New Britain herald., 1928-03-05
BOARD OF RELIEF CHOPS GRAND LIST
 Slices Sll7,S54 Of Figures Fixed by Assessors
 TOWN MEETING ON 12TH
Tax Rate to be Latd--Water Ccm- psny Asks Increase,1 Rste-ar- thur VI, Ron'h nies in Ho>pitsl-- Governor Celehratss Eirthdsy,

The unusually large sum ct t1t1,- 75t vas cut from the grand list hy re.uction7 made tv the board Of re- l lief. which fnlshs1 itS lshors Sa' '- urd1v afternoon. and the final net total Of the ilst now stands a. I-.- ! sf7,6 The increases n1aIa hv the 1 board of assessors set a new record here. and thare were 175 protests rad' from tho figures of that hodv. These sN1mps1 the board of rellaf and gave II so much work that II dld not finish lis task until later than usual, but now T has made it's re- porf and has made even l4rErr To ductlons than were expected.
 The abstract as left hv tho asssz- BOTS totalled I7,aa6,oo5, The board Of rellsf added lists amounting to !41.t7G and increased others the sum Of i;,9. on the ether hand. t granted rerff hv cutting lists 10 the extent of Si6r.5tE. ot thts s,Jm Si1 3.606 was Eran'=+ on dwellings, Sa4Ib on commercial establish ments. S-4,76o on goods of manu- f s other small huildlnEs. the balance being distributed n smaller amounts among the other classes Of taXahle rroperty
 Ths board of rs1.st consisted Of ". " Seymour. chairman. Charles F Clark and O. II Eohertson.
 Effect on Tax
 ,-cA-,-t,o,- expected to result n an increase ot inc tax rate over that of Inst year. and there may ba q reduction from the existing c5 mills The towns people having voteI 10 carry the burden of paving for revaluation over until another year. an expected $ll.5oh appropriation has been rs- moved from the ta2s budget. II ,s therefore expected that the town will b. 7tle 70 meet it's expenses with q. tax ot T mills or even of 5 1-2. The board of finance VIII meet tonight 10 discuss the matter and will present mendation at the special town meeting which was called today and which will be held m the High school auditorium on Monday evening. March F. That meeting will lay ? tax OF the grand list. payable on Arrll I
 Water Co, Asks Increase The Flainville Water Co. has pc titloned the town for an increase In the water rates. and this matter will also be taken up at the town meet ing. The growing needs and de rands of the Con1panv's service. Secretary Joseph \, McKernan Of the company says in his letter to the selactmen. and an increase in the rate is considered absolutely im- Nerative." MT. Nckernan explained this morning that the cost Of buy ing water from New Britain and re- taining its own esta blishment has increased the operating costs Of the company The company is willing to give Plainville people New Brit ain water as many months in the year as they went he said. but they will naturally have 70 pay for t
 The company will appoint three men and the town meeting will ap- point three, and this joint commit tee will determine q schedule Of wa ter rates satisfactory to both com- pany and town.
 The meeting will also take action on the acceptance Of q small parcel of land which the railroad has trans ferred 10 the town. This land is To- Cated at the West Main street cross ing and is 10 be used for railroad purposes only.
 Arthur Booth Dies
 Arthur NJ. Booth, 57, Of Trumhull avenue. veteran employe or the Trumbull Electric Co. died yester- day morning at the Hartford hospi- tai after a 1o-year struggle against poor health. Death was due to stomach ulcers and numerous con- plications. Mir, Booth had undergone four operations during the past 1s years. the final one being performed last week.
 Mir. Booth had been foreman at