Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-02
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 THE awful accident on the New York Central road the other evening, by which thirteen lives were lost directs at tention to the fact that the New York & New England road, about which so many hard things are said, with all its faults has never met with suchI a dis aster. The fact of the matter is, most of the accidents on the New England road have been confined! to freight trains. In speaking of the road Vice President Howard recently said: When railroad carries 5000, ,0OO passengers in two years and injures only IA out of that number-less than one to a million, it is self evident that some of the criti- cIsms of recent accidents is not only un- fair and unjust, but in flat contradiction to the facts. The statement that the men are not given proper time to sleep l is equally untrue. The New York & New England officials are doing all in their power to keep their trains moving on time and care for the safety of their thousands of passengers, and they will continue to do so with the utmost vigi- lance.
 ! THE report of the tax revision com mittee has been the principal topic of discussion during the week. Of course there has been much adverse criticism, | but curiously enough, many who in the beginning were bitterly opposed to the measure, have fallen into line and gracefully admit that much good may be accomplished by the work. The liquor dealers do not take kindly to the idea of taxation and argue that as ninety-five per cent of the license fee goes to the town, their business should be exempt from further taxation. That part of the report which calls for the protection of local merchants from the ravages of fakirs who come here once o1 twice year to dispose of lot of trash is good feature. The subject is an old one and has been agitated by the DEMO GRAF on other occasions.
 MayOrElect Webster enjoyed gooC laugh upon reading what his message would treat of, in last Mondays DEMO GRAF, the same being a reprint from the New Haven Register. When asked what his first official paper would ir reality contain, MT Webster smiled anC said that perhaps like a former mayo
 of Bridgeport he would thank God fo
 during the past year, and let it go a ] that.
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