Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-24
NEW HAVEN DEBTS GROW
 WHILE FITZGERALD MAYOR

David E. FitzGerald went into office as mayor of New Haven in 1918. After his first year of administration he had sue ceeded in increasing New Haven's in debtedness by $S430o0 says the Repub- lican Bulletin In 1919 he increased the indebtedness by $6SS,000. In 1920 his administration added S1,241,0 ,000 to the indebtedness and in 1921 the Fitz- Gerald administration tackled on $1,449,- 900 more.
 When FitzGerald went into office New Haven's total indebtedness was $4,496,- 500. At the close of 1921. after four years of FitzGerald rule it was $9,167,- 500. He had added s4,421. .000 to the debt
 When FitzGerald went into office New Ravens grand list was only st64,953, ,0O6. At the close of four years of FitzGerald administration it had gone up to S239,- 165, ,651, because of property re-assess- ments.
 With the grand list increasing almost S5 millions of dollars in four years, the tax rate might have been kept the same,
 or even lowered somewhat Yet what occurred?
 l When FitzGerald went into office, the
 tax rate was 20 mills. After four years
 of his administration it is 25 mills.
 The state of Connecticut demands sound
 financial management. It has sound fin | ancial management It has been manag-
 ed soundly, financially, by Republicn ad-
 ministrations during the past seven years
 since a democratic state administration turned over to an incoming republican
 administration the greatest legacy of
 debt in the states history, Almost eight
 and half million dollars has been taken off the state debt by the republicans, and
 a cash surplus of three and half mil lions shown on Oct ,. The states sink. ing fund, established by republicans il 1916 now totals over ten millions, whicf
 amount, when the states bonds mature
 will more than take care of every cent o
 Connecticuts obligations.
 While this is the republican record O administration, FitzGerald plunges NeV
 Haven from an indebtedness of four mil l lion to an indebtedness of over nine mil lion dollars raises the tax rates whc , affect every rent payer and home owne in the City of Films, demonstrates mos conclusively that as an executive at tn head Of public management, he hash ? ability to ill the job,
 ', FitzGerald may be a good lawyer C may be first rate politician, but tn state of Connecticut requires somethin more than this We are in sound shap
 financially now. The election of the rt publican ticket will insure continuance ( 1 those policies that have brought U T through the war through the abnorm, times, with cash balance in the Urea. c ury. The last democratic state admins | tration did not do business on the "pa . as you go" basis, and left ten miTo t dollars of indebtedness behind it. Fit: y Gerald is the democratic candidate fC '- governor now, and his record shows Ne c Haven sunk into nine million dollars e debt. There can be no denial of this, [. it Is the record and upon the record V Il may anticipate future results. Wit e the city of New Haven carrying almo
 four times the indebtedness of the enti n state of Connecticut, we feel reasonab l sure that the people know which tick j. to cast their votes for.
 d Verify the motto should be keep tl It state out of Indebtedness vote for q n republican ticket" !"