Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-21
THE STATE PRESS.

Comments Here and There on Timely
State Topics.
Yesterdays Hartford Times has the fol-
lowing regarding Waterbury's impending
tax list revision:
The revision of the tax list of Water
bury, recently ordered by the city council,
with the recommendation of Mayor Bald,
win, has begun. The taxpayers are nat
urally curious to know what plan is to be
pursued, but the chairman of the commit
tee, Frederick J. Brown, has refused to
afford any information, on the ground
that better progress will be made and
property owners will receive fairer treat
ment if the work of the committee is con-
Quoted in the way of private investigation.
He refused to disclose the names of the
men who have been engaged to make
the assessment, but the Waterbury Amer
lean has ascertained the names of ten men
who have been selected by Mr.. Brown,
and learns that six others are to be ap-
pointed. They are to receive So per day,
and Chairman Brown is reported to have
valued his services at $40 per day
With sixteen men in the field, it is evil
dent that much more thorough canvass
can be made than has been attempted by
the three members of the regular board of
assessors; but the taxpayers, according to
the American, are apprehensive of the
large expense that will be placed upon the
community by the employment of Mr..
Brown and his assistants, and are consid-
ering the question whether they cannot
stop the whole movement by an injunction
However, it may be said on the other side
that if the Investigations of the committee
result in revealing the large amount of tax
able property which Mayor Baldwin claims
is regularly concealed, or in placing low
rated property in the list at figures nearer
the average, the grand list will be 80 in
creased that the expenditure for the re-
assessment may prove, after all, good
one.
THE REPUBLICAN, POSITION RIGHT.
The Hartford Courant points out that in
the fight over the election one of the chief
differences between the democrats and re-
publicans was that the former insisted
that their candidates should be seated first
and then if the republicans saw fit they
might try the validity of their titles. The
republicans on the other hand desired to
test the titles first and then seat those
found to be elected. The statements of
Messrs. Judson and futile, with the report
of the committee, show this and we are
very much of the opinion that the people
generally believe it to be the way of right,
reason and propriety. The Courant very
truly says:
'In tho discussion of the Connecticut disturb
ance the republicans cannot but be benefited
They have been grossly misrepresented by the
seat candidates who had not clean title, but
they offered to Investigate every title and this Of
accept. This is just what man would do who
knew his title was not good.''
We believe the republican position to be
the right one and that the resistance of
the party to the forced construction of the
democrats, by which they expected to Sc
cure the Offices and then ''let the republi-
cans whistle" was the proper thing under
the circumstances Bridgepor Standard.
WATER IN THE RESERVOIR.
It would need something like forty eight
hours CT rain like that of Saturday evening
to be of any great benefit to the reservoir
in the present condition of ,dryness that
everywhere prevails.
So Superintendent Schleiter says: The
fall of Saturday added an inch and half
to the reservoir supply, about enough to
last one day. This morning the reservoir
contained twelve feet and three inches of
water. This is the lowest the water has
been there in fifteen years or more, with
the exception of 1880, and That was an un-
usually dry year.
out Of that scheme for pumping water
from the Twiss pond to help out the city
supply, and he has already written to see
about renting an engine and pump. He
seeks to secure locomotive engine and
thus avoid the expense of building foun-
dation, such d. another engine would re-
qpixs. -Heyiaen Journal.