Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-07
ADD TO CEMETERY sINKlNe FUND
Mayor Suggests Council Meeting That Contributions be
 Secured Proposal Increase City Clerks Salary to
 $1,00O-Petitions For New Electric Lishts-Nesvton
 Street Residents Want Gas Main Extended Is

A s years, which makes it necessary that, in order to attend to such duties prop erly and give the city proper admin istration of said of1ce. the clerk should devote his entire time to the business of the city and court of conmon council, and it being necessary for the convenience of city officials and all others who may have business With the office that the office should be open at stated hours each weekday, therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, That for such service the salary of the city clerk shall be one thousand dollars ts1.ooo) per year. payable monthly.
 Resolved, That all moneys received by the city clerk for recording and Ii censing shall be paid by him to the city treasurer on or before the 10th day of each month, taking a receipt there- for.
 Resolved, That this resolution take effect July 1st, 1913.
 Quarterly Reports.
 Fire Marshal Howard l.. Stanton reported 21 permits for new buildings and alterations were received in the last quarter and 20 granted.
 The quarterly report of Police Ch1ef George Linton was presented, accepted and ordered printed.
 The monthly report of the street de- partment showed expenditures Of s2,742.53, with an average of B men employed in the month. The amounts were as follows: Crushing and quarry ing stone, sl7.26, surface repairs S243.50; cleaning catch basins. $309,, repairing culvert $3; sidewalks, $9e.81; crosswa1ks. $2z.25: catch basin, Ss: gutters, s22.63; collecting garbage and stairs, 5 cleaning and removing snow, s196.50; cleaning crosswaiks, S5l; trimming and removing trees. S6S; all block and brick pavement sweep inss, S223.37; crushing stone for Sa- chem street, s?06.56. It was accepted and placed on file.
 Mayors Recommendations.
 Mayor Murphy made a few brief suggestions to the council at the open ing of the year as follows: Gentlemen of the Court of Common
 Council:
 This being the first meeting of the year 1913, I wish to extend to you all my best wishes for a happy and pros- porous New Year.
 There are few suggestions I would like to make to the council in regard to our cemeteries. No doubt you. are aware that the source of revenue from the sale of lots in Yantic cemetery as well as the other cemeteries has ceased, as there are but very few more lots to be sold.
 would suggest that the superinten- dent of the cemetery be instructed to write to all lot owners or trustees of
  uted to the sinkin- fund of the ceme- tery department, asking them if they would consent to contribute to said fund enough money to take perpetual care of their lots. There are now about I 27o lots taken care of by this fund. If this scheme was carried out and enough money in the sinking fund to guarantee the future care of all lots in the same way that others are now taken care of by this fund, Yantic cemetery in the future. as it has been in the past, would always be looked upon with pride by the citizens of the city.
 The mayor explained further that his idea was to establish a sinking fund that would provide perpetual care for the cemetery. On motion of referred to the public works commit tee.
 The mayor also made the sugges- tion that the finance committee see if they cannot arrange to keep. the pub lie lavatory on the public wharf open during the winter.
 Mayor Murphy further called at- tention to the dumping of refuse on Laurel Hill, saying that he did not believe it was a proper place to dump refuse and he hoped some attention would be given towards stopping 1t.
 Alderman Hourigan replied that the 1avatory could not be kept open in win ter, he believed, because of freezing, without spending more money on it, and he had had no previous complaint about the Laurel Hill matter the may or had spoken of.
 Bills Approved.
 After approving the following de- partment bills the council adjourned at 8.45 o'clock:
 Fire department. $s,175.oa; police department. $2,20244; gas and electric department. s22.91O.72; cemetery de- partment, s52s.77; public works de- partment. s3,S76.66; finance depart ment. s4,6S0.70: park department, s190.38; Stony Brook, $9,250; water de- partment, s1,764.37.