Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-27
LITTLE WATER STREET IMPROVEMENT
Will be Made and Shetucket Street Will Also be Wdened TriAe-Cost Not to Exceed $29 OOO-Provsion Made For Meeting Deficits.

I the land so required is hereby sanc- toned and authorized.
 Council Given Authority. The following resolution was then unanimously voted by ballot, giving the council authority to appropriate the money necessary for the improve mentS-
 Resolved, That the cont of com non council be, and it iB hereby au- thorized to make the ap1,r opriation of such sum or sums as may be necessary to meet the expenses of the city of Norwich to be incurred on account of the action taken at this meeting. Authority to Use Balances. The meeting was then called upon to act on the request that authority be given to use unexpended balances at the end of the year to meet deficits in Thayer explained that in two or three cases it is probable there will be a deficit The outside account of the street department is exhausted now. There is $500 appropriated for this ac- count and it has been used. the depart ment receiving back for the work done the sum of $500, but that has been paid into the city treasury and cannot be specific appropriation. The courthouse account is likely to be exceeded be- cause of the increase in the insurance, while the contingent account is also II, case for 25 years
 Gas and Electric Profits Big.
 The gas and electric department may exceed slightly their appropriation, but they will pay to the city $25,OOO iii excess of what the receipts from that department would be- (Applause.) This action will not call for additional tax and he hoped it would not leave a debt This action is taken to avoid criticism in exceeding appropriations
 Ea fol lravw-l -lr4cr Int haV presented by MT. Tanning:
 Resolved, That ths court of common council be- and it is hereby authorized to appropriate-any unexpended bal for any department at the annual meeting in June, 1911, to defray the expenses of the city arising prior to May 15. 1912, in any other department whose appropriation Is or shall be- come insufficient therefor; or to appro- priate any other moneys from the treasury not already appropriated which may be required to meet such
 Edward Kirby asked about the mat ter again and Alderman Gebrath told him that the public works department had not exceeded its accounts in any thing except the outside work account, and in that over s200 more than ex- pended has been collected. None of the ether account of that department will be exceeded The resolution was voted.
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 This completed the business of the meeting and adjournment was taken at S.25 o'clock.
 Work Cannot Start Yet.
 The work on the improvement can not be started yet. owing to the neces- sity of establishing street lines by the council. This cannot get to that body before the February session, it is thought, as the survey must be made which will make it necessary to have a hearing -ar the March session unless special meetings are held. By then the Cassidy property will be nearly ready to take and it will not be long before the work on the improvements can be pushed ahead.
 At the corner of the Shannon prop erty the owner has stated that he in tends to make rounding corner, which will he similar to the corner of his Auditorium hotel building and make a further improvement there.
 The ShetHclket street line after the change will be a straight line from the corner of Little Water street prop erty to the American house property corner.