Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-31
THE COURT HOUSE elLL.
4 Most Convincing Argument Made !
 Attorney o'Neill Before the Judsolal

Attorney o'Nen Before the Judiciary
 CommIttee.
 Yesterday was big day for Waterbury at Hartford. At the capitol and on the public thoroughfares could be seen many prominent Waterbury people and it was plain to the casual observer that there mast be something going on which per tasned directly to the interests of the Brass city. It was the day set down for a hearing on the bill providing for a new court house at Waterbury and large number of prominent people of this city, among them some of the leading lights of the bar, turned out to champion the bill. Among the Waterbury people who sat through the hearing were: J. Richard Smith. president of the Waterpury Button company; George Tracy of Tracy Bros. Patrick Holohan, Colonel Burpee. John 0'Neil, Representative W. l., Hall, As. sessors Christian Hauser and Daniel Kiefer, John P. Kellogg. Judge R, A. Lowe. James E. Russell. Porter l.. Wood. City Sheriff McDonald.
 The hearing opened at 2:S0 o'elock in the afternoon. Senator Warner an nounced that two hours would be devoted to be bill, one for arguments in favor of it and one for arguments if anyone de- sired to offer opposition.
 Attorney John O'Nsill was the first speaker. Mr o'Neill said;
 ''From the Connecticut register of last year take the following figures: Grand list of Connecticut. $SSl. 26l .6u7: popula- tion, census of 1890, 746. .25S; grand list of New Haven county, $lQ3, ,4J6, ,20S; pop ulation of New Haven county, POS, ,O5S; grand hst of the eleven towns under the jurisdiction of the Waterbury superior court, about S20. .000. 900; population of same eleven towns. 54,000. It will thus be seen that the district covered by the Waterbury superior court contains one thirteenth of the population of the state, one-twentieth of the wealth; also that it contains one.fourth of the population of New Haven county and one-hfth of the wealth. The town of Waterbury alone contains one-seventh of the population of the county and one-eightk ot the wealth The population of the eleven towns in the Waterbury court district is twice as great as the entire population of Holland county and is larger than the entire population of either Middlesex or Windham counties"
 ''II the proposed new court house and | site is to cost $l00. .00l a one-half mill tax on New Haven county would raise half the expense and 2k mlll tax on these eleven towns would furnish the other half. The Waterbury superior court sits twice year | and the district court Is in session nearly all the time. I find that during the past | four or five years the Waterbury superior court has disposed of more criminal cases than any county in the state with the eN ception of Hartford county. Owing. how ever, to our very poor court room accom- | modations the judges of the superior court will not sit in Waterbury and all our civil and criminal business must be done in New Haven. It Is a common occurrenc, l while the Waterbury superior court is ir session at New Haven. to see from thirty five to loo Waterbury people taking th' train tc New Haven. We are peculiarl! situated. being at the bottom of on, county and at the top of another; we arr really nowhere.
 1t may possibly be asked. Why don Waterbury build her own court house ? county finances and New Haven has fashion of looking out for No l. Water bury has not yet been able to get towI meeting to vote to pay for a court house The city Is just completing an additiona water supply system which will cos Sl GOO, 900. But a few years since tn city completed a sewerage system that cos about $500, 900 and Is now engaged il paying of the expense Just now ou sewage is being emptied into the NauSa tuck river and people below us find it Yer. annoying and have ln fact brought sui against the city. The city will therefor
 be obliged in course of time to spend iron $500, 900 to a million more for anothe
 system of sewage disposal. With all thes
 things on their hand our citizens do no feel disposed to pay out Sl00.000 for
 new court house. It would not be tn
 lawyers altogether who would be bene fitted by such a building"
 Addresses were also made in favor 0
 the bill by City Attorney L F. Burpee Attorney Kennedy. Representative Me Carthy and F. W 1witchell of Naugatuck
 Then General $. w. Kellogg was hear, and Mir O'Seill spoke again. Other suE
 porters of the bill were: J. Richard Smith
 Alderman Kiefer. Councilman Tracy Representative Hall. Attorney Wood.
 W. Ethridge of Thomaston also spoke Il support of the bill. The hearing was ad journe6 until next Tuesday at o'cloc in the afternoon,