The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-12
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Nau8aIuchs Oec. 4<s- OuE ue- ficit will be bigger because of the @temore, Jr, last night in an infor- anal discussion which took place ~after lack of a quorum prevented "a formal meeting of the welfare board last night. Only three mem- ' bers of the board, excluding the warden were present, and the charter provides that it Is not a ~quorum unless there are four mem- bers excluding the warden present.
 The above statement by the war; nden and the fact that what seemed .-like a magician's stunt was reveal Aed last night when the depart ~ment's balance grew instead Of de- creased, were the features or the board meeting.
 Big Credit Helps
 = The report of the superintendent, IN. Hadley Cox, showed that, whereas on Oct. 31 there was only "a balance of $4,S50.63, during No- suvember $7,739.64 was spent and ssyet the balance is now $6,5S9.43, salmost $2,000 more than it was Hast month. The reason for this IS ..that the credits received last month e.included a grant from the emer- agency relief commission of the state of $8,641.25 and totaled $l0,- OS7.13 in all so that although the budget was exceeded, >$7S,4g7.TO having been spent the credits de- dueted from this left net expendi- tures of $68,410.57.
 In discussing the report, Warden Whittemore pointed out to Supt. ssCox that the quarter of July, August and September had not yet .-been paid the town by the relief commission and that there was an other quarter of the year to be .-paid for, but Supt. Cox indicated that not much in credits would be received from these sources.
 Supt. Cox said that because of the necessity to purchase coal for Outside poor, this item would ln- Grease next month.
 He was asked if the CWA work would not reduce the number o1 families to be thus aided and he said in reply that while it would help some there were still many families where there is none able to work. Such items as children in the homes, town farm, hospitals are more or less uniform, he indi- cated.
 No Labor Expense Now
 Warden Whittemore said that the expense this month amounted sto $4,985 with the labor item de- sdueted. There will be practically no -labor expense during December be- cause of the fact that laborers are being paid by the CWA now. Even If there is no credit received next month, it does not seem likely from .the figures that the present bal -ance will be overspent under this tondition.
 However, Borough Clerk Edward ..Lingenheld pointed out that there -are still five months in state credits and one more for Decem- rber to be received and estimated it at $6,000. However, the warden is not counting any credits until they .Materialize and indicated he will @hase his figuring on q system ~which does not include hopes for credits.
 Expenses Thus Far
 :. The expenses of the nine months ~ending November 31 follow: Out Side poor, $16,447.69; labor, $41,- ,577.58; hospitals, $5,523.66; chill ~dren in homes, $4,509.62; town farm, $5.431.S1; overhead. $4,SO7- sa..34. The credits for November, un- Appropriated revenue, previously ell ~Novembr, $27; F. R. grant for sc- -pnd quarter, $S,641.25; miscellane- -ous. $560.19; Ralph Pasho pay inent. $250.
 N During the discussion on the Civil Works Administration during which Warden Whittemore an- severed questions of newspapermen present, he said that it had been definitely decided that the CWA Awill not pay for the cost of ma terials on work, and it is because of this that the deficit may be larger He made the statement .concerning the deficit as in no way eriticizing the CWA. On the con- trary he said it was "splendid' thing and often launched into praise of it.
 Town Has To Pay
 However, as he revealed, there .are major expenses entailed by the town m certain projects. He mar rated some of the expenses in just one project which was the one on Toad construction. Here are few of the expenses incurred by Nau gatuck in such projects for the CWA does not pay: Dynamite caps, fuses, $175; engineering, S200; foremen, $225; compressor $750; grading and operator $30O' These are not all of the expenses entailed by the town on such a project but they show that there are plenty of expenses which the town will have to bear.
 A Warden Whittemore listed five major projects which include many minor ones now going on in town These are: CWA administration, ton, office help, etc, which has the number project 169; rip-rapp wall, project ITO; road construc- Eion project I'll; public building pr0ject 172 and parks, project 173 included in the road construction project are work on Wooster street Hunters mountain, Jones' road, Johnson street. project road on Grove street and Highland ave- nue.
 Two More Projects
 There is also under advisement and approved by the local CWA board, the Recreation field project of putting the brook underground and work of erecting storm sew CT on South Church street. If the Recreation work is done, the towr will have to pay for the pipes