New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 2

VEW BRITAIN DAILY HERM:D, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923, | ng body and th Hore 18 Aol gevera e s 10 e amount ol Proposed Test Case on Wage Cuts . e s, e " i Sl veading did net show & permanent be taken L] lsDuappmved by Finance Board “Tbe ]nsh Mal,l ‘ \-..uuul ehief or master meehanic On metion of Mr, Abbe the matier Iulu of which have been legally |was laid over 1o the next meeling. -uun. of previding for the work now dene there The entive building is SCLES created | City Treasurer Curtis Sheidon re. now in use, he told the committee, PRICE—$12.00 Searle Upholds Ovder of | City Meeting Board— | Special Tax of ,0018 Mills | Decided Upon, On recommendation of My, Searle,(parted a dofieit of 11,600 on bends Chairman Keevers' statement rvl..nn»m‘ last year that must be paid this 'lu the city meetiag board was made | yeap “It would be absolutely wrong and |* l“::uu‘lfl:llm :.«:‘u.';i" ommissioner's| Chairman Hall informed the com- unfair to take nr‘y from the F“l‘"'|_|".mlem ;'h. yor l’nnn:: o l,‘, m,‘.‘:,f mittee that ihe total deficit is §186,- in the north end of the city the privi- [ LHEMEG u:. K”“"“':""‘k T | 800 wnu-nhrun b: covered hy m:e l“n\l his opinion, is correel, that the city|CWRt-tenths mill tax, Compirolies m.-.‘..f'.. board fs,not & law making|Curtia submitted & resolution to that body, He feit the beard might ap.|Tect Which was adopted, propriate money but the laws for its| Mr. Searle had submitted a resolu- expenditure are in the hands of the[tion to strike out sueh amounts as eouncil, were occasioned by the boards ex- Armistice Day Nills eceding salary appropriations, Comptroller H, L. Curtis recom- Messrs, fiearle and Bacon voted for mended that the commitice send to|the amendment while Meossrs. Hall, the city meetipg board a recom- | Palmer, Parsons, LeWitt and Macom- mendation to pay t Armistice Day [Ler v h-.n these in the south end enjey,"” | Mr. Holmes sald, Continuing he said | “The city would be & joke in the eyes of the stale If we didn't econ- tinue shop training.” Recommendations for the levy of a| , MAYor Paonessa asked why the ehil. tan of 15 miils on next year's Luul"““' cannot he sent to the new mmlel ist were_adopied last night by ”".‘Mlluul and when Mr, Holmes replied | hoard of finance and taxation and|lNat the eity has no rights there. | be recommended to the commen | '¢NEthY discussion followed. ~ The | weil, the money horvowed in antiel. | 50000l superintendent explained that | tion of the tax to be used in making | the ity and state contract, the city to ZONITE - A POWERNUL BUT SAME o d against, w=GERMICTD v ERMICIDE ip department defieits of $1585,900, DISINFECTANT AND DEODORANT | This was taken In spite of strenon on the part of 80c AND $1.00 BOTTLES action eetion omn ner F. A. Bearle, supported y Commissioner William 8, Baeon, Messers, Rearle and lacon were in avor of making up only such parts . . of the defieit as were not traceable | e l son to the common council's refusal to ut salaries 10 per cent in compliance | with orders of the City Meeting Hoard They would require any eity official who wished to collect salary due him on the higher seale to sue the city and Drug Co. 169:171 MAIN STREET determining once and for all whether the common council or the city meet. ing board is supreme in matters of financ. Would Briag Issue to Head, Mr. Searle’s proposal was intro- |duced in the form of an amendment to a resolution prepared by Comp- troller H, L. Curtis which proposed the 0018 mill tax recommendation, teciting the history of the last budget, Mr. Bearle reminded the com- mitee that the bodgeet adopted by the board of finance and taxation pre- valled at the city meeting board's session and that a 10 per cent cut in salaries was ordered. It was not] specified that all salaries be cut, but that the salary accounts of each de | partment be reduced by 10 per cent, This, the common council declined to do. He felt that there was no time better than the present to bring the issue to a head and force an adjudi- cation so that in the future the su- premacy of either the council or the city meeting board would be unques- tioned. Mr. Bacon was of the same mind. Hall Questions Board's Authority. Edward 1°, Hali told the commis- sioners that in the state salaries are fixed by statute and the committee on appropriations has no power to regulate salaries, but must provide such funds as are required by the salary list. Locally, the council fixes salaries by ordinance while the city Some of the Greatest Dargains of HORSFALL’S Biggest Winter Sale Are Now Offered in Our SHIRT DEPT. Note these prices on our entire stock of Horsfall Shirts— Hartford's largest assortment, Fancy Madras ¢ Shirts at . Shirts Shirts at and $5.00 Shirts Silk Shirts $8.50 Shirts at $9.00 Shirts at $10.00 Shirts at . $6 95 $11.00 Shirts at veie. $9.49 “It s to Buy Our Kind” HORSEALLS Hartford. “It Pays To Buy Our Kind"” $1.79 $2.19 . 3249 .$3.19 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $6.49 felt conditions that the board of finance and taxa- up the deficit. Attorney George LeWitt questioned whether Mr. Searles’' procedure would bring about a test case. He felt the council would abide by its ordinances and the individual would not be brought into the matteg in any direct way. After a vote had been taken on the amendment, which was lost, and on the motion, which was carried, Mr. arles raised a point of parliament- ry procedure. There were only seven commissioners present. A. N. Abbe did not vote, and he felt the motion was not carried because there was not what he termed a “quorum vote.” Attorney LeWitt said that a quorum is necessary only to call the meeting to order and conduct business. Hall Elected Chairman. On motion of Mr. Abbe, ex-Senator Edward F. Hall, whom the mayor said he had appointed a commissioner one hour previously, was elected chairman. After he had been elect- ed he was sworn in as a member of !the commissioners by Corporation Counsel J. H. Kirkham, School Department Deficit, School Committeeman George W. Traut and Superintendent of Schools S. H. Holmes appeared before the board to present the school depart- ment’'s deficit of $82,760,39. The de- ficit in the salary item alone is $58,- 832. Mayor Paonessa asked Mr. Holmes how he would feel about selling the Burritt school. The school superin- tendent said he could not give an of- ficial opinion but his personal opinion was that it is ill adapted and not properly located for school purposes. If the building is to be taken away, he felt the city should provide some City Items Victrolas and Pianos, Henry Morans, —advt. At an open meeting for boys, at! the Y. M. C. A. Monday evening, Prof. Leroy Clayton Br)anl of Yale! University will speak on “The Life of | & Forester.” Supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Dan Nolan Ukulele Class for Girls.| Every Thursday eve. Y. W. w. a.| Ukuletes at C. L. Plerce Co.—advt. Automobile licenses of Henry Kop- lowitz of 51 Dwight street and Sim Bookman of 60 Columbia street have been suspended, according to an an- nouncement received from the state motor vehicle department by the lo- cal police, Meet e at Schmarr’s for dinner.— advt. Mrs. Victoria Maleonis of Dwight | street underwent a major operation | at the Court street private hcq. | yesterday. William Rall of Whiting street entercd the hospital today for | medical treatment. Vietrolas—C. i.. Pierce Co.—advt. For sale—Stove wood or white birch for fireplace. Tel. 1067-2, N. B. 25 Plainville.—edvt. I Don’t fail to hear Evangelist An-| drew Heughes at the People's Church of Christ Sunday at 7 o'clock p. m -—advt or 1842-3— Miller's Taxi. Tel. 567 advt. Be sure and attend the big Over- ecoat Sale at the New York Sample Shep.—advt, “Dairy day Special.” This week is Vanilla Ice Cream, Pineapple Sherbet and Tutti Frutti Ice Cream. At N. H Dairy dealers| only.—advt. J 1 Elephants, when first brought from the tropics, frequently suffer from colic. Male Help Wanted Cleveland Automatic Screw Machine Operators. Good Wages for Competent Men. BOX 4 JG HERALD 7t09 CHILDREN’S EYES EXAMINED By Two Experts Satisfaction Guaranteed A. PINKUS 300 MAIN ST. TEL. 570 THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper - with the A-B-C Want Ads then a test case would be tried out, | meeting board provides the funds. He | were analogous and | tion had no course open but to make | turnish a bullding, light, heat and !half janitor serviee, while the state |furnishes teachers and courses, 'n. der this plan the city saves about 876,000 a year, he sald, Only thoso over 14 years of age are admitted to the school, The mayer asked what the sehoo department could do with the nermal 11t would be good for open air and special classes, He advised the com- | mittee that it would be very expen- {sive to maintain, Salary Cut Question Commissioner Searle announced his intention of voting against any defl it | occasioned by disrcgard of the cuy | meeting board's order for 10 per cent |cuts in pay. He pointed out that in his opinion the meeting board and not | th: council is the "last word"; that reductions were ordered but not put into effect and to be consistent with his previous action he woull opposc making up the deficit, In reply to questions of the mayor, Rupt, Holmes prosented the following facts: School bulldings now cost the city | between $10,000 and $12,000 a ! school room; present plans of the chool board call for 44 rooms at a ost of $625,000, which will take |care of 1,600 children. Each year there are about 400 more children than the previous year, therefore the $625,00 will take care of three years' increases, Mayor Paonessa estimated the costd of schools to be $200,000 a year aside from maintenance, Public Works Deficit, City Engineer J. D. Willlams gre- sented the public works department's estimated deficit which will be $18,- 200. Following are proposed trans- fers which the board suggests, the funds to be used- for ordinary ex- penses: From state highway fund, $5,000; from Connecticut company, { payment for pavements, $1,535; from permanent pavements, $2,000; from Park street benefits, $3,800. He felt ‘a $10,000 appropriation would carry the department through the year. In reply to a question of F. W. Macomber, Mr. Williams sald the snow storms will cost the city about $12,000, causing $7,000 of the .de- partment’s deficit. He also reported that about $2,000 had been saved on the salary appro- priation, this being made possible by reduction of personnel. Health Department For ‘the health department, Dr. F. P. Lee reported no deficit. The Rocky Hill sanitarium will require $6,342 for the balance of the yearg he told the committee. The sanitarium is now filled to capacity, having 17 patients. Police Department Shortage For the purchase of a car $1,5634 is needed. This has been approved for the council. ¥or the police department, Chair- man D. L. Dunn reported a pay-roll shortage of $13,425, part of which is oceasioned by the cut made by the city meéting board. Between $600 and $700 will be needed to pay for the Park street subway. A new car has cost the department $2,875, mak- ing a total deficit of $16,900. In The Fire Department For the fire board, Chairman John R. Keevers reported a $15,566.71 de- ficit of which $11,344 is for salarics. The board is governed in salaries and personnel by eity ordinances, Chair- man Keevers explained. Reading the ordinances, Mr. Searle pointed out that there is ground for claim that salaries could be lower, Chairman Keevers said that this would impair the efficiency of the de- partment. “The city meeting board ordered it,”” Mr. Searle replied. ““The present board does not feel the city meeting board is a law-mak- Our 1923 Xmas Club Tonight Open o’clock TRUST CO. 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