Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-08
COMMON COUNCIL RECINDS VOTE
Only Two Members in Favor of Retaining Resolution Au thorizing Payment of $4 $50 Tor New Auto Chemical
 Disapproyal of Attempt to Snesk-in' this Bill Wsl'- out Authority Either of Council or of City Meeting, Chairman Beckley Stated Position

conscientlously and well He has op- posed many things and stcod alone. He had been right always in the matter of installing motor-driyen ap- paratus and the withdrawA Of horse drawn. The only reason against this hitherto has been of a fianncial na- ture. His aim was not to increase taxation; he would do exactly as he agreed to do, he would be faithful to the taxpayers, and if permitted to re-
 main in his capacity of lire commfs- sioner would reduce the cost Of the department by means of motor-driven apparatus. MT. Beckley advocated at this point the elimination of some of the expensive stations, and appealed to the city to help him do so. The sta ton of Chemical company No. 1 on Main street should be sold, for the people know that 1t is of no protection against fire The report of the under ! writers in 1911 was referred to. The question came up with the increasing , , of the appropriation of increasing the l pay of the firemen. of giving them good
 kind of men that are deserving of s3.25
 day.
 Many Gilt Edged Ideas. MT. BeckIey stated plainly that he ] had no sympathy with Chief Stanton 1 and his recommendations. When the chief is right. he stands by him, but Chief Stanton has too many gilt-edged l and enlarged ideas for a small city. Mir. | Beckley considers his own commission ers views first A new commissioner sees the truth and supports me. The other gentleman has not been atten- i tive. But men of a coarse cast of ! mind sometimes slip in and block the I wheels of progress. Mir. Beckley had | approved a bill of s350 from Kramer & Henderson for moving the Greeneville l apparatus, and so there was cause for 1 the third member to oppose motor ap- I ,k... Tgs.e T.. f1-- L1.-fx- apparatus and a living wage. He
 hoped that the vote, of last night | would not be rescinded. He would take l the case before the people and have l them judge whether he was right or 1 wrong.
 1 Question of Authority.
 IN Alderman Mclaughlin asked wheth- CT if the vote were not rescinded the expenses would exceed the appropria-
 ton of S36,O00. Mayor Murphy asked
 what right the fire commissioner had to sell any property of the city out
 authority of a city meeting, and what iwould be done if the city did not so Vote? Mir. Beckley replied that his
 ideas were along the line of economic
 progress and that he had perfect confi-
 dence in the people, because the ma
 jority are with him in his plan of
 utilizing city property for civic safety,
 How reduce the cost of maintenance ? Investigations show the way is by dis placing horses, for the keeping of
 horse-drawn apparatus is the main ex- pense. Some people are little afraid and oppose this view, and this Is the
 reason the other commissioner is op- posed.
 Fair and Forceful Endeavors
 Alderman Beckley declared that the expense of the department under his 1 regime has been less than in the last I o l. IL @A . AA ~.rxN. Ane 1, 1 been advanced twice. He has beer very careful to pay attention to tht
 demands of the people he represents
 and has tried fairly and forcefully tG
 bring a reduction of expense about } Therefore he opposed a new pumping engine at $7.5e0. for the city can't af- ford to dispense with the preSen , pumping engines. But the closing oi the Main street station would save S1 000 in the first year. Then the op. , portunity arose to get the Pope appa- 1 ratuS, with chain drive, suitable fol i, the Norwich elevations. at a price sS5t below the market price. due to factory : conditions. The company is in re. 5 ceivers hands Also the house ant
 property on Main street was valuable property and could be sold. h.
 thought. for $12.O00 or $I3.000. and s' \ even after buying the new apparatu ! a nice balance would be left to be turn : ed, not into the fire department. bu | Into the city treasury.
 s Has Problem Under Thumb. : There are lot of problems in tn |, fire department that have not beel tackled by the fire commissioners; bu 1, have tackled them and have then , under my thumb. although I will no 2 ventilate them all. But motorizing tn l department is essential. and in doinI Q 1t We shall make progress and b t ahead of the game. At the end of tn | " ta hn @ be in money. Alderman Mclaughlin t said that the council had just so muc 6 to spend and would be liable if the n went over this sum.
 Bill Was "Sneaked In" < Councilman Kramer said that he wa a | probably narrow minded, but althoug Mir Beckley says that the autochemi
 cal has been saving to the city h . has found that all the money appro . | priated was spent with the auto jus 't as ever. Mir. Kramer could not get t - meeting of the commissioners calle 2 by Chairman Beckley Saturday nigh = but at a meeting Sunday afternoon h U opposed the resolution for 1t was nc V treating the citizens right. He woul
 like to see machines around, but the
 had no right to spend more none.
 Last night the bill was sneaked il Y just as that for the first autochemica e Only the other was here to be locke s at first and this time the bill came be ,t fore the machine.
 v Credit of the City.
 Councilman williams asked if
 were the custom to get the machir 70 before the bill was paid, and Mayo le Murphy asked if the city of Norwic 70 did not have good credit with the PoI n company.
 In conclusion. MT. Beckley state v that he shirks none of the respons 70 bility and accepts all of the odium , y the business. We think we have acts l- within the ordinance and are assure le that the people are with us.
 TO Then the vote was taken rescindir
 the resolution and the meeting aS
 journed shortly before g o'clock. ys Shortage in Louisville Controller le Office.
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