The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-27
RUSH PROGRAM
 FOR TAX BOARD
Hearings on Expenditure of More Than $1,6O0,000 to Be Crowded Into Single
 Session
Motion for Crowded Proce- dure Made by Allan W. Paige-Effect on Appro- priation for Twenty-Year Water Contract.

The Board of Apportionment will try to crowd all of the public hearings in- cident to the appropriation of $1, ,600 900 of the public money into a single ses- sion
 Action to this end was taken yester- day upon motion of Allan w. Paige. But even MT. Paige was exceedingly doubtful that this plan could be suc- cessfully carried out. The Paige rush program follows: The following hearings will be held between the hours of and o'clock on the evening of Feb. 1: Board of Assessors-Frank J.Hughes. Library Board-Henry A. Bishop. Board of Appraisal-Marcus Rev. holds.
 Town Clerk-william Thomas. Prt bate Court-Judge Nobbs. Park Commissioners George M. Flames.
 Committee on Building Law Revision -Chas M. Botsford.
 Board of Plumbing Examiners
 City Attorney-Thomas M. Cullinan.
 City Court-Judge Carl Foster.
 Tax Collector-John M. Donnelly.
 Board of Relief-William A. Lewis,
 Board of Selectmen-Thomas J. Love- ly.
 Harbor Master-Charles Morris.
 COmmttee on C1Cy fiall7MdyOr, ClIy Auditor and City Clerk.
 City Auditor-Bernard Heating.
 Building Commissioners = Chas. M. Botsford
 Registrars of voters-James H. Rooney.
 The following hearings will be held after o'clock on the evening of Feb. 1st:
 Board of ducation-William H. Marigold.
 City Surveyor-M F. McKenna
 Board of Health-Dr. George Ober.
 Fire Department-George Crawford.
 Committee on Claims-John N. Near.
 Board of Charities-Judge Patrick Kane.
 Committee on Lamps-Daniel Ma honey.
 Committee on Sewers rs- Henry J. Clampett.
 Committee on Memorial Day-Pat- rick H. Brady.
 Committee on Streets and Sidewalks John H. McMurray.
 Police Department-E. F. Hallen.
 Police and Charities Building-May- or, Patrick Kane or E. F. Hallen.
 Director of Public Works-M. A. Kenny.
 Superintendent of streets-Frederick Schreiber.
 Paving and Sewer Commission-Mat- thew H. Rogers.
 The title miscellaneous matters covers the appropriation for a 20 year water contract. The hearing upon this appropriation has usually devel- oped a very large adverse interest. The effect of the Paige program will be to bring this important matter to issue in the neighborhood of midnight on Feb. 1.
 In> previous years the various com mittees and boards have been assigned to hearings evenly apportioned to two sessions. The full program was con- pleted on both nights.
 Under the schedule the board will work under next Tuesday. the heads of departments will be expected to be present on the first night and if the board cannot wind up the business be- fore midnight they will be asked to spending two nights in an effort to save the time of the busy men on the Board of Apportionment.
 A prominent business man who heard of MT. Paige's hurry up policy says that there is a great hue and cry about conducting the affairs of the city in business way and he wonders if MT. Paige could ask questions enough about the expenditure of $1,677, ,4S8 in one night if he was spending his own money The business mans opinion was that about twice the time should be taken to spend nearly a million ana three quarters of the peoples dollars as it used to take to spend less than a million.
 Despite the fact that the administra- ton has kept the cost of running the tcity down to 15 mills plus the one mill for the State tax, the budget is the largest in the citys history.
 The several sub- committees of en- quiry of the Board of Apportionment have already started upon their task of Investigating the requests of the various boards and of making up their reports to the entire board.
 Some of the notable changes made in the acquisitions of the various boards by Auditor Heating are the reduction of Former Supt. Colgan's request for $53. .46S. 50 to $50 GOO; of the total elimi- nation of Director Biltz's request for s5 900 to oil the streets; of the reduction of s60 GOO asked for macadam repairs to $4O,00O of the elimination of spe- cia. appropriation of s5 900 to repair Connecticut avenue and of the elimina- tion $5,000 for new culvert across Pembroke lake at Ogden street.
 City Engineer McKenna who was short of funds last year to conduct the affairs of his office asked for $15,50O this year. The auditor reduced the