Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-27

aoHmendeQ by the Seleclmen to the an-sl pual town meeting of Norwich and the town school board is to recommend 1 tax for the school expenses of 12 mills. 1 Last year the selectmen recommended a town tax of g 1-2 mills and the school board recommended Il 1-2 mills.
 For the first time in a number of years the ,seiectmen have closed their year with deficit, this amounting to about SIG. .0o0. which they state is large 1y because S15 900 less in taxes was col leeted this year than year ago. One uneonected item was s7 900, which isi due from concern that is in bankrupt cy. This will ultimately be paid, but, could not be received in time for use in the past year.
 seIectmen's Statement
 The selectmen make the following statement for the past year:
 The general revival of business during the past year has favorably affected the towns affairs and 1t is hoped that with an increase of prosperity a further im- provement may be shown in the year to come.
 The endeaver of your board has been to keep up the expenses down to the min 1 inum figure consistent with proper l care for the towns interest and they are glad to be able to report that in tho
 majority of the items the expense has been less than the estimated amount which was provided for at the last town meeting. This is notably true in 1 the expense for the aims house, the l bridges and the care of dependent chil- dren and tuDercular patients at sanltori- nnzs. This decrease of expenses below l the estimates has been due to 8 variety l of causes, but in the case of the aims house much credit should be given to the efficient and economical administration i of the superintendent and his assistant, | MT. and Mrs. Chapman, and also to the valuable and much appreciated work which has been voluntarily performed by many of the inmates. The only item for which the expense was substantially more than estimated at the last town meeting i was that for repair of the town high ways, but your board feel that this ex- pense was justified from more than one
 standpoint. The principal permanent i'm provements have been a permanent Tel ford and gravel road for about one-half the distance through Love Lane and 8 permanent nacadam road on Hunters avenue in Taftville. In the latter case the residents on this street agreed tc
 construct substantial sidewalks if the
 town would put this road in good con
 dition and this agreement was carried
 out on both sides to the advantage noi
 only of the residents there but of the town as whole, and is a course walcf
 might we'll be followed in other sections : The number of heavy and sudden stormI
 during the year have necessitated an un usual amount of repair work on high :. ways in all sections which is responsible for some of the increase in cost ant , more is due to the policy initiated b! , your board some few years ago of giving employment where possible to able bodied citizens upon the highways In case T where otherwise town aid might be nee essary. Quite number of such person
 have been employed in addition to tn regular force of workmen and i. is fel
 that such action needs no Justification
 Certain indebtedness to which the tow 5 has been liable ever since the annexation
 a number of years ago of the town 0 | Preston became due this year and ha t been extinguished by making a c9mpar atiyely small addition to the slnkin
 fund.
 T It will be remembered that at the las e annual town meeting vote was passe | authorizing your seleetfnen to issu ! bonds to the amount of s299, 900 t. de l fray the expenses of the new schoc \ building on Elizabeth, street and tke a6 :. dition to the school property on the Eas
 Side. Owing to the condition of tn f money market, 1t was 6ot deemed wise t
 issue these bonds during the past yea
 but the prospects for their sale no
 seem to be more favorable and in til g 1 recommendations for the annual mee
 ing you will find one endorsed by tn ! board increasing the amount of bono t $5.5oo. If this recommendation is ador ed, a note of the town given to take U s the debts of the various school distric }. can also be funded at the same tin e that the other bonds are issued and sol The memorial to those who were el : listed from Norwich in the World ws q has not yet been erec5ed and 1t will l . necessary 10 re-appropriate this amour
 The delay has been cause by difficult
 In getting an entirely accurate list oe T
 names and also by the unfimely decea E of the chairman of the committee, D t9 John s. Blaekmar, q citizen whose 10 is has been and will continue to be fe r. not only by his frien1s and associates b ri by those interested H any movernen e+ for the welfare of our town. Your boa ,e has filled the vacancy cause by his d Ia | cease by the appointment Of MT. Haro
 T. Robinson and it is hoped that befo
 long suitable memorial may be erae:e
 For the first time in It number
 years this report will show deficit. Iii Id is due, however, not so much to any u es expected increase in expenditures as le the inability to collect certain taxt 'n there being one industry alone who le taxes amount to about $7,Oo0, whlcn Ii i'd not yet paid, and while It is believ
 that all of this money will eventually to received temporary loss IS necessar
 shown.
 For the coming year your board is al
 to recommend a tax of eight and or st quarter mills, thls pelng decrease he one ana one-quarter mus over iass ye' of Ihls suostantlai ana gratl1ylng decrea V. Is mainly due to the fact that so far en we can learn there will be no county { a