Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-22

affairs had been run, and he believed l that other electors had done the same | thing. He wanted to know where l SIP had been spent on Mansfield ave- nue the last month, and also wanted l to know why the city had spent $35 for the cutting down of a tree that | he would be willing to have done for 1 S15 and would get a man to do it. | He said the streets at the present time. are in worse shape than at any time 1 within his memory
 W. B. Knight wanted to know where the S12,000 appropriation for streets had gone.
 | Alderman Frank R. Jackson said: 1 T can't answer that question, although I am a member of the street commit 1 tee, but I have not been consulted in the matter of expenditures" Charles | F. Risedorf wanted to know why the s1,500 was wanted instead of the lsS00. MT. Sanderson explained about | the removal of tree at an expense | of $35 that was in front of some of l his property at High street. He said 1 that both he and the city had tried | to have 1t done for a smaller sum, but 1 were unable to do so and most con | tractors wanted at least $40 or more, l and that in his opinion 1t could not have been done for less than $35. MT l l that it could have been done for S15, and that he would guarantee it could l have been done for that and furnish i a bond to that effect. He said T have d man working for me who is 1 cutting down trees all the time and he could do it for that sum-" Ex- 1 Alderman Jay NJ. Shepard, a former chairman of the street committees wanted to know about what he termed an extraordinary expenditure on Up- | per Main street
 Mayor Dunn at this juncture asked | ''lS Alderman Holbrook in the hall?' l Being informed that he was, he asked him to take the chair. Mayor Dunn l then took the floor and addressed the meeting He said: T would state that your streets are run just as eco- nomically at present as they have ever been during the past twenty years. You must remember that your auto ! mobiles of today raise havoc with your streets and necessarily entail a much greater expenditure for repairs. Nineteen years ago you had an ap- propriation of $500 for streets and again in 1908 you had $500 for the l same department. As to the matter 1 of the present appropriation, it is 1 simply crack at our present super | intendent of streets. He has done as well as any of your superintendents under adverse conditions"
 He cited the city of Rockville as an instance where considerably smaller | city appropriates a larger sum for | it's street department than WiIliman- tic. Alderman Shepard interrupt ed with query relative to the opera ton of the city's stone crusher and was told that it cost something over | $700 to operate the same. The mayor said: "Pll read all the expenditures if | you want me to-" He continued by saying, Some people here in the city don't want to see the laboring man get any work; that is the trouble right here. Next year you won't be able to get labor for $1.75 per day. but will | have to pay a higher wage!"
 x-Alderman Shepard wanted ito know where the city stood financial | ly. Mayor Dunn replied: Tt is in debt, just as all other municipalities l are!" MT. Shepard wanted to know | how many men had, been employed. | The mayor said at different times from 10 to 19 or 20. The mayor then called attention to the fact that over one and one-quarter miles of new side walk had been laid and that the ex- | pense of $1650 incident to the laying | the gutters, etc., in connection with the same came out of the street ap- l propriation. He said: You can't work your streets today for the same | money you did ten years ago! One automobile does more damage to a l street in one week than ten horse drawn vehicles did in a month ten years ago. That is the proposition that confrontS us and has confronted our state highway commissioner" 1 w. B. Knight said: T have been 1 accused of being a low wage man by some and l have been accused of be- ing high wage man by my employ CTS and 1 would like to know where l stand! The mills here raise at least half the money in the town and pay as great proportion of taxes as any one!" Mayor Dunn said the working man who paid his rent paid his pro- portion of taxes just as much and
 more than anyone. He was heartily applauded.
 A. L. Gelinas said too much was
 being expended for streets and that
 in his opinion the $500 was sufficient
 to carry the city through the year
 Mr. Knight said: T kick at carting
 dirt from upper Main street down tc
 the thread mills" Mayor Dunn want
 ed to know if there was any dirt near CT. MT. Knight said he did not know c. A. Capen said: q have been at
 tending town and city meeting fol
 the past forty years, and the only \ criticism that 1 have to offer on tht present administration is that wher
 those in authority realized that the ap-
 propriation was going to be made
 quate they should have called a hal
 and notified the voters at least two
 months ago and provided for the same
 or curtailed expenses" Mir incOIn tba11 cof6. s.FVba ,,,n4I,
 cd of working the street is all wrong
 The superintendent of streets should
 stay with his gang and keep an over
 sight over their work and not spli
 it up into small gangs of from two t,
 three men and ride about the cit,
 watching the small gangs" He said
 Put gang upon street and cleal
 it up at once and then go on t
 other work! The street superinten dent is creation of the mayor, and : he has made mistake it is up to tn
 mayor. who is accountable, and onl
 to be blamed!"
 Corporation Counsel King said: '1l my opinion the only issue is hoy much money are we to appropriat for the purposes set forth in the res olution." Mayor Dunn asked MT
 Lincoln how much the leaves an
 gutters of the city could be cleane | up in good shape for. MT. Llncol
 said with the right method for a sur
 of from s200 to $500. The questio
 was called for.
 The vote on the amendment to tn
 amendment was doubted by the mayo
 and James Haggerty and c. E. Leon
 ard were appointed tellers. The vot
 was taken again and there were 10
 who voted, of whom 54 favored tn
 amendment as amended with 47 vot
 ing against. MT. Lincoln objected t l the method of counting the vote, an the objection was sustained by tn
 mayor, who requested that all votin
 for the amended amendment stand o
 the right of the hall. Those opposin
 the same to remain standing wher
 they were. The result of the vot r showed that 104 had voted, of whor 53 voted for the amended amendmer
 and 51 against it. The amende | amendment was declared caY an