Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-13

ment to be constructed and material to be used in the work shall be determ- tned by the committee on public works of the Court of Common Coun- ell and that said sum be and is here- by appropriated for said purposes. Payments to be made as hereinafter stated.
 That the borrowing of such sums or money not exceeding $28.000 in all. as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid is hereby sanctioned and E authorized with the understanding E that the total amount so borrowed | shall be repaid in five equal or sub | stantially annual installn1ents drst in- sta1lment to be paid this year, for | which notes or other proper written I obligations shall be executed and de- Hvered for and on behalf of the City | of Norwich The resolution was sec onded
 After the resolution had been sec- onded Adr. Murphy offered few words 1 of explanation. This amount of $2S. : | 900 for those Improvements which 1 have have been asked for year after year may seem to many people to be exorbitant. he said. But the day has come when the people of Norwich must make permanent improvements on their highways. (Applause)
 He went on to show that this ap- propriation would mean only nomin- al expense to the city. He said he didn't propose to lay any burden on the city of Norwich and then went on to show how he had cut down the ap- propriations asked for. Tn closing he said he hoped the resolution would be considered fairly and that it would pass the meeting.
 James c. Macpherson arose to say that he seconded MT. Murphyss re- marks and he spoke of the poor condi- tion of the streets, and said it was | time we took up this problem in the interests of the city
 Frank Fl. Smith seconded Mir. Mur- ! phys resolution and when the mayor put the question 1t was unanimously passed. The passing of the resolution was greeted with prolonged applause and stamping on the part of the five hundred or more in the hall.
 Forest Street Improvement Postponed.
 This brought the meeting down to the sixth matter on the list which was the improvement of Forest street for l which $1, ,0O0 was asked for
 MT. Murphy took the floor and said l that ln view of the improvements al- 1 ready voted he thought that this item l could be taken care of by the ordfn- l arY repairs appropriation. Joseph T. I Tanning moved that the Forest street | improvement be indefinitely postpon- ed and it was so voted by the meeting Then the Rockwell street improve l ment was called up. Five thousand dollars was the amount asked for. MT. | Murphy again took the floor. He said
 this was the first time this improve I ment has been asked for and that the | street was virtually a new one and he
 suggested that this matter could be
 taken care of by the ordinary repairs I account In closing he made his
 suggestion motion and 1t was passed. I Five Hundred For Fairgrounds.
 Five hundred dollars for the play grounds movement was next on the
 list. In behalf of the children who
 are going to take our places in few
 years move the approval of this ap-
 propriation. said J. D. Haviland and
 it was voted.
 Councilman Babcock then arose to
 say a few words in regard to the two
 notes for S10,000 each and he moved that the $2Os000 be paid from the gen.
 eral sinking fund of the city. Mir
 Murphy spoke of the unsigned letter 4 writing in the local newspapers in re-
 gard to these notes and went on to explain how those notes came into ex-
 istence and in closing said that the , city was in much better financial con-
 dition now than it was year ago.
 J. J. Corkery said it was the inten- , tion that the $20 GOO be taken from
 the sinking fund. He said the esti- } mated receipts of the water depart ment were set down for $45, 900 and
 that he had learned from the city treasurer that he had received $S, ,00C from the water department after the
 close of the water department year March 31, 1916, and that $3,000 of the $45, ,000 had thus been paid in He
 thought the estimated receipts of the water department ought to be put ir as $42,000.
 Francis J. Leavens raised the ques.
 tion as to whether the meeting ha6
 any authority to take money from tho general sinking fund for the payment of the notes.
 Purpose of General Sinking Fund.
 Mayor Brown asked if there was an, one in the room who was an authori- : f ty on that matter and Joseph T : Tanning, corporation counsel last year
 said that in 1903 the legislature gay, : to the city of Norwich authority t,
 create and maintain general sink
 ing fund any part or the whole O } | which could be used for the paymen r of any maturing bonds, notes or cer ] uhcates of indebtedness upon vote O !. the Court of Common Council and h thought 1t was proper that the twl
 notes be met at this time by none! : taken from this fund.
 2 The resolution offered by Council
 man Babcock was then passed by tn , meeting.
 s Corporation Counsel Amos A Brown : ing introduced a resolution authorizing e the court of Common council to malk r the appropriations requisite to pay tn . expenses of the city in accordanc
 with the estimates approved at tIh ). meeting. and the resolution was passe h by ballot.
 n Laid fl f-2 Mill Tax. Corporation Counsel Browning the
 presented a resolution that a tax Q . II 1-2 mills on the dollar be laid ol
 the list of the city of Norwich las
 made. payable to the city collector O e the 10th day of October. 1916, to mee
 the expenses of the city for the cur r rent fiscal year upon the estimates ap
 proved and appropriations authorize by the meeting. He explained that tn I- extras voted called for a half mill tas l- which added to the Il mill tax re K qIired by the general appropriation ,e would make d tax rate of Il 1-2 miIli e Martin Jensen moved the adoption Q
 the resolution. and if was adopted.
 Corporation Counsel Browning offer
 ed a resolution that the compensatio z of the collector be 1 per cent. of tn n tax collected by him. This resolution 'f was balloted upon and passed. le The next matter was .o 5etermin
 whether approval should be given to le properly executed grant to the Hopkin -s e Allen Arms company of the city rights in or to the strip of land alon which the waters of the Franklin stree
 brook formerly passed containing tn