Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-13

| most of the special estimates iucor- porated in the report of the commit tee on finance. Timothy c. Murphy and Henry Gebrath, the voters of the city of Norwich laid a tax of Il Ia mills on the last city list, at the ad- 5ourned annual city meeting held Monday evening in the Town Hall. This is a reduction of one-quarter of | min as the tax laid last year was | Il 8-4 mills
 The extras voted included the i'm proVement of Thames street North | Main street, Lincoln avenue, Franklin | street. Laurel Hill, bridge to the court 1 house, entaiIing a cost of $28 900, an 1 appropriation of $500 for municipal | band concerts and $500 for the play | grounds movement. The Forest street | improvement incorporated in the es- inmates were indefinitely postponed. 1 The amounts asked for these i'm provements totaled S6,00O.
 The meeting lasted just one hour and ten minutes and the attendance numbered over 800. It was the first city meeting that Mayor Allyn 1A Brown presided over
 AS the town clock was striking the hour of eight Mayor Brown took the chair amidst a burst of enthusiasm He called the meeting to order and City Clerk Arthur G. Crowell read the list of estimated expenses for the coming year and the call issued for the meeting.
 Department of Public Works.
 The first matters taken up were the items under the regular estimated ex- penseS The first was the department of pu lie works for which $61, ,160 was asked for, as follows: Ordinary re- pairs and expenses $32,000, outside work $S,000. garbage and ashes ST., a A.,H~ macadam repairs S7.500, ofling and sprinkIing $6.000, parks and trees $2,- 900, Felaying Warren and Broad street sewer $660. total $61, I60. Councilman TeIIey D. Babcock moved they be approved and the mo- tion was seconded by Judge H. H. Pettis. The motion was carried and they were approved.
 Appropriations for New Sewers
 The sum of $2,760 for new sewers i was the next matter before the meet ing. This amount was divided as fol- lows: Washington street S7o0, Me cfanic street S490, Sunnyside avenue and Phillips avenue $770, Oakridge street from Golden street $500: total $2.760.
 Judge H. H. Pettis moved the ap- lprovaI of the estimate for the Wash lington street sewer and the motion was passed.
 Action on the Mechanic street sewer was then called for. Attorney Charles | l.. Stewart moved the approval of this Appropriation and it was approved. I When the matter of the Sunnyside avenue and Phillips avenue sewer came up for action Civil Engineer George Pitcher said that owing to an error Phillips avenue had been named ! in the estimates instead of Clay ave- nue. He moved the approval of the appropriation with this change, and it was so voted, to read Sunnyside avenue and Clay avenue.
 The Oaaridge street sewer appro- priation was also voted. The appropriation of ST 500 for the department of cemeteries was voted, : and the appropriation of $35 ,500 ask ed for the fire department was voted.
 Police Department Appropriation.
 The sum of $55,S5O was asked for the police department as follows:
 Salaries and general expenses $50, $21, 900, new lights $500; total $55, $50
 Alderman Guy B. Do1beare who moved the approval of the fire de- lpartment appropriation, moved the : approval of the police appropriation
 as read and it was so approved.
 The health department of s1. .500 was voted as read
 Tn the gas and electrical department the appropriation asked was for $12S.- Operating and general expenses and extension $163, 900, interest on bonds } $20.0oO; total $1s3, 900. Councilman Babcock moved theiI 7 approval and they were approved as read.
 Five thousand dollars was voted fol
 the park department, this being the : amount asked for in the estimates.
 The Finance Department Appropria- tion.
 The sum of $I95 .S24y22 was voted Q for the finance department as follows: !. General sinking fund $6,716.98, gal : and electric reserve fund $18. .812.51 - salaries 4,90O. court house $5,3oo. in
 terest $60,o00, election expenses s.. ' 600, temporary loans $90,00O, milk in. :, spector $1. 1000, contingent $7,794.7S. 1 The motion of approval of this ap- r propriation was made by Martin F = Jensen.
 O A special appropriation of 500 ,Oot 4 for the finance department to cove
 two notes, for S10,000 each, enc dated
 Dec. 4, 1912s and the other April 90
 1914, both per cent. notes, was als' I These were all the regular appro
 priations, the total amount beint lll Tn addition to the estimated ex
 penses for the ordinary requirement Q the committee on finance were re ' quested by the petition and otherwis
 to submit to the annual meeting fo Q it's action estimates for the fol F lowing purposes:
 Municipal band concerts S50t r Thames street pavement $T510, Mort # Main street pavement $16, TAO, LincoI
 avenue pavement $5.S00, Franklii r street Hassam pavement $2.70o, For # est street improvement S1.000. Rock
 well street pavement $5.0O0, play 70 grounds $500, top dressing with as Il phalt from Laurel Hill bridge to tn
 court house $2 500.
 VI The total Of these estimates l d $41. .750.
 Five Hundred Dollars For Concerts. 'SSi When the five hundred dollar ap ' propriation for municipal band con q certs was presented for action Fran yS H. Smith moved the appropriation b a approved, and 1t was approved by th
 meeting.
 City Street Improvements.
 The mayor then asked for action Q if the Thames street pavement for wIaic so $7.510 was asked for Ex-Mayc to Timothy C. Murphy then presented th following resolution:
 That this meeting approves of th
 permanent Improvement of the street herein mentioned, at cost not to ex z ceed the sum stated for each as fol
 lows:
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