Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-02
AS YOU LIKE 1T.


Stray Leaves From Reporters Note
Book.
1T will be a splendid building, but it's
pile of money to put in small hole"
said we'll known real estate man to the
writer, the other day. after long and
earnestly studying the foundation for the
new building of the Apothecaries Hall Co.
And So it is, looked at from purely bust
ness standpoint. The stockholders of the
company, however, are men who take
pride in the city and the building will
prise.
MEMORIAL day and its associations
brings to mind the practice that has held
sway in some families of naming promis-
ing youth for great men. No father or
mother would ever do 1t if they had them
selves been so weighted down in their
efforts to succeed in life. There are per-
haps hundreds of Benjamin Franklins or
George Washingtons in the world who
have ability enough to amount to some
thing but never Will. They won't try for
fear their whole name will be spelled out
in the newspapers. Then again there are
others bearing these illustrious names who
are only heard of when they turn up in
some police court. It's all wrong to handi-
cay young America in this way and pro-
test should be made in the name of the
little innocents who cannot help them
selves. Give your baby a good sensible
name, but don't call him Benjamin Harri-
son or Grover Cleveland, or William Nc
Kinley or David Hill.
THE details of the meeting of the dis
trict committee held Thursday night are
interesting. Clerk Moran was i'll on that
evening and G. S. Chapman acted in that
capacity. The bids were first opened,
when it was found that the sums asked
were considerably higher than the commit
tee expected. One bid, although lower
| than any of the others, was not considered
| to any great extent In fact Mr. Hart
thought that Patrick Thomps ons bid
| should not be opsidered at all. Mr. Nc
| Donald thought differently however, as the
man had put in his bid in good faith and
he was entitled to recognition. The COM
mittee was of the opinion that SD, 900
| was sufficient to lay out on the work. Mr.
Hart argued that good experienced man
| should take the specifications and see how
| they could be changed SO as to lower the
bids about $1,000. Chairman Wolff said
it was economy to put up a good building,
| but one thing must be looked at carefully,
how much money they had to spend :
They could not legally go beyond the APP
preparation and he would not want to re-
tire at the end of his term leaving the dis
trict deeply in debt. Clerk Chapman
wanted to have the architect on the new
Blonson library building look over the
specifications and see what could be done
in lowering the estimates. Chairman
| Wolff replied that Architect Smith had
done that, but it could not be done unless
the sanitary improvements intended were
changed. Mr. Hart was in favor of MI
| Chapman's idea. Mr. Mcdonald argued
that it was not fair to have another archi-
| tect interfere with the present ones work
He could do it as we'll as another. Chair
| man Wolff was of the same mind. Right
here let it be said that the specifications
are Architect Smiths own property and
cannot be tempered with by others.
Architect Smith, in conversation with a re-
porter, said he is not only unwilling tc
place his specifications in the hands OF
any other architect but especially in the
hands of any one who has a man over
him. The specifications can be changed
by him by putting in cheaper lumber. Let
the committee decide just what they want
and the DEMoCRAT is certain the present
architect is fully capable of bringing in
plans that will satisfy them and the tax
payers.