New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
LOWER TAX RATE
 SEEMS PROBABLE
Finance and Taxation Board LopS
 Estimates to S2,047,965
ASK 10 P. C. SALARY CUT
Items For Six New Patrolmen, All
 Year Round Fairgrounds, Dental Clinic. .New Nurse, Police Service Ear And New Fire Truck Cut Out


 Clinic, .New Nurse, Police Service
 Ear And New Fire Truck Cut Out
 The sub committee of the board of finance and taxation, composed of Chairman Frederick $. Chamberlain, w. $. Bacon, F. A. Searle and John r. Di Nonno presented it's recommends tions for reductions In the proposed budget, to the board members last night. Should their recommendations hc accepted by the council and the City Meeting Board, a tax of twenty and three quarter mills will be possi- ble.
 The total appropriations, as revised, will amount to about $2,04796 and with the deduction for incomes esti- mating $173,450, the sum of $1,S74, 515 will be needed for the estimated expenses for the year of 1922-1923. With tax of s and one-half mills for the first district bringing in $1,- 663,2S9 and tax of 21 mills for the second district totalling $214,69s.2o, this will allow balance of $34,o72.
 Reductions In Salaries
 Recommendations were made for a reduction of 10 per cent. in the sal aries of the city officials. The com mittee also advised leaFing out the appropriation of $lo.91 which pro- vided the addition of six new patrol men. The new service car was struck out as well.
 Reductions On School Dept. The following is a list of the reduc- tions recommended by the sub-com- mittee: Teaching day schools from s54S,3SO to s493,552; tuition for the state board of education, from $54,200 to- $50,9OO; janitors salaries, from s31 ,50o to s30,000 medical inspection and nurses work, from s5, 10 $5,- 900; superintendent of schools, S6,000 to $5,400 attendance bureau. s5.5o0 10 $495o; census, S7oO to $500; clerks, s1o,3oo to s7.2oo; printing, s3,ooo to s2,7oO; evening schools, $9.- GOO to $S,10O.
 Supplies Item Slashcd
 Supplies, s24.ooo to s2oooo; text books. $1O0oO to se,ooo; library and apparatus. s1.2oo to s1,oo0; repairs. s3O.ooO to s1s,ooo; fuel, $35,ooO to s30,000 and miscellaneous. $10,000 to SS,00o. The appropriation for the Americanization department was left out This makes total of $l75,e42 for the schools. The extra appropria tions for fire escapes on schools was left standing at s25,ooo.
 Public Works Dept.
 A reduction for autos and main tenance from $4.000 to s3,ooo was recommended from s4,O0o to $3,ooo; care and replacement of trees boosted from s1 500 to S2,Ooo and the same amount for city maps; cleaning catch basins, $6.5oo to $5,0oo; cleaning streets and pavements, s16,5oo to $15,ooo; compensation, s715,5o to S716; dumps, $1,30o and $1.000; en- gineering department services, s6,5o0 to $4.Ooo: macadam repairs, $14,oo0 to $10,0o0; raiings and repair work, $4o0, to s3so, and salaries cut from SIP 900 to $1o,0o0; State highway re pairs, sl,2oo to $1,oon; street and school signs $500 to $500. This will leave a total of sa7,o16 for the pub lie works department. If was recom mended to cut out the appropriation for s1s,ooo for retaining walls on Stanley street opposite Hurlburt street
 Oiling of streets was cut from $16.- GOO to $15 5,0o0; sewer maintenance, $500 to s12,ooo; reconstruction of Park street from Main street to the railroad tracks cut from S33,O0o to S15,00o and South Main street from Brook street south, cut from s2o,ooo to s1s,0oo.
 Police Department
 The regular payroll was reduced from s11o,717 to s99,646, this to re- duce the officers salaries from $5 q day to $4: chairman and clerk, $650 to 5s5; motor item which was $45o increased to s75o; incidentals, s1,5oo to s1,2no: lighting, $450 to s40o: sig nal system. s1,ooo to $500; building repairs, s75o to $o5o. The item for six new patrolmen estimating a sum of s1o,95o, was recommended cut out entirely as well as a new service car item for $2,50O. This would make an appropriation of $122,91l for the po- lice department.
 Fire Department
 Pay rolls cut from s115,656.5n to S103,s56; chairman and clerks sal aries, $1,0O0 to 800; automobile equipment $2.ooo to $1,5oo; horse hire amounting to s2oo cut out; in- cidentals. $500 to $4o0: lighting and power. $3,0o0 to $2.5oo; fire alarm system, $2,50o to $2.ooo; new equip ment, s3.oO0 to $2,5oo: station house as per plans, s4,500 to $3.000; items pertaining to new repair shop, fix ing stone quarry tower and new 750 gallon chemical and pump were cut out. Total appropriations as recom- $123.e56.
 Charity Departments Town home from $16,000 to $15,- o00 repairs. 1.5o0 to sI 900; insur- anre $6ssso to s6so; hospital and asy- !ums. 21,ooo, s2c,ooo: tuberculosis. $s,50o to $s,ooo; miscellaneous, $1.- 300 to S1,no0, salaries, $s,o6S to $7,- 2ei and town home salaries from $4,7S0 to $4,a02. This makes an ap- propriat.on of s9a,l5 for charity work.
 Health Department Office and laboratory, $1,ooo to 300: printing. 5000 to $500; salaries, 1 sl5,a59 to s13,725; slaughter house repairs, s75p to $500. The sum of SC, 900 fer dental hygiene was rec cut as was q S1,50D item for communicable, disease nurse. The appropriation for this depart nent totals sa5.925.
 Special Appropriations.