The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-22

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 Aldermanic President Perriello suggested that future accounts sub mitted to the aldermen be shown In retail to eliminate further misunder- standing and erroneous assumption by any members. thus delaying pay ments of bill by collision with the controllers office and impeding con- duct of city business. Those in- volved in delay of payment of the Lambo bills from February until the present were, of course, the control- Ter, Purcell and Alderman Bane. Information was sought by the bond lawyers about the background of the unsold pumping station, ab- munity house bonds and the firm asked that it be enlightened as to whether the work, paid for out of general funds, has been started be- fore the issues, in question, were voted. ConcenSus of the older mem bers of the board was that this had not been the case but the controller was ordered to look into the matter and report at an adjourned meeting next Thursday afternoon.
 Controller Rowland again was or- dered to pay title search claims for the year as presented by Attorney Daniel P. Pickett and amounting to $320 although he communicated to the board that some of the &C., counts bore the signature of Execu- tive Secretary Thomas P. Kelly" and not the approval of the board of works. Mayor Hayes enlightened the controller regarding the charter provision by which the mayor is empowered to hire MT. Pickett and remarked that Secretary Kelly rep resented him. The mayor is chair man of the board of public works.
 Supt. of Parks James J. Curtin appeared before the board and the commission approved authorization for the mayor and controller to seek sponsorship for WPA projects in city parks whereby the government would pay $323,0 900, the city por- ton of $70,000 to be cut to frac- i ton in the latter instance by pro- vision of equipment by the city as q major part of it's share in the cost. The application for the projectg does not commit the city to under take the work, however.
 Aldermanic President Perriello, in this connection, urged that the city provide more playgrounds and Su- perintendent Curtin made a com prehensive plea in support of the alderman's suggestion, Joined in the matter by Commissioner Judge. The park department head related that Hartford, New Haven and other state cities have numerous baseball diamonds of which there is a scare ity in Waterbury; that there is s,- pervised recreation at Hartford pub lie school grounds evenings through the summer; that the city would do much towards cutting juvenile de- linquency and the crime cosst caused by unemployment and depression were the playground program elab- orated in Waterbury.
 Sums expended for this work here are far less in proportion to popula- ton than the amounts spent in other state cities. Supt. Curtin de- clared. Alderman Perriello inquired about possible sites for playgrounds, mentioning land acquired in Brook lyn for school purposes.
 The board asked the city engineer to estimate cost of repairing a re- taining wall allegedly on the prop erty of Cornelius J. Daly, 3o0-3o6 Willow street rear which the board of works has ordered rebuilt and 1 the purported owners, MT. Daly and the Waterbury Savings bank, in at least the instance of MT. Daly, deny responsibility. MT. Daly contends that the wall was defective from the time of it's rebuilding in 1918, that 1t is foot and one-half of his property line, and that the city, not himself, Is responsible.