New Britain herald., 1922-09-16
Ruby A. Nye, John Holigan, H. F Schafer, Rose N. Schafer.
 Finance Committee Meets

Finance Committee Meets The town finance committee met last night and discussed the pro-
 posed budget for the coming fiscal year. This years budget shows an
 increase over that of the past year and the total increase will not be known until Monday night. On Mon- day members of the committee will journey to the capitol in Hartford to
 learn the amount of taxes to be levied in the town of Berlin, including the state tax, and other forms of taxa ton. This total will be added to the budget in order to assure the sum which the town will have to collect to pay all expenses including those due the state. There will be a public meting of the board of finance in the Town hall on Monday night at 8 for the coming year will be read. At this m ing a comparison of budget of this year and next year will be made and persons objecting to the new budget will have an opportunity to be heard.
 School Budget Jumps $6,O0O
 The school budget for the year has jumped over s6,ooo above the amount needed for schools in the town of Berlin last year. The amount set aside for the purpose last year was $67,16991 and the amount asked for this year is s73,331. The increase In school expenses is due largely to the added registration of children, which has necessitated the hiring of more teachers to properly care for the training of these youths. As stated in the Herald the past week, the school registration has increased 90 per cent in the past three years This number has had to be cared for and added teachers and supplies have raised the cost of school maintenance accordingly.
 Lights More Costly Than Water.
 Statisticians who have taken up the task of figuring the expenses of the Kensington fire district have found out that the new water sys- tenn now being installed is not as costly as the present service to the district for electric lights. In fact the water cost is just one third less than that of the electric lights. The district now has total of 199 lights scattered about the various portions of it's confines. Of thts number 60 were obtained by a committee ap- pointed, and these men secured them at a cost of s3o per light, A meet ing was held at which the question of increasing the number of lights was discussed. The taxpayers were told that they could have 139 lights installed at a cost of s41. The meet ing did not put the matter in the hands of the same committee, which | had obtained the fair price of $50 per light, but went ahead and or dered the full 139 lights at s41 Per sons in the district now find that the cost of the lights totals over s7,500 | while the water cost is figured at about s5,o00. It Is known that total of four mills will have to be levied to pay for the lights and a two or three mill tax to pay for the water. Conservative estimates place the district tax at seven mills but others are of the opinion that an eight mill tax will be necessary to cover expenses. The budget is now being prepared to be presented at . meeting of the district to be held in the near future. Knowing the ex- cessive cost of the lights over the water, it is probable a committee will be appointed to meet with the com pany's officials and seek cheaper rate for service here.
 Still Talking Politics.
 Politics continues the main topic of ton, although it is expected that the town budget and the cost of lights in Kensington will cause con siderable more discussion, in most sections of the town. The political sea Is by no means the quiet and serene body which the leaders would have us believe. There is very heavy undertow and 1t Is carrying pack news of strife within the party of the republicans. A hot and inter asting fight Is expected to develop be- fore caucus time, when one of three