The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

evening, April 2s, at the Hotel
 Elton.
 The marshals are urged to be
 present at tomorrow noon's lunch
 con meeting of the Holy Cross
 club which will be held at Maurice
 Walsh's Court Hotel on Leaven-
 worth street. This session is to
 start at 12:30 promptly with Dr. partment because town expenses for WPA are chargeable to the public works department.
 Discusses Welfare Dept.
 Burgess Raytkwich pointed out that the welfare department spent almost $59,000 last year with only four bad months and indicated there might be more than four this year. The warden said the street depart ment budget cannot be reduced be- cause of the many WPA projects planned and MT. Raytkwich agreed it should not if all WPA projects planned are carried out. He even thought it should be increased.
 MT. Raytkwich then expressed the belief that $2000 could be saved in the general administration budget by elimination of overlapping things" They can do it in business when things are tough, he said. He added he did not mean pay cuts for the town. Several years ago about $102,000 was spent for this depart ment he said. He urged the board to be fair to all departments and let everybody buckle down" apparently meaning to have the other depart mental budgets sliced somewhat.
 Warden Sheridan expressed the belief that the town was run well last year, pointing out the deficit for departments under his control was very small and if the adminis- tration had been playing politics, 1t could have come but without de- ficit by holding up until the next fiscal year payment of just one bill for pipes. He said he does not want people to pay large tax bills. No bills have been held over for the new fiscal year, he said. MT. Raytkwich declared he also did not want the tax rate lncreaSeQ.
 After the two Republican burg esses had voted against the admin istration budget, the warden ex- pressed surprise, saying that the c. o. P. burgesses have approved the monthly reports which contained expenditures virtually the same as proposed for general administration this year.
 MT. Raytkwich said then that the coming year was different one. He again said he was not opposed to the total of the budget, but only to the details.
 Service Car Eliminated
 The reduction in the fire depart ment request was elimination of an $850 item for service car and also a slight cut in the request for hose. A total of $l000 was sought for this and the same amount as last year, $825 was appropriated. It was brought out the department will have 4,O0O feet of hose.
 There was no general discussion of the public works budget. The warden expressed himself in favor of the same budget. Details of the education department request were not availabl because of a recent re- vision by the education board in the request. The warden favored the $2l0,000 budget as suggested by the school board.
 The police department request of e97 70O EC tS nrat1fnI rrhie ie slightly less than the appropriation for this department last year.
 Pool Advocated
 The committee in charge of plans for a public swimming pool here is working hard and earnestly in plan ming such a pool, 1t was clearly shown in a report made by Leo Brophy, chairman, to the board of warden and burgesses last night.
 The majority of the committee feels that Recreation field would be ideal for an artificial swimming pool, MT. Brophy reported. He said that Health Officer Dr. Walter Baker had informed him that under no condition should the town select any of three places now commonly used, the New Dam, the Hop Brook and Prospect street brook as sites for a municipal swimming pool. MT. Brophy indicated there is no control of the water entry or watershed in these spots. MT. Brophy told the board that in Meriden a municipal pool was built At a cost of $83, ,OO0 at a certain place and after it had been opened short time, it was condemned by the state health de- partment because of polluted waters.
 He explained that construction of a pool Is not like planning for a house, that is cannot be done quick ly but arrangements take long time. The committee, he said, went to West Hartford to study the mu- nicipal pool there which is self maintaining and which was used by 26,000 bathers last year. A minor charge a month per family users for children in those families is made, and in addition a small charge is made to adults using the pool. Chil- dren of needy families are admitted free, in cases where the families cannot pay.
 Tells of Other Pool The state board of health has control over all municipal dams, that is 1t must first approve them, MT. Brophy explained. He said there are more than 150 bathing houses in