The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-27
STAMFORD COUNCILMEN VOTE FOR AUDIT OF TOWNS BOOKS
Lively Tilt Between Town Manager Hubbe11 and Councilman Sniffen Over Transfer of Funds Enlivens Meeting
A tax of three-tenths of a mill was


 | suggested to Fay the expense of the coming recall election. Town Man ager Hubben asserted, however. that he believed that a transfer of avail able funds at the proper time would take scare of the recall election in July, but that this would not be the case in the November election.
 A vote was passed to allow the which were unexpected to those which were overdrawn. A total of S26,060 was thus transferred with the school board receiving $S,090 as its portion. Funds were also transferred from in terest to sidewalks, roads, etc.
 A Little Tiff.
 Councilman Sniffen and Town Man ager Hubbell engaged in the only ex- eitement of the evening by arguing regarding the propriety of paying the bills The assertion was made that former Town Manager Hunter had contracted an illegal bill.
 Councilman Sniffen objected to the transfer of the money and asked for the reason of the action. Hubbell re- piled ITO pay the bills" Sniffen ask ed what bills?" Hubben declared Use your eyes the tabulated list is before you" Sniffen again sallied Why should We transfer money when the previous manager showed that we had $40, ,0O0?" Hubbeu answered
 Having $4O,OO0 does not mean any hhIng when you owe S59. 900.
 Sniffen asserted that he had not seen any reason why the town should pay the Town Attorney sum of $250 a month. Hubbell came back by say ing that the matter had come up to the meetings before and that it was ether up to the council to can him, or to continue to pay his fee.''
 Transfer Passed.
 ToWn manager Hubbell also warn eI the cOuncilmen that several of the public utilities corporations of Bridge port had threatened to cut Stratford ITO rom their service if certain of their pill were not paid in the immediate future. He further asserted that he would not continue making promises nr payment to those concerns if the Souncll did not give the necessary backing. The transfer was passed 8 TO ]. councilman Sniffen being the one opposed.
 Councilman Sammis of the Ordin- ance Committee read the proposed ordinance for a 10 foot building line on the east side of Main street from the railroad to the cemetery The grade on Freeman avenue came up for d-ScussIon and here the blame was lad on Town Manager Hubbell who strongly refuted the alleation and succeeded in convincing the council that he was not at fault
 Ordinances regarding the establish ment of grades on Soundview avenue, Stratford avenue, Garden street Dorr street, CutaDring road, Hollister street and Jackson avenue, were unanimous
 
 names presented at the meeting of May 26 were also unanimously adopt ed.
 The petition of the residents on River street that the town accept the street as a public highway was turned over to the town manager to see if the street was of the satisfactory dents claimed.
 Councilman Benedetto of the Fourth district at last succeeded in PeettIng the necessary approval for the Barnum avenue cIllvesrt Resi- dents in that section will soon be in a position to have sidewalks. thanks to the efforts of their tireless represen- tative.
 The absence of sidewalks in sec tions where they had been ordered by the council was taken up. When asked why the walks had not been laid Town Manager Hubbeu declared T was told. previously, to sit tight tlu l was told what a sidewalk was" The question of what is a sidewalk" is to be settled by a committee who are to fix the standard specification for such work.
 The work of the sewer board was commended in a letter read by Coun- cilman Sherwood. The board was composed of E. c. Warner, F. P. GoodeH and E. H. Beers
 several claims by residents were read by the claims committee. One of these claims was by a resident for
  been killed by dogs The claim was handed to Town Manager Hubbeu for | Investigation. Councilman Stanton l declared that the former town man. 1 ager had neglected to investigate this l matter.
 Judge Nicholson. town attorney, asked that the matter be turned over 10 him for investigation. He said l Ut seems to me that if people al- l low their rabbits to run around on | the streets that it would be a very | probable business to have them killed l by dogs and then to file a claim of | S5 for each rabbit against the town" |
 The enttr1 council body was pres 1 ent. The coqncilmen and their dis -rlcts are: IT. Sniffen, 1st.; O. Sam | n1is. End; R. B. Turney. Srd.. chair | man; V. Benedetto, 4th; J. Alright. | 'th-; R. Stanton. 9th; Ralph Sher- | wood, 1th-; W Keeling, Sth., and M romlnson. 9th.
 not on hand $ expected. About fifty !! people crowded the hall and the au- i Hence laughed at a sally now and | then In the early part of the even ! woman sitting in the rear to stand | ID while reading the minutes of the ! previous meeting so that they mi ght | De heard. The request was comFNrd 1 With. The meeting was officially rtd- | Iourned at 1923 a. m. but it was | still going on in an informal manner Z for some time after that hour.
 MT. and Mrs John L. Perrett Of s22 Logan street will sail Saturday on the S. s. Celtic for Liverpool where they will spend about twd months Fms will be their first visit to their native land in Is years. MT. Perrett l s a postal clerk in the mailing divi- sion of the main office, While in they will visit MT. Perrett's mother and sisters Weston