obligations incurred
 Mayor Thayer called attention to the bills of the city to June first as the re- suit of the call for all bills to that time, stating that since the last au- thorization by the court of common council bills must be paid to the known to be outstanding bills of s16,- 972-07, making total to be paid out of the appropriations made tonight of about S37,000, or. nearly three mills
 The mayor was unable to answer w H. Shields inquiry .as to whether an allowance for these bills has been made Tn the estimates. MT. Shields urged economy IS. the people are now burdened beyond what they ought to be.
 Nicholas Tarrant thought it looked like fifteen mill tax and he referred to the short time in the shops, the in crease in the grand list by the asses sors, and yet the tax rate is soaring He considered the city about on the point of a receivership if this contin- ues- He suggested even cutting down some of the current exnepSee
 Public Works Department.
 The items of the public works de- partment were taken up and upon the statement of John Donovan who took a prominent part in the meeting the garbage and ashes account was cut to $6,000 from $65O0 recommended, and the sewer and catch basins account went to $2,500 from S3,5O0 recommend ed The sprinkling and street oiIing account was cut to S6,OO0 instead of 97.50e recomme ended
 Edward Kirby wanted the parks and