The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-05
Politics
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city Otf1cialS ana comments nearo from them at broad sessions, sur pluses may play an important part in Waterbury finances in the years to come. Of course, now's the time for the city to make full use of such surpluses other than for mere budgetary purposes. Flush times won't be with us always; taxpayers won't be rushing in to clean up their bills at one fell swoop. Lean days will come and the citys treas ury will be lean, too. So-o-o, if surpluses can be piled up now they should be used as bulwark against those lean days. That seems to be the plan behind the creation of a surplus within the Water Fund, which will accumulate until 1853 when city officials can use 1t to meet the higher water debt service beginning then. In 1853 the city starts to pay off its Series of 1941 water bonds, of which q, ,485 ,OO0 out of a possible $2,O00.0o0 have al- ready been sold. If no more Of these bonds are sold this series will be completely retired by 1857. Right now the Water Fund is more than paying its way, so there is no req son why surpluses there shouldn't ultimately pay for the expansion or the system now almost completed. Similarly, general fund surpluses, which have been heavy of recent wears, could be used to pile up 6 fund which could be used for such postwar projects as a sewage dls- posal system.
 The recent request of the
 Health Officer for more space to
 accommodate his growing depart
 ment may be the signal for other
 such demands from various city
 departments. The recent report of
 Barrow, Wade X Guthrie on the
 city,s finances for 1941 contained
 a recommendation that the of-
 flee of the Controller and Budget
 Director be separated, so that the
 latter might have more space ana
 a distinct department of his own.
 Only this week, too. Mayor John
 S. Monagan named committee
 from the Board of Finance to
 consider all these recommenda-
 tions of the auditor and the up-
 shot may be more than one de-
 partmental office change.
 On June IS commercial vehicles will be allowed to get their 1lrst glimpse of the Merritt Parkway. But the number of such vehicles will be strictly limited to Chose carrying war materials. The Legislature made this possible, but the Legis- Iaturo didn't take into consideration the fact that on the southwest end of the Merritt Parkway Is the Hutchinson River Parkway, which IS under the administration of Vest chester County and Westchester County is in Jew York State. There gon's be any trurckS allowed on che Hutchinson River Parkway, even if they are carrying vital war materials, so George H. Haight' superintendent of WeStchester county pathways, has ruled. So II trucks do go beyond the toll sta zion at Greenwich they'll have to Slrn Sround and come back and d. ~ress to the Post Road. New YorK 6'dnt relax it's law against comner- cial traffic on parkWays and fur- shcrnore the older Hutchinson XIV nr Parkway wasn't built to hold up such heavy vehicles nor are US overhead passes high enough to &C., ronnracdate some of the huge trali- or trucks. Connecticut solonS eVl- dently forgot about this.
 Irene Dillanc will be no new fig- ire in the office of the Clerk or
 the City Court, where she becomes
 the Assistant on and after July l.
 the day Republicans complete
 their domination of the locaI
 tribunal. Miss Dillane held this
 office up to two years ago ana
 was rated highly by lawyers. ofil-
 rjals, and others who had business
 with the court, therefore her re-
 turn will occasion many we'll
 wishes. compliments. etc. However,
 the departure of the Democratic
 staff will also occasion similar
 well wishes to Atty. Carmine Ci-
 priano and Miss Constance Jegeia
 who have done an efficient and
 commendable job in their brief
 period of connection with the City
 Court.
 City officials were interested to yearn that the House Committee on Public Lands has been holding hear ngs of recent weeks on series of pills which would allow states and certain real property acquired by the their political subdivisions to tax Federal Government for military purposes. In this proposal seemed to lie the answer to the query pro pounded some time ago as to why lhe city wasn't collecting taxes from the Waterbury Tool Company en one of its new buildings. The assessors office said that the par Acular structure was government Gwned and only used by the Tool Company to manufacture certain articles needed for war purposes Under the proposal in Congress all real property in the conti- mental United States, which is here after acquired by purchase, con- demnation or otherwise, by or or behalf of the United States, fol general military purposes dnclud- Ing property acquired for, or for use In connection with, Notifications coast defenses, military camps, can' comments, proving grounds, training areas, bomb testing areas, and the manufacture of munitions) shal remain subject to taxation by the State and political subdivisions ir which such property is located ..
 Up in Hartford the Board of AL dermen will be asked shortly to dis charge 6 city employees who are not residents of the city. A com mittee appointed last fall to pass
 op residence requirements has