New Britain herald., 1915-07-17

I 1 not capable of performing his duties l as treasurer and town clerk. The I town clerk should be the manager and 1 treasurer of the town. A salary or I about $500 or $500 should be attached 1 to the position. A superintendent ol | the roads should also be chosen at l about the same salary. This, super intendent should always be, on , uuty l and should be under the charge ol tns selectmen who would appo oint: n hlm n ana Iisa be responsible for the manner II 1 which he performed his duties. es Col Jarvis Plans For Economy. Col. Jarvis also broached the suo ject of having the town clerh "o. o' tax collector and thus aVoiu N' expense to the town rms no V. seemed to he an imposs1blllty as the tax collector could not very
 tbe +owp trea surer Col. Jarvis sug- easted having some trust company or hank act as the treasurer and upon ordars to make receipts and disburse- n,ents This would cut down the ex- nenses to about s2,000 year The 5n+ias of the town clerk would be to ,anape the town affairs in detail The selectn1en would manage the town .rd inc superintendent would look
 
 after the. roads.
 ..The present expenses of the town ira unreasonable declared Col. Jarvis. .whv the town teams have more men on them than I have on my hay wagons"
 It has brought out that Berlin pays larger salaries than other towns to it's first se1ectnan. The town of Sufield pays but $500.
 Voters Let Things Slide.
 T cannot see the reason for so many expenditures in this town said the Colonel. Mr. Deming answered him by saynig that the voters let things slide along and take no inter- ests in the affairs at the town meeting The increasing of the indebtedness of the town was also a puzzle to Colonel Jarvis. The idea is not to contract so many bills. I cannot understand why expenses have increased so rapid ly,'' he said.
 Inquiring about the highways, MT. Jarvis was informed by the committee that there is fifty-eight miles of road. T. w. Mildrum said the committee had been led to believe that there was 150 miles.
 This town ought to be run on twelve mill tax'' said Colonel Jarvis
 It was the opinion of Harry Taylor that the best manner 10 cut down the expenses would be to sell the horses at the town farm and dispose of the harness and machinery about the place. The three teams used by the present selectman should be abolished This, he said, is the only town in the state which had three teams If a team is necessary it should be hired by the day and horses should not be Ted all the year round on the towns money while they stood idle for large part of the time. The horses should be sold
 Going back to the seIeetman busi- ness as suggested by Colonel Jarvis ex-Senator Claude w. Stevens incurred If a capable man could be secured to acceptHthe position at such a nominal sum: Colonel Jarvis assured him that he could get public spirited man to nil the position and one that is large taxpayer.
 Too Much Politics.
 There is too much politics in the electing of the selectmen in this town again said Colonel Jarvis. A candidate for selectman under his plan should be chosen for non- partisan board from each section of the town. Colonel Jarvis declared that he is a staunch republican but he could not see any particular advantage 70 the party by controlling the posi- ton of selectman.
 It Is damage to the town. de- clared Theodore Savage. Continuing. ne sald that East Berlin paid taxes as well as the rest of Berlin. but did not receive the benefits by havins pooa roads, etc, because it co,,ld not nol, ! large vote.
 Col. Jarvis said that he was tired CT paving taxes tp the Town of Berlin snd not receive the value in return ine pest way to get at the matter Ee continued, would be by having a, non -partlsan board of \ selectmen me aHalrs o1 the town at present are run in a slip-shod manner
 Paying the town clerk a regular salary and having the town receive me Tees was taken up. Tn discussing the town clerk, Col. Jarvis said that Y Woulu Hol De Herculean task to secure better one than now holds the once. Mr. Deming answered by l saying that he had a good assistant. selectman Gibney Criticized. The delinquent manner which is employed by Selectman Gibney was l the target of some hot criticism. w. F. Taylor, and expert accountant, had ] been secured by the town to install 51[-x-----=-.------- -----=-------zs--.