The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-17
No Allowance For One Mill of State Tax and But Half Mill For Schools All I'm provements Left For Bonding.
Appropriation Denied To Continue Work of City Planning Commission Other Wide -Swaths Cut in Estimates.

The preliminary tax rate, as figured by the Board of Apportionment and Taxation, last night, in 19.5 mills, di- vided 82 to the First district and H. 3 to the Second district. The board hopes to out the rate to 8 mills
 The preliminary rate makes no pro- vision for the payment of a state tax, which has consumed one mill of rate during several years past, and will re- quire an equal or larger amount for the future
 The one mill school tax, which the city has not omitted during several decades, is cut to half a mill. The other half mill was given to paving.
 The appropriations are for bare running expenses, and substantially everything in the nature of an in1e prove1nent has been set aside, to be paid for out of a bond Issue, if aE all
 The board decided not to allow the $2z,00O which the board of charities asks to equip the new Lakeviews home or any money for the City Planning Commission. The comnnis- sion first asked for $5.O0O which later was cut to $2,50o-
 Motor apparatus for two fire houses only will be allowed. The fire conn 1nfssioners sought to place motor ap- parats1s in all fire houses
 One additional sanitary inspector at a salary of $75O was allowed The board of health and the Bridgeport Housing association united in asking for two inspectors.
 The board will appropriate $4O.- 900 fo pay back those property own arz in the First district only who have Daid taxes on the lists of 1918 in ex- cess of 1O-2 mills.
 No omce rent will be allowed the harbornaster- He will get the salary Of Si 200 by ordinance with an al- Iowance of $1e1 for the upkaep of his
 s1Hrs44s future his ioface will be located in one of the bridge houses.
 The appropriations asked by the board of health of $2o0 ,0Oo for an in cinerator and $2O,ooO for a new slaughter house were cut out inc new Manual signal system and station which the fire commissioners desire to install be provided for by bonding
 The item providing for comfort sta lions was cut from the list The .tVvhite Way" may yet be extended, but In what direction has not been decided. Percy P. Anderson favors extending it out Fairfield avenue to CsorrtIand street. Other members or the board would like to extend It from State to Gilbert streets. Some favor extension north to the armory-
 when the proposition for the $22.- 600 for the equipment of the new Tyalxavfevv home was taken up pr. Robert ,. Lynch moved the item be stricken out
 Commissioner Anderson seconded pr. Lynch's motion It was unant- rnously carried.
 The board voted to allow s12.5 Tor a branch library. The library board asked for two at q cost of $25,- GOO, in order to accept the offer of the Carnegie Foundation oe $50.OO0 for the equipment of the two branches.
 The subcommittee on the board of education reQuisition consisting of Jarvis williams. Jr., Adoaph Sherman and Fred Kee1er had reported favor ing the granting of the one mill tax fo the school board A. H. Canfield promptly moved that but one half mill tax be given the board Dr. Lynch seconded the motion saying the board
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