Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-08
Willimantic, Danielson and Putnam

caslons, but was not installed last year on aecuuuf Of lack Of funds. Accord
 ing to the motion in regard to this item. the system will be adopted eAfy after public hearing and with the approval of the beard of aldermen foi- lowing that.
 4 motion by M. Eugene Lincoln that three tllOHsafid dollars be appropriated for the ice account, and tlsaA a sep~ aratH account be kept of the ice bus fness charging the original investment of the city against it, together with interest wages deprec18tioIi, etc. was amended to include five hundred dol-
 lays additional for the purpose of ob- taining the services of an accountant
 to devise s0me better way of pre- senting che reports of the city in book form So that they could be easily tf1- derstood by the voters and taEpayers and the motion was passed by the meeting.
 The item of i've thousand dollars for permanent improvement of streets that, in the argument which followed, was assumed to mean some permanent change in the conditions on Main tStreef from Linco1ng cor1ler to the railroad tracks and beyond. was op- posed by M. E. Lincoln, who expressed himself as not in favor of permanent Improvements Of the sort, as opposed to the work in particular on that sec- ton, and opposed to block paving on r S~COONAAS O- --SAAC A1eADAE1ey VIZ 3AOA SN9 SAAP- ping.
 Mayor Dunn resigned the chair to Alderman A. L. GelinaS to take the floor and make a plea for this items stating that every city and every en- gineer in the country realized that per- ndanent street improvements were a good thing. He said the city does not spend enough on its streets. Main street, the part of it which has per-
 1nanent paving. is a fine street and through the city. He also said he was opposed to the manner of oiiing the streets, in his opinion every street should be oiled or else the abutting property owners should pay for the work on those streets which were oil- eds
 Mr, Lincoln said he was not opposed to more money for the streets. but only to this permanent work at this time and in that section. His motion to take no action on the appropriation was lost. to F, and the motion adopting the appropriation was car- rfed, IS to 5.
 Tfle estimate for the fire department was raised from $7,0o0 to $Sseee on motion of Alderman Gelinas, who
 stated that new hose should be pur- chased. The amount Of 9,500 for the police department was divided, so as to show the s1.090 voted for the in- Stallation of the new signal system in
 separate item. as suggested by Cor
 poration Counsel Kelley. Street light
 ing was raised $500 on motion of the committee, on account of new lights put fin recently Sewer construction, on recommendation of the committee, was cut from $5se00 to $3,G00. as no new sewers were known to be needed at present. Spraying trees and oiling
 streets was raised s1,900. on motion of M. E. Lincoln. Lower Main street Improvement was cut from s, 00o to $1. 900, and the appropriation for ra- pairing the footbrfdRe from $Ss9 to $500. TEe item looked toward new planlsing throughout. which the meet ing decided was not necessary. The sum total of the appropriations
 was $S7, ,85o.0o, divided as follows: