The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
STREET DEPT. IS
 BADLY LAMBACTED
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other parts of New England but our streets were the worst of any that I saw. In Boston and In Wor. cester, the snow was over the tops of cars but they got the streets cleared. l came back to Waterbury and found conditions here to be liin. believably bad"
 "GoOd Job" Fiasoo
 I'm sick of hearing what a good job our street department did. The people know 1t isn't 50. Some try to say that Ecott-smith hasn't enough money in his budget. If that's so, why didn't he ask for more last December, or why hasn't be asked for more since the storm9 We had public hearing on the budget: we would have given him more funds if he said he needed them"
 'The reason for the troulNe in Waterbury after the storm Is sim. pie enough" said MT. Kingston, "The blows weren't sent out soon enough; the blows weren't kept working. I've seen blows riding around the city with the blade up in the air."
 First Mistake Noted
 If the work had been done right in the first place, there wouldn't have been any need to send gangs out with picks and shovels to break up snow that had been allowed to freeze into ice. Why, East Main street was never as bad as 1t has been the last few weeks. The people of the East End and the East End Community club will bear out what I say. Imagine the streets being 30 bad that 1t took people an hour to get downtown by bus. What the street department needs Is more ef- ficient work and more efficient planning"
 Alderman Thomas Reidy, Demo- crat entered the discussion to say: T agree entirely with Alderman | Kingston when he says that condi- | tions were very bad. But the budget | was at fault for most of it."
 T voted against the budget, said Alderman Burton Walker, Republic can, because I felt 1t wasn't honest, 1t wasn't big enough. But there was an item of $18,000 for snow removal. Maybe that's not enough, but 1t hasn't all been spent yet and Mir. Scott-Smith has not appealed for any more funds. He should have had blows out all day today but where were they? The street department let the storm get ahead of 1t again."
 Bremen Complain
 '"The firemen tell me that the streets are terrible. They endanger their lives every time they answer an alarm. No matter what anyone says, this isn't economy. It's no saving at all. We'll be faced with flocks of law suits and claims for damages. Look at all the cars that have been dam. aged because of the bad streets; the owners know the city was negligent"
 Alderman Shea rose to say; T agree, too, that conditions have been very bad. But there are blows out tonight. I saw two of them working while I was on my way to this meet ing"
 Alderman Kingston took the floor again. T saw fire apparatus ar1- swering an alarm, and it's a miracle there wasn't an accident the way the streets were. If Scott-Smith wants more money let him ask for it. But let him get the streets cleared"
 Whats Going On?
 The subject came up again later in the meeting. '"The more I think about this snow situation" said AL derman Kingston, "the more I get. Let's find out whats going on. The Republican quoted Scott Smith aA say- Ing he didn't need another snow- loader. If he doesn't need more then what is the matter. He's been hiring enough trucks"
 Alderman Kingston then moved that 6upt. Scott Smith be instructed to furnish a detailed statement of snow removal cost, including the amounts paid to the owners of trucks hired by the city. Following Alderman Shea's seconding, the mo- ton was adopted without 8 single nay vote.