Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-30
COMMUNICATIONS.

Some Arguments Against Annexation. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: Copies of this document were extensively circulated in the borough and town of East Haven to influence voters to vote for annexa- l tion:
 BENEFITS OF ANNEXATION. The debt of East Haven is about S1s0OOO. The in terest this is $10,800 Annexation would pay this debt and save this interest. Every mans property in East Haven is under a mortgage of $90 every $1 900 he is worth to pay the town debt Annexation pays the debt in full for those living the old town reduces it to s2O q $1 900 for those living in the part annexed
 dses sg anneTnton %eW Haven taea all 9Se bridges and the cost of their maintenance.
 East to New Haven to school, at cost of about $,- 900. By nnexation, the North, West and Fair Ha- ven districts would be incorporated with the New Haven city school district and this 1000 would be 1 saved.
 l Tomlinson's bridge will be made free. The water front will be developed, manufactores will be built, good schools and free bridge will induce increase demand for building lots and for rents.
 Taxes would be reduced The town tax of New Ha- The town tax of East Haven excluding school tax is Think of itl Good schools, free bridges, debt, and taxes reduced from IF mills to less than mills day and vote for annexation
 The above document was circulated in the borough l of Fair Haven and town of East Haven to influence people to vote in favor of annexation. think it will be to print the above to let the voters know what is expected from being annexed. and will also be pleased to have you print my comments on the above It is selfconfessed statement that their at tempt at self government as borough has been g failure. It is fine thing for them, but rather rough ! on the taxpayers of New Haven.
 The borough bonded debt is one hundred and sixty | thousand dollars. seven and one-half mill tax | amounts to eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The interest the bonds amounts to the of nine thousand six hundred dollars, leaving balance of surplus revenue of the enormous sum of o4y yka hr1w5 and all the regular wants of the borough and for new school houses, bridges etc. At low innate the pense of the exation yearly will be at least fifteen to twenty tn 'usand dollars outside of her revenue | Now in regard to the other advantages Of the scheme one of which is the large water front The whole East Haven shore from Tomhnsons bridge to
 Fort Hale, say two miles water front s one vast
 muddat at least one-thrd of mile in width, before ! you come to the channel, and the main land. from
 high water inland, is mostly salt meadow and unnt for solid foundation and not fit place for any man.
 ufaetory except for nuisance that would not De al
 front is not worth taking as gift for the purpose | spoken of. find that most great nanurac-
 railroad and steamboat depots as possible and there
 is not in ten of our great manufactures in tn1a State on the seaboard which has any wharf of It's
 own, for the reason that they have use for them What New Haven wants IS to centralize. We do not want any more territory now, nor for one hundred ! There is water front enough in the Eleventh and
 Twelfth wards for city use fr years to come Quin,
 West river the west, should be dredged and draw
 bridges put in as the wants of commerce % requlre eau Ire
 girdled by navigable water Mill river could be made
 navgabe to Whtneyville, and the others in like pro-
 portion and thus condense the city and make proper ! ty valuable.
 I notice of your contributors wants the harbol on account of pursuing criminals. Now if l recol
 lect rightly the city of New Haven has police uris
 dction the shore of the harbor, granted for the | purpose Of capturing oyster thieves, etc.
 I would say, Mir. Editor, that taking on our shoul
 ders the debt of East Haven and bringing into the
 market cheap lands and low rate of taxes is
 serious blow to the Eleventh and Twelfth wards of th
 city. do not think the people of these wards tha hav carried GhrOuQh
 and the hard times should be put in competition witt
 the borough under the expected rate of taxation. the borough comes in at all the debts should bt
 capitalized and they pay the surplus our debt o1 say in round figures one hundred thousand dollars
 and at that figure should consider our bargain
 poor In fact they have all to receive and noth ing of value to return J. H. W.