Putnam patriot., 1928-05-10

one CT the four plans and order the water commissioners to go ahead with it.
 The mayor said that there was no plan under consideration the ouestiot, oeing that the water commissioners give report.
 Alderman yadnais again urged that plan be adopted ana that work be started
 Alter a short discussion between Alderman kadnais ana Aiderman bean, Alderman Chadwick took fna floor. lie said 1t had been oulte a tune since the flrst ot January when the report of the conlmlssloners showed that there was $If.UOU cash on hand m the department. lie had asked one oi the commissioners tt the department sllil nad tn4s amount ana the commissioner snlQ ne atansr Aiiow. lie said he had gone into 1ne matter anu did not Delleve It IS neccs- saiy 10 borrow Si30,OVU, nor sou. WI He then pointed out thaI In sne event that the elty borrowed S1s5.- W. as pfoposeds interest anu pay- .nehts @ouia in a term o1 years Drlne sne gross amount the elty would nave to pay up Sz0o,UvU.
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 Alderman ChaowicA sad he took a Pian To the Mater commIssloners nm the water commIssIoners re1usea ro eAAe any nouce oI It. lie lsougat the situation couId De mec ,,ltn,,ur borrowing over Sio,UvU or aZu.u,,, ne said ne Was tor economy ana lnat none or the plans suDmlllea were IlSht because lne clty eoutan.I auoro eo carry them out. lie salu 1nar .na oid eouncn aiant govern tne matter 1hat the present coancll IS a new conn ell. ms was m reply to sueges1,on rom Alderman saonaIs tnar Ine mn. aheiai condlIion existed when me ihatter hrst came up and Ina ,,rst piah was submitted and autnorluv was sought from the legislature to issue ponos.
 Alderman Chadwick said he doubt- gu II the water commissioners, on rne water department property, could pViio" even hIteen or twenty tnous- ana. lie saIo u can De cailea a pond Issue put that II the money IS por- to"eo it VIII be Duruen on all Inc ciuzens, '''e
 me alderman thought that even if 94oo,oUO IS borrowed ana the plan eaffied through mat there wou,a be sometning eise come up caiing TOT more money. They would ger some other idea n their heads and 1t would go up to nan a miIIIon. It IS about tilne it stopped, ne sald. No Such Thought when the vote was suggested there was more discussion. Alderman yaa- hdls thought II IooKed as II the coun- ell dldn trust the water commission- CTS. lie was assured that no sucn thought had occurred. Alderman Dean expressed surprise thae ms re- commenaatlons naa prec1pItared so much argument. Alderman Ames sald tnat II the counen was gong to take over the fuii responsiDiilly tne coun- cu should Know the Dilis contracted as that will put the councn m close toucn with the commissioners ana me water department ana sala, They put it onto us.
 There was more discussion as to whether every ntIe Din contracted Dy the commissioners, IncIuulux the payroll, should be suDmIIIea lu me councu. An amendment was made excluding the pay roll from the vote put the amendment was later with | drawn.
 The mayor appointed the water | committee, eonsiseing ot himself and | Aidermen Ames, Snadwick, DuDols | ana Ryan to meet the comInlssloners and get the date included m the vote.
 Ali ot the memoers, except Alder l man Delisie, were present when the meeting was called to order at Too l o'clock. A list of sidewalks m need | ot repair was submitted by the sup erintendent of streets. The aouttinR | property owners will be notified to | make the repairs on or before July 10th.
 Tax rebates, 1925-I926, as recon mended by the tax collector. were voted.
 Aldermen Chadwick, Ryan and Vad nais. were appointed a committee to confer with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary club relative to having the word Put | nam" painted on the roof of the state armory to guide aviators.
 AdJudar Benoit was awarded the contract for painting the inside of fire headquarters for $260 and the outside of No. hose house, one coat of paint, for S4S.50; also for painting police headquarters for S170. The contract for plumbing al fire head quarters was awarded to Rawley & Twigg whose bid was Si40. Carpen- try work at police station will be done by Fred Gilman who bid $40.
 On recommendation of Alderman Chadwick it was voted to purchase twenty-eight iron stair treads of Wal ter A. Wheaton at fifty cents each, for use at fire headquarters.
 It was reported that the roof at fire headquarters leaks. The city pro perty committee was instructed to have the roof repaired.
 A map and estimates for 680 feet of sewer on Mill street was submitted. The price given was S99i. It was voted to put it in the call for the next city meeting and an appropria- tion of s999 may be submitted to the voters.
 Alderman Mignault reported that the New Haven railroad had sent surveyors to fix property lines on lower main street south of Union square. It was ten o'clock when the