Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-02
MAYOR sARGENT,s MESSAGE.

bCAtCSs The members of the~court of common council desire to carry out the wishes of their constituents, but they also wish to do right. They wish to have the whole peo- pie inform themselves upon all questions touching the city's welfare and sustain ! their actions when right. The intelligence of the people must lead and demand. l The court of common council will prop l erly respond. S It is with this view that make some suggestions as to immediate and early l future action by the court of common council provided, the people seem to com l mend the plans, and give such informa- l ton as am possessed of concerning some | matters of general interest. !1s.5 The growth of New Haven was slow in it's early years. Its first settlers were not of the kind of men who became pioneers in new countries by force of instinct, meeting and subduing obstacles for the | pleasure of it. They came rather to be | free to worship God after their own ideas, | and without kingly interference, and to | live quiet and peaceful lives, mostly to be engaged in the cultivation of the soil, and | in the mechanical pursuits for local re- quirements.
 The arabic lands were easy of cultiva- ton, but of no extreme fertility, and the meadows along the river bank naturally yielded grass. Beyond the ordinary work l of farmers and mechanical employment to l support local needs, there was no particu- l lar incentive nor opportunity for enter l prise nor for employment.
 Some of the more adventurous of people engaged in foreign commerce, and ex- changed their importations for the pro duce of the farmers of the neighboring country towns. This foreign commerce, the location in New Haven and gradual growth of Yale college and high stand in theological wrangling seemed to fill all the requirements of New Haven's ambition for many generations.
 More recently manufactures gradually | gained foothold, and especially that of carriages, which could be manufactured without other power than by hand. When the use of coal as a means of pro- ducing steam power became common, the peculiarly good location of New Haven for manufacturing became more known, and has to great extent been taken ad- vantage of. It is mainly by manufactur- ! ing industries, aided by some capital as can be induced to come here, or accumu- late here, and guided by some knowledge Yale university, that New Haven must l SiO" oo oo @ A%A SO SAoy III cAAo OoAAJ 4u- ture.
 New Haven is located at the head of 6 deep water harbor on the north side ot Long Island sound, and open to the south with it's cooling breezes of summer from over the salt water. It is protected by high hills from the cold land winds of thu winter, and the climate is tempered botf in winter and summer by the tides flowing from the ocean through Long Islant sound.
 It is only five hours distant from Nev York by water, and two hours by hourl, railroad trains.
 It connects in New York harbor witt the great sources of supply of metals, coal lumber and other materials, both foreigl } and domestic, for the manufacturers use It is on the railroad highways betwee1 New York and Boston.
 It has railroad connections with tn , whole continent, unsurpassed by any othe locality, and it's vessels enter all Atlanti and gulf ports.
 It's present climate, it's moderate expens ! of living, the good moral, intellectual an, social condition of it's inhabitants, and it
 business activity, constantly attract skille , l mechanics and trustworthy workingmen become it's permanent citizens.
 At the right, at the left and behind tn 1 city are the demands of the whole conti nent for manufactured goods; before it i = what it is not, but must be, the "mar
 liberum" the free seal of the New Have ! city seal.
 L. It will be the fault of it's own people the growth of Now Haven does not COT
 tinue to be rapid. We should remove c
 overcome all obstacles, avail ourselves (
 all advantages that nature has given u
 and establish and put into effect all reason
 able methods, in order that the city ma
 have rapid but healthy and permaner growth.
 . ENLARGEMENT OF THE CITY'S LIMITS. | It has been the experience of all growth / cities that the old and narrow bounda1
 lines have retarded growth. Wherever pol
 ulation increases and the necessity ft
 more room becomes apparent the prices
 unoccupied land within narrow city limi
 advance to so high price as to restrict O.
 cupation. The seekers for place to bull
 on may then look for land outside the lin it's of the city on which to build and resid,
 but if this step must be taken it is with th understanding that outside of city limit = many of the conveniences and safeguard of city life must be given up, and they al possibly the main object of coming to city to reside.
 I It has also been the experience of grow ! ing cities whose boundary lines have bee enlarged from time to time, leach time onl
 on great necessity and to small extent
 that each separate extension was not suff
 ciently great and the relief was only ten
 porary, and that prior to each extensio
 certain unwise improvements had bee
 projected and made not in harmony wit
 the general plan of the city.
 Now that the almshouse is remove | fr0,, +l,1 al oE 41&Ao osl measures are being taken to improve tn l condition of the upper marshes of Yves river, the city will be likely to rapidly e1 l tend towards Westville, practically mere ing the city and Westville into the on
 city. The legislation necessary to exten the city line to make them coincident wit l New Haven town lines, making Westvill
 a part of the city, will be initiated early i
 the present session of the state legislature
 With a just regard to an equitable div
 sion of the burdens of taxation, this pro | posed extension of the city lines will be
 come of very great advantage to the pee pie of the town not yet within the cit
 lines, and especially to tho owners o
 lands unoccupied with buildings.
 stimulus will no doubt be given to tn growth of the whole city.
 A FURTHER EXTENSION DESIRABLE.
 But the further extension of the cit
 lines, which I hope may be accomplishe
 in the early future, and the sooner tn
 better for all concerned, is an extension 0
 the northerly and westerly boundary line
 of the city as follows:
 The present northerly line of the city t
 be removed further north, so as to includ } l within the city limits the whole of Eas
 Rock park, the southerly part of Whitne lake, Pine Rock, the new almshouse far1 and Wintergreen lake, and to be continue