Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-08

The citizens In town meeting on Monday evening added s2S,700 to the estimates for 1912-1913 as submitted by the selectmen, making a total Of $156, 11610 to be raised by tax and calling for an 11% mill rate of tax, which the meeting voted.
 In making this considerable increase the items were an extra amount of $S,500 for the salaries of the school teachers under town consolidation of schools, s12.0O0 for paying the term fees for town pupils at the Norwich Free Academy, $500 for the use in accepting as public highway a street leading to the. American Thermos Bot tie company's new plant, a S1,200 in- crease in the salary of the assessors, $500 increase in the salary of the town treasurer, the usual $4.500 ap- propriation for the Otis library, and s1O6 for four electric lights on Oneco street.
 Contest on School Matters.
 The only real contest in the meeting came over the proposition to increase the budget of the town school commit tee by the sum of $S,500 in the item of salaries. This was for the purpose of equalizing salaries of teachers so that
 
 the same grade should be paid the same amount, and the fight for this was led by Thomas H. Beckley, Henry D. Johnson, Joseph D. Pfeiffer and Henry G. Peck: all prominent in West Chelsea school matters before town consolidation of schools.
 A. s. Spalding was chosen moderator after the meeting had been called to order by First Selectman A. W. Lilli- bridge, with about 300 citizens in at |. tendance. The call for the meeting was read by Town Clerk Charles 8. Holbrook. While the call was being read. late corners arriving sent the attendance close up to 400. the seating capacity of the hall.
 Town Clerk Holbrook read the re- port of a committee appointed year ago to confer with the trustees of the | Academy. The committee comprised William H. Shields. chairman, Charles s. Holbrook, secretary, F. J. Working, John A. Moran, Albert Boardman, l Charles F. Thayer. Edward J. Brophy, George Thompson, J. E. Stanton. Recommends Technical School. l They made three recommendations: 1 First, that the town pay the term fees | for it's pupils at the Academy; second, that as the town Is paying this amount of money for education in the | Academy, it should have representa- 1 tion on the board of trustees of the | Academy; third. that as the Free | Academy offers strong courses along academic lines only, and that many children of high school grade are de- tered from securing education be- yond the grammar school by the fact that no courses tending to give prac- | iyd al f1on h in the public schools of Norwich, that this committee recommends to the
 town that a technical high school be
 established by the town and that steps
 be taken toward this end.
 On motion of A. A. Browning the TO.
 port was accepted.
 The printed reports of the select.
 men, town treasurer, treasurer of towr
 deposit fund, sinking fund commission
 health officed. school visitor and trus
 tees of Otis library were all accept
 ed ~
 Moderator SpaIdina Explains.
 Before taking up the budget of ap
 propriations proposed by the selectmel
 Moderator Spalding explained to tn
 voters that if these were adopted a . proposed a 10 mill tax would be sufn cient, and that an extra amount wou1' | | IL X,
 propriations of s17,000 would mean al
 extra mill of tax.
 Appropriations Voted.
 Appropriations for the following es
 timated expenses were voted: Aims
 house, $7,500; outside poor, $11,000
 insane, $9,S00; neglected and depend ! ent children, $3.200; highways, city c Norwich, $1S,O00; highways outside $12000; macadam repairs, S4,516.1 10 oiling roads. $1,500; bridges, 5000 , contingent, $S,000; interest. $12,0o0 , election, $3,300; vital statistics. $1.500 ] National Guard, communication tax, $4 ' 900; town clerks office $500; propert tax account, $S.50O.
 3 Assessors Want Better System. l Assessor J. P. Murphy explaine that in the sum of $S,500 for propert tax account was included the sum l $1,S00 for the assessors office, out ( which the assessors had to pay $40 . for work they could not do. He spok l for a better system as to location 5 property by streets and numbers, 2 : 65 business places had been found nt T taxed and six pieces of property tt e last year. He felt there was muc q property in the town which was n, /. assessed. He claimed that the tow U was losing money through slipshc u methods which Norwich had employf e on taxation matters and records. ar e he felt sure the town would benefit = a better and modern system. Mir Murphy was applauded, and e s. Thresher asked what remedy M e Murphy would suggest. The latter al e swered that they ought to have abo 0 $1,2O0 more The sum of $3,500 W, ,. voted appropriated.
 P Other amounts as estimated were al 1T propriated as follows: Sinking fun r. $S,600; tuberculosis patients, $2,00 II probate district expenses. $500; vo IL ing machines and extras, $6,000; stre le lighting, $500; Yantic Steam Fire El
 zine Co.,, $400. A total of $127,416.
 as estimated by the selectmen. 10 On the School Burget. ,f The budget of the town school COT le mittee was next taken up and Thom s Beckley asked if the sum of $500 Id for salaries was reckoned on an equa re taxation of salaries.
 d Chairman H. A. Tirrell took the flo re and asked the privilege of few wor l. in general on the budget. He e ss plained first where an increase of $ a- GOO in this years budget over Ia ss years came from, in increasing fro of s96, 900 to $10S,OO0. Salaries of ss0,o ,y were about s1.O00 more, interest of & r. S57 was larger through Wequonn n- notes, and there was a s6,000 item a repairs.
 There is no real equalization.
 said, but it does include al the
 creases in salaries which the board h if set.
 ps MT. Tirrell spoke of improved cont
 tions of school property at Bean H
 and at Bridge district. On the matt no of salaries, he said that the only f; " { h. n,.d I :.