The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
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ton as to whether the second pipe line should or should not be built. That is not the case even though Mayor Scully would like to have 1t that way. The fact is that Mayor Scully has no definite intention of pushing the pipe line at this time. And If the General Assembly grants the city permission to sell the bonds, only very small amount derived from their sale will be used on the pipe line. Very probably not over $100000. The remainder will be used to cover up shortages or deficits. One that was acquired last year, and another, a larger one, that will be acquired this year.
 Where's the Surplus?
 There is unmistakable evidence to support this conclusion. The ad- ministration found itself obliged to make 8 loan in anticipation of taxes of $1, 150 ,000, last December. If there was a surplus of $4l7,0OO on last years operations, why was 1t neces- Sary to make that loanp The an- swer to that is that there was nc surplus, but 8 deficit. And the money derived from that loan Is nearly used up. Mayor Scully is figuring on using the money that he hopes to get from the bond issues to carry him along until this years taxes start coming in in May. If he does not get the bond issues he will be obliged to go to the larger tax- payers, the manufacturers and ask them to pay their taxes in advance. That will revert Us to the practices of previous administrations the past twenty years, and the city can make no headway by continuing these practices.
 And another factor that enters this discussion is the fact that there is no opposition to the con- struction of another pipe line. I have not opposed the construction Of such a line and no one else has to my Knowledge, I am taking the stand that 1t is unnecessary to sell bonds for it. Construction of such a line could only be done conyen- iently during six or seven month of any year. And more than $i50,000 to $200,000, worth of work cannot be done during such period. An additional tax of q mill to a mill and a half should not prove too this year. And 1t would provide sufficient funds for the project. The taxpayers of the city paid 32A mills last year and 35 mills in 1889. It should be prefer able to them to pay the additional mill or mill and a half and know where their money Is going that allow the administration to indulge the hocus pocus financing that 1t proposes.
 Influences
 The mayor has found 1t neces- sary to call in all the auxiliaries that were available to influence public opinion in support of the bond issues. These auxiliaries con- sist of the engineering department, the additional water supply com and the Republican Town committee. The engineering depart ment did not do a very good job. It strated out on the wrong foot by telling Us the water in the East Mountain reservoir could only supply the people of the city for three or four days. Even a blind person could detect that statement was a gross mis-statement of the facts. It is wholly incredible that the city would have spent the amount of money that that reservoir cost if there was not 8 much larger supply available than that. And equally incredible is the hocus pocus the engineering department indulged in about the proposed new dam up in Morris. It is making the claim that by building the dam it would be possible to do away with the pumping stations necessary to get the water up to the high sections of the city. That statement is sheer hokum. If 1t is not possible to get water up to those places by gravity from the East Mountain reservoir, how will it be possible to get water up to these places from the proposed Morris reservoir.
 The difference in altitude between the two reservoirs would be neglig- able and the East Mountain is situated about three to four miles from these points while the pro- posed Morris would be around ten to twelve miles away. Any school boy knows that water will run faster down a steep hill than down an easier grade. And 1t stands to rea- son that more pressure can be developed over a four mile pitch than over twelve mile pitch where the attitudes are the same. The actual construction of the dam is nothing mole ss.aL 6 fifrscns e. the mayors imagination. but the bond Issue it not The mayor VIII A...a s..n....<llaf ,apa fnr A fn xsnyRNa