New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
LAY SPECIAL TAX FOR
 SEWER PLAN EXPENSE
Property Owners May Have to Pay
 Extra MI ThS Year.
RELIEF BOARD CONSIDERS APPEAL
Sewer District Meeting May Be Called in Near Future-Eo1mer Resident Dies in New Britain Town HOmC.-BricfS.

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 Officers of the sanitary and sewer district admitted today having no Knowledge as to when the voters are to be called together to consider the matter or laying a tax to raise Suffl- clent money to pay the expenses in- cured in formulating plans for the building of system of sewage dis posal They expect, however, that a meeting will be held in the near fu- ture to make it possible to collect
 the assessment at the same time that the taxes on real estate are due. When the voters rejected the sew CT proposition they were advised that the committee which spent nearly two years Investigating the matter had expended about s2,OOO, and the district of course is obligated to settle. At the time there was some talk of levying a tax to cover this amount but it was finally decided to put the matter over until the grand
 list was completed. It was figured that in this way only could the voters act intelligently on the question. Taxes on town property are due on April 1 and Collector Hemingway will soon begin arrangements for the dis tribution of bills. It is considered de- sirable that he include the tax for sewer plans on the regular bills and consequently something will have to be done in the near future if this idea is carried out.
 It is expected that it will require a tax of about one mill to get the district out of debt.
 Advocates of a sewer, system, while they have been quiet since their de- feat at the district meeting, are still hopeful that way may be found to get the voters to favor the improve ment. They do not claim to have any plans for bringing this about but they insist that the action of the meeting was but a temporary set back to them and something is bound to develop before long, resulting In a change of sentiment.
 Bernard Radigan Dead.
 Bernard Radigan, for years a well known resident of Plainville. died yesterday at the town home in New Britain where he had been an inmate for the past few years. He had been in pcor health for some time. He was seventy-tiVe years of age.
 Tn DO0N Was turned over to w A. Bailey and company to prepare for burial and at noon today funeral ser vices were held in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Rev w. P Kilcoyne officia ting Interment was in St. Jo- seph's cemetery.
 Radigan has a brother who, 1t is said, lives in Hartford but he could not be located today. He also has some nieces and nephews. his only other near relatives. He was never married.
 Considering Appeals.
 Members of the board of relief met this afternoon to start consideration of the appeals of property owners for reduced assessments. One of them said this morning that it would prob ably be necessary to have two meet ings before report could be pre- pared.
 The board has forty appeals to con- sider. The reductions asked for total about $20,0OO, d surprisingly small amount in view of the action of the assessors in raising the lists of nearly 300 property owners, increasing the grand list by $241,000.
 That some of the complaints have
 
 there will doubtless be some reduc- tions.
 Chairman Condell concurs in the opinion that the assessors made an honest effort to equalize property val- uations and he believes that the tax payers in general are satisfied with the report, an opinion fully warran- ted by the comparatively few protests that were received.
 Work for Unemployed.
 Work for the unemployed, particu- larly heads of families which have been financially assisted by the town during the winter, will be provided by the selectmen as soon as the frost leaves the ground and it is possible to make a start on the building of a highway in Westwood park.
 The selectmen intend to hire Plain vile men to do the work and the services of those not at present em- ployed. whose families would have been in want during the winter had not the town rendered assistance to them, will be called on first
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