New Britain herald., 1922-02-27
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THE NEW Bl EGEf
 Perseverance in what one believes to be wise and right is cnmmendaples Councilman Hart k convinced, eYi- dcntly. that lower taS rate should be secured and he believes so be- cause Of the character of the letters which he received from his con sttucnts, which probably give q pret- ty fairly accurate symposium of the attitude of the entire town. Ills ci- forts to secure lower budget won approval. just how he is going about it does not concern tho man along the street, who is interested in what he will be called upon to pay for the developments in the city, not how 1t is to be split up later on.
 Careful scanning of city cSrcndi- lures should be made by g candidate for Mayor. in the hopes that 2 saving may ultimately be effected through the trimming of unnecessary expense in city departments. The ton per cent salary cut makes but slight differ ence in the total reduction. lndues- tionably, however, there are many employees who may be dispensed with although <wc are not sufficiently familiar with the inside of city affairs to decide who shall go and who re- main. Possibly the remaining one should get salary increase. Even if he does, the salary total would be lowered by the dropping of one non producer and letting one already em- ployed by the city take his work at a trihe more than tbe comb bine' salary of the two. -
 Savings are being effected in manu- facturing plants at present by re- orga nization, by the dropping of un- necessary office employcs and bosses and concentrating upon productiQ Fourteen men and two bosses are now producing what twcnty-iour men ana six bosses produced 6 short time ago. Reorganization, and thorough one would save in the salary item But a ''cican sweep" in City Hall and the construction of a new organization IS a political fear as well as being a
 
 hard job. It will take q brave individ- ual @ handle this matter. Issuance of holtds for street and park work might well be undertaken. The amount re- ceived will supply work and we shoEld find them the easier redeemed in good times The postponement of debt already due may he q good policy, though the city should find It carrier to pay than the individual who postpones lis payments. Tine de- crease in tho deficit item oi the budget is probably proHer enough,
 The average taxpayer might 'bc sur prscti should he stop for q moment and add up the number of cars that the city owns and operates, Exclusive of the police patrol and all Of the fire apparatus, including the chiefs car, the city owns and operates fifteen au- tomobiles In addition it keeps up a municipal garage. The board or health has two the water board five, public works five, park commissioner one, one city car and the police aerv- ice car We suggest that the car item might be thoroughly gone into, with the idea of wccdirs out the ones not needed It might also be J good plan to scrap the city gQrage, surely a source' of expense.
 Councilman Elart's figures provide fer the adoption of the salary cut ten per cent down the line, and an other allowance for the deficit. We do not believe that he is consistent in the salary idea, inasmuch aa some harm might be visited upon those who should not be harmed, Others on the payroll undoubtedly should he dispensed with entirely. which might effect the desired result The deficit proposition is a matter Of figures in the finance board. But Councilman Hart has not gone far enough. There are many methods of saving we are coni inced, and they could be worked out although much study is necessary. Inspection of the budget will not show it. The books of every depart ment will. Where is the man who will study the matter unt and have the nerve to clean mp when the un- necessary expenditures are found That man should be our mayor and if Councilman Hart is willing to do il and is anxious 10 give us economy, as he seems to be, we submit that he should reconsider his announcement that he would not run for the office.