Milford chronicle., 1948-09-24
City Office News

~ "i SllNCdVOA 10 IGuuCO QanS-
er of accidents and safety Of chill
dren playing along some of our
main arterial streets, the CITY has
taken up with the traffic and plan
ming division of the state for sug-
gestiOns how this can best be ac-
cOmplished. Mr.. Miller, traffic en-
glneer, was in Milford on Wednes-
day going over the situation with
the city manager, and will be sub
mltting a report later on his rec
concentrations. 1t would appear
that the best way to cut down
speeds on the streets, such as
North Walnut, Marshall and Front
streets would be more adequate
enforcement of the speed limits.
and the other way would be install
latiOn of some type of traffic lights.
The bridge over the race on
Maple avenue has become in such
poor condition that it has been
necessary to close the bridge and
repairs can not be made until
thorough determination of the re-
sponsibility for the bridge can be
made.
Connections to the city sewers
and elimination of open privies has
| been going on, and the few people
who have not yet taken out their
permits have been cautioned that
cost OF the water permits will go
up from $3.50 to $500 after Octo-
Der l. 1t is hoped to have all con-
nectiOns made by October 1.
Our current tax revenues are
about $55,200 for 1948. These reve-
nues are based on a 1941 valuation
of property, and not current val
uatiOns. Present valuations would
be between two and three times the
l941 valuations. The actual as
sessment is taken at 60 per cent
of the 1941 valuation.
Do you know that it costs over
$4,000 a year to pay for the cleo
trio current used in street lighting.
One-tenth of our total tax revenues.
The city donates $4,000 to the fire
department, about One-twelfth of
the tax revenues. 1t costs $4,000 a
year to keep streets cleaned. an
other twelfth of tax revenues. The
cost of garbage collections is So
500 a year, One-twentieth of the tax
revenues. Cost of ash and rubbish
collections is over $4,000 a year.
One-siXth of tax revenues. These
are all free services to the tax
payers.
The biggest single source of rev.
enue to the city is from it's electric
distribution system, and the in
come from this source has had to
carry the load of improvements to
the city in past years.
The system is also the heaviest
expense to the city, for mainte-
nance of the system. The poles and
wires can all be seen, and city
workmen can always be seen work
ing on the lines, to improve the
service to the users. We have a
22OO. volt primary system, and this
voltage has to be cut down at suit
able locations to provide ordinary
house currents of 10 and 22O volts
This is done by hanging transfer
mers on the line. The installation
of single 37h KVA transformer
will cost $3.50 apiece, plus labor
cost of the installation. With Ou1
system the city endeavOrs to give
adequate and constant service tC
all users of electricity.
From this and previous articles
the city manager has endeavOred tC
describe the situation as regards
city finances, with the hope thai
the people of Milford will realize
that they are the City of Milford
and that all improvements in the
city must come from them. Dir
streets without paving and curb!
and cutters cannot be improved
! without necessary funds. The out
lying sections cannot have sewer.
and water lines without funds.
With sewer lines costing abOu
$500 per lineal foot, and water
[ lines about $150 per lineal foot
= curbs and cutters at S2.1O per lin
cal foot, paving at about 2Cc per
square yard, it will be seen bv al
thoughtful people that consider
! able money is needed. and we can
. not have all these improvement!
without being willing to pay fol
q same. In other words we can Only
| have the kind of a city we wan