Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-13

treas SuIeT. buL IuSTe are Just d lew III the city who are of opinion that if a democratic collector desires a clerk that he should select g, democrat, and not his predecessor in office, and who was a. candidate for .reappointment in opposition to the present incumbent
 This same clerk has been collector for several years and the only cause for
 his removal was a change in the pOlit- teal complexion of the court of com
 mon council and the substitution of g. democrat for a republican.
 The finance committee of the court
 of common council who have to deal
 with the annual budget, departed from
 the usual custom and gave public
 hearing to all who were interested
 sufficiently to attend the meeting. Ex-
 Governor Waller was there In all his
 glory and majesty and with almost
 the same vigor as when his word ruled
 New LondOn-when 8 wave of the
 hand removed opposition to anything
 young as he used to be when in the
 height of his political career, he bears
 his years lightly and is far removed
 from the old fogy class. He is abreast
 and often ahead of the times and
 in this respect there has been no
 change since he donned the blue in
 defense of his country.
 He took active part in the doings
 before the finance committee and strongly advocated a bathing pavilion
 of modern design and large enough to
 accommodate the public at Ocean
 Beach, and told just how it would be
 a paying investment to the city, by lease. He said there was public de- mand for such a pavilion and hoped the finance committee would include ample appropriation in the budget to carry the project to successful issue.
 c m
 timated that he would take the prop
 CT procedure that would bring the matter direct to the people for ac- tion in city meeting and let the peo- pie rather than their representatives in the court of common council de- eide the important issue. The gov ernor favored purchasing fire ap- paratuS of the triple com binatiOn type, a duplicate of the Niagara machine, also new fire truck for the hook and ladder company and the purchase of twice as much hose as was pur- chased a year hence. In fact he fla VOred every recommendation made by Alderman Crockett for the fire depart ment, and reminded his hearers that he was not a candidate for any office and was not bidding for the votes of the volunteer firemen. He added that if he were after any office his choice would be that of tax collector He also took a shy at the office of clerk to the board of assessors stating that more and better service should be ren- dered or the salary of $500 be ma terialiy increased as the public was paying almost too much for the whis- tie, with apologies to Benjamin Frank lin.
 The governor advocated increased appropriation for the parks and even new sidewalks, now that the work bo oI to his original claim that those who had laid new sidewalks at their own expense should be reimbursed instead of being subjected to double taxation. While the governor took active interest in the meeting he was not the whole cheese. He was there for the purpose of pushing for a much needed bathing pavilion at the beach and just dipped into other matters from force of habit and believing the projects were good helped to push them along. Rev. James w. Bixler was the first to be heard at the meeting and for his ac- commodation the matter of playground appropriation was taken up out of the regular order. He wished it dis tinctly understood that there was no need for an increased appropriation and he wanted to be recorded as b& he was strongly in favor of the play ground movement.
 pr, Black, the health officer, he who raised a rUction because the members of Nameaug Engine company objected to the use of the toilet by worlImen on the new municipal building, favored appropriation for padded cell at the almehouse for the care of delirtum trenen patients, and other cases where such a cell would be required The es- timated the cost of construction at $500, and perhaps $500 a year for a nurse or attendant. Ex- Mayor Tinker favored an increase in the appropria- ton for the care of the poor in the 1 hospitals from $700 to $1.000.
 William Beieher asked for an appro- | priatior of 1000 instead of 5000 for 1 the Bulkeley school. William H. 1 Reeves, a trustee of the Williams Me l morial Institute asked that the ap- of $5 term paid for each | girl attending school be increased to | $10 a term or $20 a year. Professor | Frederick s. Hitchcock of the manual 1 training school said that there were 400 students registered, and asked that | the appropriation of $10Oo0 for last | year be duplicated. Alderman John | Ryan of the police committee asked for | no increase for police salaries, but sug gested appropriation of $700 for new cells in the police station, and also the sum of $500 for a police signal system He said the system would be installed by the Southern New England Telephone company for that sum and that tho care. would not exceed S200 a year He was unable to explain the details of the working of