Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-24
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note Book.


 HERE'S to the brave majority of the lower board of the court of common council who stood firm for the right on the two great questions-water and street railroad franchise-in the face of such discouraging opposition. In the matter of using electricity on the street railway the upper board has all along seemed ready to concede everything to the monopoly in control of the road. They appear to be under the party lash, although the question was not one of politics. All honor is due to Messrs Cleveland and Filling of the lower board, who last night voted with the democratic members and thereby killed the matter so far as the present council is concerned. The members of the incoming council should carefully study the situation and be prepared to act iutelligently. The privilege asked by the Horse Railroad company is ex- elusive; the company is guarded against competition; there is no loophole for individuals or rival corporations to compete, and it should pay for such ex- traordinary powers. In the near future it is not improbable that the road will be in the hands of the millionaire syndi- cate that is throttling cities all over the country. Let us reserve some rights so that when such time comes, we will not be powerless to assert our rights.
 COUNCILMAN BANNON will be sur prised when he learns that the Republi- can to-day makes him the father of a motion in effect "that the Hop brook scheme of the water board be adopted" And honest John Byron who has been for the Mad river at all times, must have colored with righteous indignation when he learned from the morning paper that he seconded the above motion and that it was carried. The Republican has a way of garbling reports of certain city meetings, which might be excused, but when it willfully misrepresents council men as in this case, an apology should be demanded. The board of council men did not adopt the Hop brook scheme, but by vote of 12 to s adhered to it's former action, which was favor able to the Mad river.
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 MUCH to the chagrin of the republican leaders nearly every democratic member of the court of common council was in his seat last night when President Hart called the meeting to order. Early in the week the word was quietly passed around that every republican member was expected to be present. I5 was be- lieved that many of the democratic members would be absent as it was not | regular meeting, in which event, it is safe to say:the Horse Railroad Go would have clear sailing. The democrats heard of the move, however, and promptly checkmated it.
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 ! IF there is anything unluckv about ''thirteen," the new 25 cent piece vii make trouble enough. On one side o1 the coin there are no less than ten repe titions of the number thirteen. There are thirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll held in the eagles beak, thirteer marginal feathers in each wing, thirteer tail feathers, thirteen parallel lines 1T the shield, thirteen horizontal bars | thirteen arrow heads in one claw, anC | thirteen letters in the words "quartel dollar"
 THAT part of South Main street jus north of the Mad river bridge is a for
 bidding spot at night. It is not proper Il ly lighted and the dark recesses anC alleys, together with the noise of falling l water in the rear of the factories, Ii
 we'll calculated to unhinge the nerves O
 timid and superstitious people who gt that way when night casts her mantl' over the earth. A few evenings ago ; young lady stumbled over a drunkel
 man who was 'sleeping it off in tn
 shade of telegraph pole and received \ fright from which she has hardly ye l recovered. Another electric light needed in that vicinity.