New Britain herald., 1922-07-01

ucdNy' lOsS II lAe WOTk Was ulSCOntlH ued in it's present stages, and they urged that favorable action be taken
 Chamberlain Speaks
 Opening the discussion, President Chamberlain said:
 Tuesday noon the board of public works appeared before this commits sion and asked for $15o,000 in sewer bonds to sewer Belvidere. told the mayor and the engineer at the time it was first brought up that I wouldn't stand for it, and l told the meeting Tuesday that I couldn't.
 They are now engaged in the work of laying trunk line sewer in Bel videre at a great expense to the city. Of course we would like to have Bel videre have a sewer. But I don't think that the public is generally in- formed as to the two taxing districts. The first district takes in the whole city while the second is but a small area within the city, closely cores bonding to the old city limits and ending at Allyn street. The city charter. adopted In 1905 enumerated the charges that could be made against the first district that was not in the second. It was specified that sewers could not be charged.
 Second Districts Side
 Tn the meantime, property owners in the second district have paid for all sewers-they bought rights clear down to the river - they purchase q and are maintaining sewer beds-they have issued bonds and paid off some of them. and have established a sink ing fund to pay more. All this time the outlying districts, including Belvi- dere, have paid not a cent.
 ITO lay the present sewers and lat erals would cost half a million dol lars, I am told. Under the present laws, we would receive but s1.75 a foot from the property owners bene- fitted while it might cost the city as much as s5. Those of us in the sec ond district would pay the rest. It isn't right We must have a show down, Let's stop the work until these sections are a part of the sec ond taxing district: then we'll be glad to put in sewer. Even then. these districts will be getting the best of it.
 Chairman Grove Heard
 Chairman Grove of the public works board explained the project at length. He told the com mmissioners that either the work was to stop or more money provided with which to go ahead. He said it would cost ,000 to carry the work as far as East street: or s2o,oo0 would be re- quired to stop work now and fill in trenches already opened. He cor rected an impression that the new sewer will benefit only those in the first taxing district indicating, by the use of maps several strips of terri tory in the second taxing district that will reap benefits. Some of these property owners, he said. have been paying for sewers for years, but never received the benefit
 Asked if the town of Newington, which section of the sewer passes, would pay anything toward the cost of construction, MT Grove replied in the negative. He explain ed, however, that residents of that town can petition to the common council and will be allowed to con- meet up upon payment of sums settled upon by the council.
 Unusual Problem
 Regarding the proposal to increase the area in the second district En- gineer Williams said the objection at the time of the last legislature was based on promises made to those who | voted for consolidation that the out lying districts would not be taxed | heavily until improvements were given | them. This creates a condition where by it is not possible to include the first district in outlying sections. in | the second until sewers are laid, yet it is not felt a good financial propo- sition to lay the sewers until it is sec | ond district,
 MT. Grove told the commission that | his board IS anxious to get as far as East street, at any rate. He asserted | that s70.000 is now invested, but that | m equal sum will be needed to carry | t to a point where there will not be | a decided loss, but where work can be | advantageou To stop now would make necessary a $eo.n0o | that WOul0 De almost | total loss.
 Engineer Williams reminded the | board that Belvidere will, unquestion- ably be part of the second district next spring. Mir. Cham mberlain felt. however. that then was the time to sewer the district
 Costs of Sewer
 Com missioner Virgil Palmer asked what the cost of laying a sewer is. Mr. Williams told him the average is ,7 of which the city may receive a maximum of $3.5o foot from those benefited
 missioner Fred Searle asked if he work could be done in anticipa- ion of a e-districting MT. Cham ,erlain said it was possible, but it was llso possible for those in that section o oppose the change after the work lad been done.
 MT. Chamberlain asked if other ewer works were contemplated He vas told that four have been ordered,