Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06
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\ Prominent Citizen Makes a Vigorous Kick and Suggests that am Injunction He Secured.

Prominent CitIEen Makes VIGOroas
 Kick and Suggests that am Injunction
 He Secured.
 While most people seem jubilant over the announcement that Waterbury is to have a new courthouse, others regard the entire proceeding as gross imposition on the already heavily burdened taxpayers. They find fault because the burden was as stunned without consulting those who are | expected to pay the biggest part of the ex- pense.
 ''lt is no victory for Waterbury," said a prominent citizen this morning, and could have been accomplished by no other | body of men than those who engineered 1t. If it could have been secured at the expense of the county there would be something to boast of, but when We con slider that the town of Waterbury Is to put up halt the shot and then contribute its share of what the county is to pay, cannot sec where the victory is. If you notice. the town. which is expected to pay half the expense. has not representative | on the committee. It Is strange to see the town put to an expense of $40. .0OO without | the selectmen having even been consulted about the matter. I should not be sur | priSsd to hear of town meeting being called to protest against this whole busi- | ness, and an injunction secured re- straining the selectmen from paying that bill.
 Just think of the district committee l and the board of education hunting around town for the necessary school accommoda- | tion for our children. They cannot build an addition to the high school because it Is claimed that We are taxed too high now. It the education of the youth of the city has become a secondary consideration why then build a | courthouse and make sure thatit will be a | big one. for as soon AS you commence to neglect the education of the children you can count on lots os criminals. The judge | of the superior court would not sit here The place was not good enough for him Does not the whole of us know that this | was one of the clever moves made by the | lawyers to call attention to their pet scheme. If the judge of the superior court does not wish to sit here let the criminals of the city and those who have cases of litigation on hand follow him to New Haven and take their council with them. Water. bury can better afford to see this state of things exist than to behold the sad spec taole of the youth of the city suffering fol want of sufficient school accommodation.
 This is big thing for Naugatuck, IL profits as much by the new building as Waterbury does and yet pays nothing only county y-wise. Talk abort cheek, but tho remarks of George F. Terry before tho | judiciary committee excel all have eVel heard. wonder who authorized that mar to go to Hartford and say: Although Water bury Is heavily taxed her people are will ing to go into theIr pockets and help to pay for this building All this has been going on for some time and the strangest part Oi it is that on one has been heard Is opposi tion to the outrage. It is a grand scheme of the lawyers of Waterbury and aided bl our representatives at Hartford au tnor nous expense has been added or the people of Waterbury. Who knows how much that courthouse will cost TEos fellows will run the expense up as high A they please and taxpayers will have t' come down with the cash.