Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-13

plant of the Paco Manufacturing com
 pany, were running when the days work was finished Thursday. By the. end of
 next week the . tire complement of1150
 looms will be ru-.ning, it is now expected.
 This fine new industry is booming splen-
 didly, having 8. big list of orders 10 fills i while many plants, in different textile lines. hereabouts are idle for the time being. The forthcoming estimate by the se- 1 lectmen of what it is going to cost to run the town of killingiy during the fiscal year that began with the first of the present month is being awaited with more than ordinary interest IndiVid- ually and combined the town and bor- ough tax rates are now at the highest point in the history of KiHingly-2S mills-and that means lot of money fG. | the average taxpayer to dig out of ais 1 jeans within the next twelve months. i The borough tax of mills, just laid. is due and payable in September The | town tax, next to be laid, must be paid l in the spring. A really surprising num- Der of taxpayers are asking questions about town affairs at the present tim, and the indications are that they will
 sean the forthcoming budget closely
 with a view to pairing down every item 1 to the lowest possible point. Killingly
 certainly has not been over-extravagant l in the maintenance of it's business dur ing the past year but in spite of this | it's bills have been very large, as has i been the rule in all lines of business. l With an increase in valuations of prop i erty record-high tax rate has made l it impossible for many property hoElers to even get reasonable return on their | investments while some claim an act 1 ual loss This is the situation that has aroused the interest of the average citi- en who usually. gives little attention to i taxation matters
 The point made by many is that pub lie administration cost is one that will need close study. with a view to getting the most possible for the money expend- ed While material and labor costs re- main high the hope of great reductions in the cost of maintaining different de partments of the towns business is too much to be hoped for, but many believe that much can be accomplished by care ful study of the towns affairs.
 The promise of lower tax rates follow ing the recent general re-valuation of property has not materialized, and it is this very point that has aroused gen eral interest in taxation matters. Mir. and Mrs. Arthur G. Bill leave to- day tFriday) for visit of a few days in Dover, \. H.
 Walter Kilpatric. who operated a bus
 between Danieison. and Putnam earlier
 in the year has transferred his actitvi-
 ties in this line to Bridgeport. the trol-
 ley-less city. and is rerorted' to be do-
 ing a splendid business there.
 The Day Kimball hospital at Putnam
 has new automobile. ambulance. the
 gift of the Woman's Board of the insti-
 tuition. This motor ambulance is avail
 able for transporting patients from str-
 rounding towns A charge of 90 cents
 mile is made for it's use, so that
 charge or having it come to Danielson
 and remove d patient to the hospital
 would be $1o. The new vehicle is gray,
 while the interior is done in white
 Some of KnSnglys citizens are doing
 all they can to help the neighboring
 town of Brookly from losing one of it's institutions-the county Jail Getting into the Putnam city court Thursday morning for having been intoxicated
 some Attawaugan men are guests of JaiIer Albert s. Fields for a time.
 Sweet corn that was brought here from a farm near Wauregan Thursday morning for use on the tables at one, of the hotels was bought up before the owner could make delivery, as persons who saw il bid literally for dozens of the tempting ears
 Six new players, including star bat