New Britain herald., 1921-05-19
MAYOR FOR WOMEN IN CITY POSITIONS
(contInued from First Pass)

(Continued from First Pags) .a not debt of sa11.:s2.tS with is5.00O in assessments to collect with ,ss.0oO coliectable when properties are built upon.
 Space is given to discussion Of the unem ployment situation and work of the municipal bureau for employment. Tho rcnt problem which loomcd up year ago, is not acute at present Mayor Curtis says. but still exists 70 lesser degree.
 Mayor Curtis explains tho need of . city servtoemen's bureau such as has recently been established. IL is a duty of the city. he remarks. to provide for the xcrvlcsmen In this respect paragraph ot tho report Is al- totted to each of the commissioners and to the property and personal tax collectors. What has been done and what iS planned by each. is explained in detail.
 The mayor also discusses the Clay ton crossing trap, urging that innu- ence he used to have it done away with
 Tho report foIlowa:-
 @~ New Britain. Conn.
 May 1s. 1891 - To the members Of tho Common counc,i..
 New Britain, Conn.
 : Gentlemen;
 Another year has passed by. and following the requirements Of the charter, a resume of municipal affairs ia herewith presented to your honora- bls body.
 Prom a condition of unprecedented business prosperity to one of depres- sion is tho fortune of our city within Tn past 12 months. A few months ago there WAS not enough labor to supply Ire demand; orders for our products could not be filled. Today hundreds aro cooking employment, goods are piled high in our store rooms waiting for a market. During this past fiscal | year, notwithstanding the shortage of city funds. several i'm portant improve ments were made or gotten under way l For instance the West Main and Park street subways; the public works store house and yard: . start on the new water supply system: new implements, such as road roller. etc. have been bought; changes in tho municipal law. Hl as charter amendments establish
 Of the environments .hureau. tho hation of an employment service. tRe work of rc-vaiuation of property. are all In tho Iine of Improvements. and will bc. in my opinion. benefit to the city and its people.
 City Reports
 "The annual reports Of the different city departments and officials have been presented to you. giving in detail kn account of their work for the past ear and their mendations for our confederation. A reading of the .sme will be informing. and of ad- Iantare to those interested, or who lave to-do with city affairs. II is to be hopcd that they will be properly p~inted and distributed at an carly ate.
 City Finances "our net debt this year is s4.04T.- e7.17. against that of last year of s. pr, ,5s3.44. showing a net increase Of 3,743.T3. Taking tho cash balance the treasury last year of s3te.2s3.25 compa rison with tho s.1.fss.0e of is year. shows us m increased lance of t37s.o47.7T. which would ill further reduce the increase the 'rt of April from s753.1ts.T3 to 74.Tss.9s. This increase is principal due to new bond issucs. one Of mRoo for the sewer department,
 DO on rubways and sb25.oeo to echool department. making \ total ssTo, ,ooo. The standing of the de- rtmonts for the present fiscal year pws an increase in the iisnkng d pws sn increase in tho sinking fund
 the reduction of our general tn- btedness of s7o,532.:T. X year ago
 balance left In tho general fund ~ f2,s0s.T2. This year there wra a lance of tss.7as.ss There was a 'ger balance by over ye.0Do in the Ter department fund, and in tho ooi building fund there was a year
 sos,tte.t4, and this year s33s,- .03. This largo amount will be nlnated by payments on the new ooi which is being erected.
 our grand iist was increased this T from little under s5s. s.000, ,0oO 1si, i,72s. .tas.o0. due in part by an earo in the value Of the manu- turing plants of between founteen
 nfteen million dollars. The other eases throughout the city, (most them justthablc) were brought |lt by tho increased values Of perty, which had low asaersment ftofors. rhs work of re-vaiuation
 v will siil further raise the
 fist. and insurcs a reduction in lax rate for the coming year.
 TsSatios and Re valuation
 The work of re-vaiuation and
 lization Of property values has
 carried on throughout tho past
 and ia -ttil being continued. IL is
 important and difficult work.
 n it [. not expected will satisfy
 one, but most of the business
 and a large number of taxpayers
 bend H. The progress already
 has demonstrated it's worth. It
 rhown by tho largo increase ot