The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-17
Tax Board Considers
Million Dollar Bond
Issue; Provides Interest
(Contiued from Page IL

(Contiued from Page IL
would contest the case in the courts
and that next year would be time
enough to provide the money.
Auditor Heating said he had no rea-
son to doubt Mr.. Osborne's contention,
but the city should have the money
on hand as it would be impossible
for the Mayor to sign the report of
:. the Board of Appraisal unless the
money to pay the damages was in the
hands of the city treasurer The I'll
600 was thereupon carried to the list.
The appropriations on the prelimin-
airy lists are as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT.
Advertising. printing and stationery,
$4,000; advertising. printing and sta
tionery. deficiency, $1,000; ambulance
and emergency $8.S10.47; Board of APP
portionment. 5000; assessors, salaries,
ETC.. S1O,547; block maps. special. $4.-
500; block maps. reappropriation. $4,-
200; steel case for block maps. $500;
betterment bonds. $4,000; Improvement
bonds No. 1. $4,000; municipal bonds.
$4,000; reissue bonds. $4,000: voting
machine bonds. $1,000: superintendent
of bridges. one-half salary. $50; Build
ing Commissioners. salaries and ex-
penses $4,000: city attorney. $1,000;
City Hall. fuel, light. etc.. $S,2OS; tax
collectors Office Sc, $780, county tax. 49,
900; culvert repairing. $1,000; Rooster
River culvert. deficiency, 81, 241.55; dog
tax to State. $500; dog warden. $1,SO0;
election expenses, enrolment for prl-
maries, $685.: deficiency. $500: miscel-
laneous, $2,17O; registrars of voters
up and care of voting machines. 81
200: garbage disposal. s41,305.30; Board
of Health. s15,295; hunters licenses
payable to State. 5000; interest on
funded debt. $29. $1,000; general index
of charter and ordinances and council
proceedings. $500: land damages,
Main street. $1,000; indexing of land
records. reappropriation, 1000; library
fund. $22,10O; three tungsten lamps,
l.sS1; lighting Fairfield avenue viaduct,
Lamp committee. telephone and Incl
/ dentals. $1CO: TOO electric arc lamps at
SILT per lamp. s49.s19; 6o4 gas or gas
oline lamps at $25 per lamp. $4,000;
salary of liquor and dog agent. ST.
1880; macadam repairs. roads and
bridges. $50, 500; Memorial day. $1,000;
miscellaneous expenditures. $500; Ma
tional Guard tax. $4,000; personal
damages. $500; compiling personal tax
lists. $1.750; Police and Charities
cial. $500: care Of poor. s92 .962. Sc: care
of poor, deficiency. $15,5O0; care Of poor
at State tuberculosis Hospital. $1,000:
Probate Court. $3.50; Board of Relief,
$1,000; Charity department. salaries,
support of schools. 1890; service and
fees. 81 800: sinking fund, $500; street
grading. special. No. ], $4,000; street
grading. $1,000; street grading. special.
No. 2. s12,o75: Town Clerks office. So
f1cers. $3.50: interest for proposed
bond issue. $4,000. Total acquisitions
in First district. s1001, 915.1s. Total
income Of First district. 1921, 400. 1eav-
A 9.S mill tax on an estimated grand
list of s90.000.000 will raise $4,000.
Excess, S1.4s4.S2
SECOND DISTRICT.
Advertising. printing and stationery.
SIS, 900; Appraisers services. $500; Bar
mum school fund, $50; redemption
bonds. $4,000: Fire department bonds,
81. 600: improvement bonds. No. 2. $10.-
900; Yellow Mill bridge bonds. $4,000;
care and repair of bridges. 1880; half
salary. superintendent of bridges $50;
Broad street steps. $500; City Court,
$12, 200: Claims committee, $1,000; COM
mon road repairs, $500; crosswalks'
So, 600; crosswalk repairs. 81 $780, cu1-
verts, Seaview avenue extension, $500;
Fire department regular. $181, 515; Fire
department special $4,000; ten new
firemen, $4,000: Fire department auto
master. $1,581; interest on funded debt,
s49, 142.5 so; Island Brook bridge. $4,000;
land damages. $4,000; land damages.
Main street. special. $500; legal eX-
penses. $1,000; miscellaneous expendi-
lures, $4,000: new macadam. s14.95o;
Park department. $3O.O14.67; last pay
|, ment on purchase of Fayerweather's
Island $1,000: Seaside Park extension,
$1,000; Park department. special, So
265; pavement repairs. $4,000: personal
$141, S76: conduit for police signal SER
vice wires. $4,000; eight new patrol
men. ss,O52: salaries. s12.1O0; sewer
cleaning. $1,000; sewer construction.
. 500, 900: sewer repairs, s4,500; sewer well
cleaning and repairs, $1,000; sidewalks.
curbs and grading $4,000; sidewalk,
curb and grading. deficiency. $1.638.03;
: new sidewalks and curbs. $4,000; side
walk. curb and gutter repairs. $500;
sinking fund; $4,000; new auto for for
street cleaning. $50 600; removal snow
from sidewalks. $500: Street depart
ment salaries $500; railroad demur-
rage bill of two years standing.
$451.40: street sprinkling with oil. s2S.-
120; street sprinkling with water. $15,-
3Oo surveying $16550; removal OF
trees. $1,000; watering trough repairs
$500; wharf improvements. $4,000: in
terest on proposed bond issue. $1,000
Total amount of acquisitions. $685.
Second district. 22.30625. Amount
to be raised by taxation. 5000. 269. So
A tax of mills on estimated
grand list of $50. zoo. 600 will raise $685.
UUU. DelClSliCy VI StGOS.OO W ne CdIcU
for on final list
The sum of $3.50 was added to mis-
cellaneous election expenses for two
portable voting booths. These were
recommended by the Mayor and audi
4 tor 1t is estimated that they will be
I saving as it costs about $50 to rent
and maintain a voting booth in a store
for few DAYS.
The subcommittee recommended 81.
4 900 more for garbage disposal thar
was asked by the board originally, and
recommended by the auditor
On the recommendation of Mr.. Coop
er the requisition of the Selectmer
was cut from 1920 to $40 Mr. Coop
] er said it meant a reduction from
seven to four clerks and the cutting
4 out of $40 for meals.
When the time came for voting upor
d the question of recommending a $780,
4 600 bond issue for new East Wash
q ington avenue bridge. George Wind.
sor voted alone against the proposi-
I ton, saying he believed itGwas unnec-
u essary.
Zalmon Goodsell stated that he
I wanted to explain his position He
& said he had been inclined to believe
that $4,000 would repair the bridge
and make if DOSSible fo Use r. for sew.