Litchfield enquirer., 1881-01-06
Waterbury County.
From the Derby Transcript.

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We did think our good brother of the We
terbury American would keep his head level
on this matter of a new county, but he il daft.
clean daft. He says Waterbury offers 40
much, there is NJ doubt the other counties and
disrnembered towns will ''accept it." Will
they indeed Try them. You can't get q
ssbaker's Dozen OF all the towns In the
state.
Fran the Danbugv Republican.
There is talk of making new county to be
called Waterbury county, hut the proposed
readiustmept of linese does not thus far meet
With favor Fin that 1icinitys The Winsted
Herald thinks that several towns would be
better satisfied W It'll Winsted as county seat.
years past there has >beens aialk af diyidiAe4
Fairfield county. While the subject IS before
the Legislature why not let the division of
Fairfield county also be discussed Much Just
argument would be forthcoming III favor of a
Danbury county. I 4a
From tie Hartford Times.
Among other matters to stir up the Legis-
lature, there will be petition to make q new
county-to be called Waterbury county-out
of 81 towns q majority of them to be taken
from Litchfieid county and the rest from New
Haven county, with Hartland and Burlington
from Hartford county, Waterbury to be the
county seat. Such a plan might accommo-
date four or five towns around Waterbury, a
little better than they are accommodated; but
it would ruin Litchfied county and damage
New Haven county; and the opposition to the
scheme will probably kill it promptly. There
are counties enough, and just the right mum
Der. with the eight now existng-if we can
only maintain our number of congressmen<
and there is no need of ninth. Some of the
larger states haye single counties half rs large
as Connecticut, and get along with them very
well.
From the Neo Milford Gazette,
Waterbury is going in for new county.
and the people of that town have voted to ap-
propriate a sum not exceeding $50, 600 for
buildings in case the Legislature should do as
Waterbury would like to have it do 10 the
matter. Now Waterbury is q very lively
place. 1t has many attractions, and is known
all over the country by means of its excellent
paper, thu American, and the noted Water
bury watch. 1t is full of energy, and sue
ceeds in many things; but when it under
takes to slice up Litchfield county to suit It's
own purposes we are afraid it is cutting off
mere than it can swallow; and we advise it
to drop its present project and pitch into the
post Office department for city delivery. In
this way. we think. it would be able to sue
Coed in les endeavors and save itself from much
encouragement In striving after the unattain-
able. But still, Waterbury is welcome to
just SO much of Litehfield county as it wants
-aftersit can get it. If Waterbury really
wants to be county seat, why wouldn't it be
good idea for it to- move over into Litch-
field county? If it will but do this, then Win
sted. and Waterbury, and Ltchfield, and New
Milford, will cut a watermelon and have
regular old picnic over the county seat con-
test.
From the AasontG Sentinel
We cannot see that any special advantages
are to be gained by the formation of a new
county out of parts of New Haven and Litch.
field 1t is true some little inconvenience
may arise from present divisions, but with
the facilities of railroad travel possessed by
the valley towns and those lying close beside
them this almost disappears. Connecticut has
an admirable system of self government-the
ideality Of some men 10 other parts of the
country, and as 80 much of the business
which in other states men take to tine county
seat is in this state, done within the towns
themselves, there can scarcely be any real me-
cessity for the division. In movements of
this character the advantages and benefits of
the masses should be consulted rather than
the convenience of the few Jurors and
court witnesses would probably derive the
most benefit from the change, but how many
of the people perform these functions? Or
how frequently are the same men called upon
to wal: in these in these capacities There is
certainly nothing in such service to the ex-
tent of habitual inconvenience in daily bust
ness, and until this stage is reached it does
seem that so important movement ought not
to be seriously considered If carried through
it would break up territorial divisions almost
as old as the state itself. overturn the sys-
TENS, habits and in measure the business
customs of men that have run through long
series of years. to say nothing of the expense
that such change would entail. There may.
however, be reasons fos the division that will
nverbaance these objections but if they ex-
ist they have not vet been advanced