New Britain herald., 1928-02-10

citisens' committee would determine front foot values, which would be submitted at a town meeting for ap- proval or change. The appraisal company would then use these fg- ures and with their own sliding scale would calculate property values by pure mathematics. The houses would be divided into classes and sub classes according to condition. size. construction. and age.
 John J. Kimmel. former chairman of the board of assessors and the first selectman by whom the revalu- ation committed was appointed. placed himself on record as opposed to any revaluing at the present time.
 Property values and taxes were going up every year. Mir. Norton said. and he felt that the annual revaluation now made was more than enough.
 Some Comedy
 The meeting was sent into a series of uproars by the speech of a man who has recently moved here and whose name was not learned. "This town has run for 1928 years on the present scheme and it ought to be good enodgh for a while longer" said the comedian. "Why pay 311.- 500 to outside people? We have all kinds of carpenters loahng arouni the town now. Put on the full value of the house. The appropriation will honly pay grafters who are looking for job. I just moved here from Southington to escape revaluation and now you start it here."
 I've do the work and the company get paid" was the way MT. Kimmel expressed hts feelings. MT. Wash burn then said local people had made bid but that it was higher than those of the outside firms.
 Mir. Prior offered an amendment adopting that portion of the report favoring revaluation by rejecting that part which granted power to a committee. Henry Trumbull then pointed out that there was a con- fusion of terms and that the adop- ton of the report did not mean the acceptance of the recommendations included in it. MT. Gwillim said he interpreted the matter the same way. George Levitt said the meet ing could take MT. Gwillim's word. Present Idst 'tOutrageous''
 The last job of the assessors was an outrageous one," went on Mr. Le Witt amid furious handclapping. Tt was most unfair and haphazard." :" He told of his experience in bring ing revaluation to New Britain. urg- cd its adoption here, and recom- mended that MT. Kimmel be made a member of the committee.
 MT. Prior withdrew his amend ment ard the report was adopted with only few noes"
 Charles R. Sherman moved the appropriation of sl1.5oO for the work. but Mir. Prior moved this he tabled temporarily as it had been submitted out of place. This action was taken.
 Mr. Washburn moved that the se- lectmen be directed to appoint the commtteet of seven men, to serve without pay and to have full power .to bring about revaluation. This is the crux of the whole situation" |" said Mir Trumbull. "This is the real rcvaluation company, not the outside firm" Mir. Prior asked that a member of the board of relief be placed on the committee. and a woman raised another storm of laughter by inquiring if the assessors 10 be named would be the present ones. Edward F. Prior said the To- cal men ought to be paid.
 1 Cornelius Prior drew an admis- sion that the committee would have dictatorial powers and said this would be delegating authority too rashly with no later recourse. He wished the voters to retain final au- 1 thority. F. l.. Benzon recalled that similar powers had been delegated to the High school committee and that that body had carried out it's duties most satisfactorily
 Mir. Wheeler gave the amounts of the bids in reply to question by Mr. Peace. The outside firms bid s10.500, s11.00o and s15.0oo. while the local one came to s13,20O. The resolution was then put 10 a vote and defeated by margin of about to 1.
 The Turning Point Then came the dramatic moment of the evening.
 Peter J. Prior moved adjourn ment Mr. Washburn asked for a brief word but the former first se- lectman demanded the question. Mir Mccarthy sprang 10 his feet and shouted. Did the people of Plain vile ever deprive any man of the ! right to be heard?" Shamed, the meeting downed the move to ad- journ. not single person rising 10 vote against it.
 MT. Washburn then hurriedly drew up a substitute resolution, Chairman Gwilim and Clerk Wilson gathering about him on the stage on hands and knees as the wording was determined. This resolution called for revaluation by outside as sistance and the appointment of a \T ---=z------ { l ~