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 the details concerning the $126,00O recommended Topped from planned expenditures when the budget was devised last fall.
 Commissioner John H. Goss com- mented that this was "just start" in the program of the financial agents of the city to shape Water burys affairs into a solvency which will include balanced budget through absorption of over-expen- ditures of last years appropria- tions, repayment of the $3OOOO0 sinking fund item improperly placed in this years budget, and care of increased welfare costs.
 City departments figuring in the proposed savings included police, streets. city hall, health, garbage collection, children's home commis- sion, park and building inspection. From the engineering department a letter from City Engineer Charles A. Root informed the board that a number of graduate engineers and inspectors, some employed for as long as g years, have been work ing for wages less than those paid day laborers and that the engineer had had in mind asking increases for them. There is only enough in the department to pay salaries for the current year, he remarked.
 Also, the city engineer pointed out that increased costs confronted his department because of the en- largement of the WPA and PWA proposals for city-federal work to absorb labor from the relief rolls. The work of his department has been doubled by this activity, he declared.
 Due to absence of the fire chief on his vacation, there was no report from the fire department. The su- perintendent of Brookside Home, however, reported that call for relief made impossible any cuts in his ex- penditures. A communication from the board of education remarked that $53,615 was cut from the bud get estimates of that department last fall and that $25, ,000 in teachers salaries, $8,899 in wages of janitors, was not included in the current budget, presenting probability of deficit by November or December. The controllers office was asked for figures on possible savings but no report had been made before yesterdays meeting.
 Executive Secretary Thomas P. Kelly was called to report on the situation as related to probable ex- penditure cuts in city departments and reported on the proposal of Aldermanic President Patrick M. Perriello to determine how much the city might save by shortening the tenure of street lighting an hour in the morning and another hour at night. This saving was estimated by Manager Charles J. Allen of the Connecticut Light and Power com- pany at $116 month, but various difficulties may be encountered.
 Inasmuch as the citys lighting system is on a circuit including Prospect and Thomaston and other suburban areas, agreement from those towns must be sought before such plan could be placed in effect. Also, there was raised the possi- bility of damage suits resulting from the change and the matter finally was referred to the corpora tion counsel for recommendation.
 A communication from the Citi- zens Good Government association, per John F. McLinden, secretary, was read and its call for the finance board to abandon projects involv- ing expenditures investiga- ton" by an audit firm and other proposals was answered by Com missioner Goss. The latter moved that the good government commit tee, If that's what they call them selves," be sent 8 communication thanking them for their suggestions and informing them that the board already has undertaken most of their proposals and that others are under consideration.