t lil‘fildllllilflllll
litigating"
«13100 b (phylum: that.
m
3llis will be Empire to this care of the
saving of all the streets of the city
hat I recurs permanent moment:
lawful” moles that and r
paving of t
n thoroughisr'es can be accomplish-
by issuing only a small preportion
the total amount authorised The
ty becomes Moonslhis for the pay-
out of the bonds; laid interest. there-
villa strength 3:o the bond issue
and‘I me as if? an attrsctive scourlty
r investors 3033010. The city assess
"21: scioinins property to:- the cost
a» paying. and becomes responsible
r the collection thereof. This assess-
motif. is payable in ten annual install-
.39.? making it easy for the
rs to pay for the im-
fptovsmcnt, as in most cases where
permanent payement has been laid. it
is found that before the ten years
have passed. the values of property on
these streets have increased greatly in
assess of the assessment
The cit is to bear the expense of
the cost 5' intersections. and the inter
: est on the bonds. we believe this or
pense will not greatly exceed the pres
ent cost of temporary repairs to these
streets, odd that the advantages to
_ our citizens and attractiveness to our
city withsnora than offset any tom-
poray slight increase in intor.esi
. We would also call attention of the
property owners to the advantage or
this plan over the present method.
Now an assessment laid must be paId
at once; under this plan. even though
3t cost a trifle more. it is paid in ten
urinal installments. making it much
less burdensome than under the pres-
out method.
We bans also inserted a provision
10F your hpproval providing that if
the We! the property assessed
wishes “fly time within five years to
pay the s“ so assessment. he may do
so. and vs a rebate of ten per
e at trap: the amount or the assess-
menttlip hose
We lit 9 :provlded for bonds in de-
nominations at One Hundred Dollars
(3100“. Five Hundred Dollars (3600)
and ‘s ‘l‘lt brand Dollars (31000; as
ti liver but our citizens will be
:ll
opmrtilplty to put chase
”will. "72"”.
tor, it”.
merits of this charac
man r womanwlth One Hundred Dol
we provide so that the
lure ( 003d to invest canescure one of
these had .it will not be necessary
toe our to the bond houses, as
love it)?!” when it is desired to
Put out‘sn sons to cover the cost or a
street improvement. that the issue
will he over-subscribed by our cili-
“its.
You villi also note that while One
trauma Thousand Dollars 3100.000)
lathe maximum amount oi paving
bonds that can be issued at any one
time upon be retiring of an issue. oth-
er l data may be mice and
host a phased in place or those retired;
by this method it will in time be one
stills to pave all the streets of the city
at. an optical interest expense of not
to exceed four thousand dollars per
shear without at any time having more
than Oile- Hundred Thousand Dollars
(3100.000) worth of bonds outstandlns.
The issuing of bonds ls entirely III
the hands of the voters of the city. as
no 3303100 canhe issued unless approv
ad of by a majority of voters present
at a city meeting called for the. pur-
nospocifully yours.
CHA . E. HOYT.
CHE SWAN SWARTZ.
DR. 33. M. WOLFE.
l‘ Committee
.W at south Norwalk, Conn. this
,Isr'a; day or January. A. D... 1911.
, slatlvs Bill.
’ * The city clerk then read the propos‘
Mill it it be presented to the legisla-
my)“ was as follows:
1 ..v
if; n5"
. .1333. City of South Nor.
I to issue Street Paving Bonds.
" V by til Alumnill'
1,1‘ t the City of South
’ k be it is hereby authorised
. under the corporate
of said city. to be sign-
isn- Ind oounlsnslgnsd by
an amount not oscssdinl
mound dollsttrsiin the:
‘ as a rate 0 n ares
Mr as; one-half ”if
m.» is sore ~snnua -
bonds hall bear such date
or' old Board of Common
Web. and shall be
. 015100. 3500 and
principal of which
abld’wfihin ten years from
‘Wmd M‘botb principal
m shall be payable
'drraldm as the mayor
city shall desig-
vet, that an aver-
t. of said bonds my
: to and received by the treasurer of
_ wssltitea adopted without discussion:
. ' hill“ in!
' townstond cities within our common-
. 1mm
the sale of said bohdi shall be paid
anionic «crush he upended only
under i a fraction of the mayor and
Council of aid city for the purpose of
laying permanent pavements on such
streets of said city as may be determ
load by the mayor and Council of said
city. and for no other purpose
$00 5. Same hands when so voted,
executed. issued and delivered shall be
obligatory upon said city and upon the
inhabitants thereof In the same man
not and to the same extent as debts
lawfully contracted by municipal cor-
porations in this state according to the
tenor and purport of the same.
Sec. 0 Whenever said bonds shall
hot/e been issued by said city as afore-
said, and the proceeds thereof used
for laying a permanent pavement on
any of the streets of said City of South
Norwnlk. the mayor and Council of
said city shall have power to lay as-
sessments for the entire cost of such
paving against the abutting property.
such abutting property on either side
the streets so paved to be assessed for
one‘hulf the costs of such paving in
front thereof, except in streets occu.
died by the tracks of any trolley oI
street railway company, In which case
such trolley or street railway company
so occupying such streets shall pay
its legal proportion of the cost of such
paving.
IBaid city shall pay the cost of pav-
ing intersection of streets and shall
pay interest on said bonds.
. 7. Any assessment duly laid
against abutting properly pursuant to
the promises of this act, shall consti-
tute a lien against said property.
which shall be prior to all other liens
on said property and skull bear the:
same interval as tax liens now hear.
and if unpaid. may be foreclosed in
the same manner as Is judgment lit-II,
provided, however, that such II lieu
shall not be valid unless duo notice
thereof is filed in the land records of
the Town of Norwnlk within one your
after the same is laid and provided
further that if the entire assessment
laid against any abutting property
shall be paid within are yours from
date of assessment. the person paying
the same shall be entitled to a rebate
of ten per cent. of the amount of said
assessment due at time of payment.
Sec, 8. Upon the payment of any
bonds issued as aforesaid. said city is
hereby authorized to issue other bonds
for the some purposes and under the
same conditions suiilcioul in amount
to bring the total amount of bonds out-
standing under the provisions of this
let. up to one hundred thousand doll
Iars.
Trolley Company‘s Share.
Al the conclusion of the roudlllsl.
Councilman James T. Powers moved
the acceptance of the report and luvli-
ed discussion.
In relation in the share the trolley
company is to pay Senator Jeremiah
Donovan uud (label-Ill Russell Frost
asked what was meant in 1134’ proposed
bill by saying that the trolley company
shall pay its legal share. They bullet"
ed the amount should be specified.
Speaking for the committee. Charles
ii. Hoyt said that the commilice sup-
posed that the legislature had fired
the share as for between lrolley
trucks and at each side for two feet.
Mr. Hoyt added that the committee
welcomes suggestions in order that the
bill. may be as near perfect as possi-
b e
Frank ll. Fitch thought s point need-
ing consideration is the paying by
limperiy owners for all of the paving
In streets where there are no trolley
tracks. He rather ihought ii an unfair
burden. mentioning particularly Ray-
mond street.
in reply to Mr. Fitch. Mr. Hoyt said
.he cit y pay» 322 interest on each 3300
.11 ten years“ time on the paving bonds.
Mr. Filch replied that this fails on the
whole city. too.
Councilman W. H. McMahon sug-
gested that the committee take a re-
ress of s few minutes to make any cor-
dilation: they desire in the proposed
I .
What. it costs the City.
General Frost made a short resume
of the hill as he understands It. in
brief if was to the effect that the
property owners pay just their stars
of the original cost. the city paying
the interest for the ten year bonds and
rise for the repairs during that time.
f‘he city pays for the intersection oi
the street.
A remark by W. N. Craw to the ef-
fect that a property owner having
property abutting on two paved streets
would have quite a burden moved
Councilman McMahon to add that
while he would also have to pay for
sidewalks it see ed unfair that Ibo
most valuable pro rty will get on
iightedt in the paving cost by virtue
of the trolley tracks running through
the dthoroughfares in which it in lo
'oie
Alter-tic» Made In Bill.
The bill was changed where the trol-
lay com any was railed upon to pay its
“legal s are" of paving to more spaci-
dc language. ”the space between the
tracks and two feet either side.
The report was accepted.
as §psclsl Tax.
Thevfollowlsg important resolution
‘
.thssas The last Csnsrsl Assem-
laid .s special tax upon the
mill: for the years 13001000 to be
“Ml“ November Mb. 19094910. res
rats. which appears to be exorbi-
also.
a. iterators. Dealingswd. That. it
nose It to vs
lwmn at this 00th Bedst‘orlsl Dis-
tries iaiives of the
um: tolls Ill within
wiiisirfaowgm to oppose th a laying of s
M bu ”mm?" It 3%.
In a cop o s
forwarded to our sons-
. lie lid
hoborsbls body on December c.1910.
as a committee on city hall project.
begtleave to submit the following re-
pay I
The first meeting of your committee
was held on December ill), 1010. when
a permanent organization was affected.
and ii course of action decided upon.
The committee met again on the fol-
lowing dates. namely. January 0, Jun.
uary ill. and January 20. On January
lit. the committee. in a body. accoul- ‘
pnnled by his honor. the mayor, In-
spected the Woodward property on
North Main street and the individual
members of the committee at other
times examined the Luther M. Wright
properly at the corner of Union and
North Main streets.
Your committee has carefully con-
sidered these properties as sites for
public buildings. in accordance with
the vote of our citizens at the elem
tlou last October, and has made some
inquiry as to the probable cost of croo-
lion of a city hall. or other public
buildings. We find. after careful con-
sideration of the whole subject. the
following fuels:
1. Pursuant to an act of the Gen-
eral Assembly authorising the City ul
South wanlk to take land for pub-
lic. purpbucu. and lo issue bonds for
such pquoses at the election on Octo-
ber 4. 191", the voters were requested
to vole on the question oi purchas-
ing. condemning and taking land all-
Iinicd on the southwest corner of
North Main and Union sirccls. iogcilt—
or with the buildings thereon aloud-
lng. as sites for a city hall. public ll-
brnry. ilrc Ilopurimcni building. iillfl
other public buildings, and to issue
bonds therefor. not to exceed $00,000.
A llllic ovcr Imc~bulf of me voters
voicd on the question. and the volc
stood lull in favor of the proposition
and 280 against il.
2. The present. asking price for tho
Woodward properly is 333.000. includ-
ing the homestead and grounds. and
the bound adjoining lhc homestead,
and fronting. on Iluion street; the null-
lng price for the Luther M. Wright
properly at the corner of North Main
and l‘IiloII street is 324.000. and the
asking price of tho llrown property In
35.000. making II total of 372.500 for all
the properties under consideration
II. The Woodward properly is use
soared in the City of South Norwslk
at 835,550. and in the Town of Nor-
walk at 834,000. The Wright properly
is assessed in the City of South Nor-
wn... ui. 313.300 and in the Town of
Norwalk at “0.200. The city assess-
ment on tho llrown propcrty is 33,000;
the town. 33 200
l. The present library building is
valucd at about M5000. subject to all
incumbrancr- of 3.1.000 in the form of
library funding bonds. so that there
would be available from this source
only "0,000 psi. and as the bond issue
voted is limited to 350.000. there would
be only 300,000 in the aggregate avail-
able for the purpose of public bulld-
lugs. as the all allon now stands. At
the prices mm d for the Woodward
Wright and llrown properties. this
300.000 would not be sufficient to pur’
chase the land alone. and if these
properties were purchased. a further
boml issue would be necessary.
it. The brick building now al'andi'rl;
on the Wright properly is such that
it could not be made use of for any
public building.
ii, The Woodward house is a bean-
Iliul residence, but before ll could be
used for library or city purposes, the
partitions would have to be torn out
and the espouse of refilling. etc.
would probably not be less than 3m.
000. This alone born on the Wood-
ward property could not be made over
into police headquarters and jail for
less than 82.000.
7. The Wright property considered
alone. does not seem to be, a suitable
location for either e.flre house or a
oily hall. To erect a city hall on the
Wright pmperiy would cost not less
than 075.000. for a building there to
make an impressive appearance would
have to be large, on account of its
proximity to the imposing structure of
the (linen-Peabody Company on the
opposite corner. We find that the
town hall recently erected in New Ca:
dash cost $33,500. exclusive of cost of
land. but it is our opinion that a much
larger sum would be required to erect
I public building on the Wright prop-
lrly. large enough to accommodate I
city hall. jail and library. so that the
Wrighl property. standing alone. does
tut appear to us to be a feasible propo-
Iliion for the price named. and as we
understand the vote. the city must be-
gin its purchase on the corner: that
is. with the Wright property. and
would not have power under the vole
taken, to purchase the Woodward
property alone. even if it should do
tire to do so.
ii. The Bl‘OWli property. in our opin-
lou. cannot be considered in View of
the foregoing conditions.
in view of the foregoing facts. your
committee would make the following
rec'ommondailons to your honorable
uo y:
a. in our opinion. it is not advisable
to purchase any of the "properties men
dolled at the prices amounting to 572.
300 now asked.
b. Your committee feels that a mus
take was made when the people were
requested to vote on a particular site.
and that the vote ought to have been
taken. as contended by the mayor and
corporation counsel. on the secure!
question of whether the city should
issue bonds for public rpos’ss. loairo
lag the site of tho pubic buildings to
be dttarnllnsc later. because as we
now understand the vote. the city is
limited to the purchase or file property
located at the southwest corner of
North Main and Union streets and
has no power under that rota to issue
bonds for no to buildings on,any 0th:
‘sr sits. Wet stators “command that
necessary legals s'teps be man to rs:
soled the vote rm at the Onions
slactlon In so rss the Muslim l
concerned. slid tint” tho cit n‘Ipply to
the Casual ambit!
to 3' power to! III hm .
fttt‘tils‘tthpa ofpti 7.,“
ll
pill» heard by i
c ya»
of having better accommodations for
the various city departments. as are
pressed in their vote at the last elec- .
lion, and we regret that the conditions
of the vote.‘spocli‘yiug the site and
the amount of bond issue. are such
that your committee see no way of
carrying out their wishes.
All of which is respectfully submit-
ted.
Nb‘llFMlAll CANDEIC
i‘iildllldllllYK ll Flil‘l I),
(ll H). 8. NORTH,
LLIAM Mllillldll,
S'l‘lcmmN S. HA'I‘UH.
CHAS. .l. PIDGICON.
A, N. 'l‘lllilltlAllll'l‘.
Upon motion of Councilman Powers.
it Willi Voted in amount the report of
tlIo.commltteo with thanks.
Gives Council Great Power.
Richard ll. (lollieu asked if he hurl
beard origin in the reading that the
committee rec mmonded that the lo
cation of the c ty ball be taken out of
the hands of the people and placed in
the hands of the council. At the re
quest of the mayor. Chairman
("added of the committee. re-
plied. in said the aim of the com-
milieu was in utilize lhe available
$50,000 bond Issue. but under the vote
much cannot be nccmupllsbed because
the money will not pay for the desired
properly. Another bond issue. he said
is of course necessary.
Charles is). llo i called attention to
the fact that ills course would be
necessary at any event.
Councilman McMahon said he had
been very much in favor of lilo prop
uiilca in quesllon but be believed
the report of the committee shQIIlIl
be gilon areal wright He did objeri,
however. In the mayor and ("lilllllll fix
ing the silo. lie. ihoughi llllil should
be left up to the people.
Councilman Powers asked if the
committee had gone into the mailer of
costs of various quarters desired.
hir. Condos said he was not a build»
or and thought some of the other
members might be able to any better
than he.
Annexation flatter Taken Up.
Al (his point. Senator Donovan sug-
gested that the subject he laid on the
lable. Sll‘lml paving. he said. is oc-
cupying considerable time and there
is no telling what may develop. He
considered it more important to take
up the matter of extending the boun-
daries of the city. To do the latter
be said would be cm» of the greatest
blessings that ovcr happened to any
community. A few applauded by rlnlr
ping their hands
Mayor Pohlman look up the report
of the committee on onloodint the.
city lines and intoxicated City Clerk
Curler) to read the rnporl. which was
as follows:
'l‘o the Honorable Mayor and Council
. of the (‘lly of South Norwallr.
llouilcmsu: The matter of extend-
ing the city boundary lines. so as to
embrace all of that portion of the
loan outside of tin present city limits
busing been relation to us. as II com
mittee. we would respectfully report
that in our opinion, one of The. Nor
walks’ greatest handicaps. is its mul-
tlpilclsy of govtlrnments. at present
«(insisting oi om town gmcrumom.
two city governments. iwo fire dis
Irici governments. and eleven schml
district govern is. with an army of
tax gntlicrsm “Wm.“ onion-holders.
Sonic simpler tier. and more cm
nomicsi scheme of government ought
to be adopted II Id with this in view.
your committee would respectfully
recommend that z _
First-«All ibo icrilory within the
present town of Norwalk boundaries
be incor unrated Into one city. with two
losing purist-Nine first district to
include the territory benefited by wat-
or mains. street lights. sewers. fire and
police departments. and tho second
district to ctubrut‘e all lite ierriiou
within the present town limits and
ouialdc of the flat district.
And that a committee be appointed
to prepare and have presented to the
present session of the (lensrsl Assem-
bly. II draft of bill or charter contain-
ing the alloys recommendation to be
followed hy‘ a substitute mill or char
for, prepared by a larger committee
selected from the whole town. This
committee could arrange for an equit-
uhle appraisal of the assets and its»
liliitlos of the various sections. munlc~
Ipalltlos sud dish-Reta. and all other
matters of detail. including the matter
or the consolidation of the eleven
school districts of the town. To this
bill or dinner. We would recommend
that a referendum clause be attached.
and that it should not become opera-
live until approved by a majority of
the voters in each of the three voting
districts voting by ballot at the next
annual town meeting.
Second-lf the above «recommends.
lion is not adopted. your committee
would recommend that the present
city lines be extended to inciudcn
strip two hundred feet wide~ north
of the Connecticut Turnpike and west
of the City of Norwalk line. running
westerly ~~ feet beyond the present
city line. and thence southerly so as
to include both sides of Middle street.
‘snter attest. South street. and Crown
street. and at the southerly and of the
city so u to include the houses and
lots on both sides of Windsor place.
Sellsck street. Benton street. Kna p
street and filly avenue. so tar as to
partition with Knapp street and Lea-
ingtoo avenue. so far as the donation
with Knapp street. and to run in I
sensrsl southeastsrly direction so as
to include both sides of Charleen
street. stiller street and You street,
Ind Wave in a general northeasteriy
direction to the present southeasterly
city madam Ilse user the Norwalk
country Club arcades.
I in case of (epistemic action on the
ill" "it'll“? ‘dli‘ml'l ”i“
3%“ as Iva it-
trounced at “thirmsslon of the Gen:
opal Assembly. a bill to carry into sf-‘
past this second recommendation.
which need not
hill those
ad an op
tolls present and
‘mdelt debtor
it“? 3th b I am ’
31"". “air mvmgs «3de- r. Two
an after using than i can willingly-o3
chest-tally as that the have an i
:ursdtno. l th’areforoiat {unknowntgsfl‘
recommend them” to an one suffer-
.ng from such trulbics "---c 1!. Hal-
pm. In E 7th as. New York. N. Y.
then details can be considered; chans-
ina the number of taxing districts
from two. as ploposod, to perhaps
three or live, such district to pay fIII
its own district improvements, all pay
lug for the general gowrnmcnt and
bridges. He suggested further that
the districts pay their own highway.
lire department, etc., bills and each to
keep its own assets. Under this plan.
too. the councilman are to be respon'
sible only to their own districts.
Among the advantages he enumerated
were the doing away with the obnox»
ions name of being It quarrelumnc peo
pie and having at ridiculously large
number of office holders. lie thought
the condition iloru uup‘urnllcled any
where ill the country or ill lilo world.
He considered it to be ridiculous. fur-
thor. that all the people of the town
cannot buy electricity from the some
concern: and ilII-re there is a needed
new bridge about which one end has
the any and the oily Illa alllcr. '
As ibis point he mentioned llIc cost
of gun here to be 8i... "z' IIK’I' llilll) feel
whereas one community in Marisol bu
soils pays only 70 cents. (lonerul
Frosl added ihui gas in New York In
so cents.
Rather than having constant nag-
ging among out people he thought It
lime to try to gel better prices for such
_-,...............
«communities. for this community of
30.000 people.
At the Soulb Norwalll depot. he
said. not a vehicle will be found upon
the arrival of trains. PcOpIe won‘t
come here to live when they find that
we arc like a bag of Killlenny cats.
lic believed there is practically a
unanimous sentiment in favor of the
unifying of the government of the
town. He quoted Henry 3. Lockwood.
as a large manufacturer. who Is in fat
vor of consolldstion and believed all
classes are in favor. Deep down in
the hearts of those who oppow it he
maintained there is something besldo
fair play.
H. A. Mathewson speaks.
Herbert. A. Mathewson stated that
eight years ago he favored II division
of the town for South Norwalk’s best
Interests. though theoretically than. as
now. was wrong. lie believed, he add-
od that while he did not know the na-
ture of the proposed bill. be believed
the time has come for some form of
consolidation of the town for econ!)
my’s sake. ll was evident in his mind
that consulting will he done In the way
of housing the various governmental
institutions. and he expressed the he-
llei that it. should bc done us a whole
continually.
For one thing, he did not think that
It would be well to divide the town
into two lasing districts.
Would Consolidate School Distriats.
Corporation Calineol Keogh said he
did not take any credit for the propo
aitlon of two districts. He asked
Senator mnovan if he favored ooueoll.
dating the school districts, also. He
replied iliut he does. Hr. Keogh ex-
plained that. the committee is unani-
mously In favor of consolidating the
eleven school districts.
a. H. oolasn Presents souls Non
walk's Advantages.
R. H. Golden look the floor and said
that he agreed with Senator Donovan
that the mailer is important to South
Norwailt. He is proud of 50th Nov.
walk. which has been in business for
40 years and warned that the people
do not realise the value of what the!
have here. Here he paid a tribute to
Mayor i’ohlmsn and the council and
city officials who had preceded them
and referred to the steady growth of
the city. comparing Norwslk and
30th Norwslk. South Norwslk lit-
creased lu population. he brought out.
from will? in 1890 to 6.501 in 3000. a
train of 1784 in the Inn years and from
1900 to 3030 grow to 8. 968. a gain dur
ing the decade of 2.377. From 1800 to
i030, the gain was 3.361. the popula—
lion having been practically doubled
in the twenty years. The percentage
gain from woo to l9l0 was 33 i-lll‘per
until.
Mr. Golden said he did not want to
disparage Norwalk. but there are fig
ures which show that the upper and of
the town has ncl kept pace. in 3890
nine population of the City of Norwalk
was 0.387 and in mm It was 8.125. a
loss of 200. From 1000 to 1910 there
was somewhat of a gain in that the
population increased from 0.i2ii lo 0.
063. a gain of 829 or 18V. per cent.
South Norwailt's [insulation would
be much larger if all of the people who
work here were to live here: if the
city wants to extend. he argued. why
not take in Blast Norwslk. which has
8.500 people or half as many as the
Bwhole city. of Norwalk. and practically
all of whom are employed in South
Norwalk. “if you want to grow tale
lathe theiivo sociiouh." advised the
speaker.
Speaking of civic debts. sir. Golden
pointed out that the debt or the Ner-
wall: water system. which does noth-
inst like as much business as the
South Norwslk system. has a motor
when Booth Norwslk has her
own electric plant, which only has s
350.000; Booth New
walk pays for her street lights 330 per
year. as midst 373 in Norwslh. with
lesser service. or It costs per cspits.
as against 33.10 in Nomlli
martini-more south Nowell: 03.333.-
r
more alsctrls power than
'W‘mrk or New item and nearly
as much II both combined.
= “if earnestly. lad
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road work. Not-walk gets 31. 700 for
road work as against South Norwalk‘s
01.400 This means 15 2-3 cents per
capita for South Norwaik and 25 cents
per capila for Norwalk. in the matter
not schools the per capila is 317.88 for
South Noiwuik and 322.10 for the our
of Norwnlk, with about 323 00‘: for the
rust of the town.
Nonalk pays 32le a year for the
mayor and "25 a year each for her
councilman and Mr. ('loldeu invited It
comparison of the men. the manage-
ment and ihe resulisn
lie objected to obliterating the name
South Norwslk. which has become fa-
vorably known all over the country.
loch end of the lawn. he contended.
has its sepuiato institutions such as
churches and we don' u want to be stir
led up by this thing
MI. Golden estimated South Non
wallr's electric and water plants to be
worth $1,000,000 and added that he
would not presume to predict their p0s~
sibllitles. which are lucomprshenslvc
ly big. He advised If the city wants to
be progressive, to look into the com-
mission form of government. but he
understood there are even 'whlsperlngs
against that. it doesn't make any dif—
ference what kind of government there
is. he. continued: everything depends
l)” the individual honesty of the men
II it.
There has becn considerable talk
about consolidation lowering the tax
rate, but he showed by comparing the
figures that Norwnlk has a lower tax
rate than either Stamford or Bridge.
port, and only slightly more than Dun-
bury. llcfcrrlng lo Bridgeport, he
said that city pays 20 to 25 per cent
more for worry and lust summer Slum-
!ord iIuIi llIIlIltuI'y could not drink their
walvl‘.
He considered South Norwslk one of
the most unique cities in the country
and he was surprised othut anyone
should want to disrupt this little city.
He advised again not to do away with
the name'and he hoped the mayor and
council will do nothing to destroy it.
About this time Senator Donovan
lumped lo his feet and declared that
Mr. Golden had been a party to a prop-
oalllon at one time to sell oat
the municipal electrical plant and
invited a look at the railroad bridge
going through the center of the city.
asking also who was street committee
at that time. Two attempts. he said.
further. were made to sell out the elec-
tric plant.
Mr. Golden simply replied that all
the senator had said concerning him
was false and was made up at the mo
meal
The senator was again on his feet
with an often-to forfeit H.000 if the.
files of The Sentinel show any men-
tion on the part or Hr. Golden to holom
sale the electric plans to the city Mr
Golden replied that he was a little
more medal! in those days and that
while he was not making any motions
in public meeting be was right there
and voted for the plant. Speaking of
the railroad he asked what the city
could do if it were not for the rail-
road
Speaking again to the direction at ls~
out» he said that every question con-
cerning the admsbility. of consolidatl
lion reached lucid-into the stereotyp-
or! reply there would be only one tax
collector. He wanted to know whether
ii is easier to pay 360 a year at one
time or 525 twice in st yell“.
General Frost favors.
General Frost complimented Mayor
Pohlman very highly. There have
been mayors of all classes and the
only thing he fraud against him when
he was a candidate was that he is a
barber. South Norwallr. he continued.
has In Mr. Poblman one of its best
mayors and in some respects its best.
Getting down to the matter at issue
he. said that he believed some form of
consolidation is desirable and believed
it can be accomplished without injury
to South Norwalk. He thought the
multiplicity of officers. assessors, otc.,
wrong. and did not believe in eilmlnal.
ing the name of South Norwslk. in
which he has much pride. nor would
be be In favor of anything that would
injure the municipal utilities. He
would. however. take pride in being
able to say we live in a city of 25.000,
and again reiterated that he believes
something can be worked out in the
way of consolidation that would be de-
sirable. having one tax collector and
one assessment
if the city is managed so well as Mr.
Golden had mentioned, he believed the
city is bright enough to see that it is
fairly treated under a consolidated
form of government. He recalled that
South Norwslk had been spurned at
one time by the Borough of Norwalk
but he said with considerable pride
that the stone which the builders had
refused has become the headstone in
the corner and would be the headstone
In a consolidated city.
General Frost told how he had work-
ed for division and hId labored with-
out success to get Governor Chamber-
lain not to veto the division bill; had
believed thoroughly in division, but
has changed his mind. Now in his
opinion. South Norwslk has grown so
that instead of being the tail. it is now
the dog and ought to be able to wag
the tail.
Isvanty Battered Consolidation.
Corporation Counsel Keogh suggest-
ed that the sentiment of those present
honoured by offering some motion
that could be voted. Swot Donovan
moved that it be venues that those
favoring some sort of consolidation
r so.
The vote was announced as seventy
for some form at consolidation and our
against.
The vote tor East Norwallt was then
taken separately. . Eight stood up as
for some form of consolidation.
Final. Discussion.
in the dual discussion. Mr. Golden
love as an illustration of consolidated
scamment. New York. where the
men and controller are in s muddle.
mayor, president of the board of elder. ‘
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the columlitce. He thought this change
should be incorporated in the bill
Mr. Golden called attention to an im-
portant point. As proposed a vote
would be taken by vbtlngdlstrlcls, but
Mr. Golden expressed the belief that
such a course would not be fair to
South Norwalk. Corporation Counsel
Keogh agreed this was important as
did also General Frost and Christian.
Swans and Representative F. ii
QuintaId, and also that both the cities
of Norwalk and South Norwaik must
vote as cities and not as part of yet.
lug districts.
Upon motion of Mr. Swarts it was
voted to make this change in the pro
posed bill. The change was made to
read that the matter be voted on sep-
arately by the "two‘ cities and the out-
lying districts."
M r. Golden suggested that the
commission form of government
he considered Senator Dono-
van ridiculed ths sincerity of Mr.
Golden in making the suggestion. but
the discussion was not continued. The
meeting adjourned until next Monday
evening at this point.
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gestlon. lass liver and sluggish bowels.
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stomach. bowels and liver. and port
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was. MARTIN SENTENCE!)
NEWARK, N. 0., Jan. .24. —-peveu 5
years In state prison use the sentence .
lm posed upon hire caroll‘n‘s B.‘ Mar-
lin for the part she played id thodehth
of Grey Snead, her daughter by Judge
Tan Eyck in the court of Oyel' Ind:
Termlner yesterday. Mrs. Martin.
who had pleaded non vult to man-
alauahter when arraigned on an. in-
dtciment charging her with murder,
apparently expected a much lighter
sentence and became greatly agitated
when she learned her fate.
The body of Ooey Snead was found-
In a halfdilled bathtub in a partly
furnished house in E Orange. N. 1..
November 20, 1009.
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On sale at Baxter's. Baur's and Glen-
dening‘h Pharmacies.
MuSIc Hall
Iouth Nor-walk. recess
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