Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-07

l | So that the total indebtedness of our | city, town and Center school district can l be made more or less, according as you
 estimate the value of unpaid assessments. | And yet think the man must be a ter
 rible growler who can see what we have
 got and not feel proud that he is a citizen
 of so fair city, and particularly ought we
 to feel the responsibility and the honor connected with it's management. If the | streets of Waterbury were paved with | golden blocks and if an endless supply of 1 crystal water were stored in q reservoir | near by, there would still be those. I doubt not, who would prefer silver to the gold and lemonade to the water This is what is meant by human nature, and l speak of it at this time when we are taking up the lines dropped by our predecessor as warning, that none of us may be discouraged if we find that all our public acts are not endorsed by all the people who have placed us in these new relations to our city. There will always be these ''kickers, and use the term ad visedly, for there is no English word that so we'll describes them. Our duty then is plain Propose and do nothing that will not to the best of our knowledge rebound to the highest interests of the great majority and help keep our city in the front rank of American cities. The mayor can do very little alone. 1 can do very much with your assistance. It is my ambition to rep resent in my office the best ideas of the ablest business men of our city and I shall not be slow to communicate such ideas to you and ask your counsel and co cooperation. Starting out on this basis if some needed improvements are not brought about it will be because there develops a prefer ence to see our respective political parties thrive rather than to see our city prosper ho nd managed.
 l. l recommend the appointment of committee to urge upon the railroad com mlssloners immediate action in the matter of union railroad station. We need bet ter and more convenient accommodations and we will not get them unless we show vigorous inclination in that direction. 1t Will take iong to do the work after it is begun. So let us do our part at once.
 2. I recommend a committee to nrenare a new charter and to present it to our peo- pie that it may be thoroughly understood before acted upon. This was urged by my worthy predecessor, but the need is great CT as time rolls on.
 6. recommend a union of town and city government on much the same plan as that adopted by our sister city of Bridgeport. 1t Is folly to have two sets of officers and besides costs much more and the work is
 
 very much simplify our finances Where is the man that would think that he were entitled to any standing in the business world if he should open bank account for his wife, make a deposit for her on ac- count, and then allow her to borrow mon ey when perhaps in the same bank thous- ands of dollars stand at his credit, and yet that is precisely what the city of Water nnry has been doing for years. This is all account has shown balance of s3O. OOO or SAC, ,OOO when the city at the same time borrows that amount and nuts out it's in terest bearing orders, and the same ia true of other departments. Our city is just as much entitled to the use of the center schools money balance as any other assets wltnin her limits. Our city government should be the last to show up a weak sys tenn of financiering as an example to her