Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-18
LIBERTY STREET EXTENSION.
Kelly, the Baker, Says He Expects tG
 See It Before Many Years.

Kelly, the Baker, Says He Expects to
 See It Before Many Years.
 Tom Kelly, the baker, is very much disappointed over the action of the board of aldermen relative to the pro- posed extension of Liberty street to Bank street. When Thomas D. Bar low was elected mayor four years ago, Kelly predicted that people would be walking over the Liberty street bridge before the close of his administration. The prediction was as wide of the mark as any ventured by the late la- mented Wiggins, who had the wits scared out of his neighbors while he lived about storms that nobody ever , heard of, and the blasting of his repu- tation as a prophet worried the wealthy baker so that he has since spent the greater portion of his time on his farm at QuaSsapaug. making hay while the sun shone and padding about on the lake in his canoe when he had nothing else to occupy his at tention, hooking a bass now and then and dreaming of empty barrels" sweet caramels and the Liberty street question between bites. But time heals all wounds and after breeding over the apparent indefinite postpone | ment of his pet scheme for two years,
 Kelly has again taken his old position at the corner of North Main street and
 Exchange place, looking as bright and Liberty street had been fulfilled.
 To Democrat reporter MT Kelly said today that he has not given up r.f fx-in IA &1esr R,1T, ;ort of Liberty street taken hold of and pushed to completion. Ut is public necessity" he said. with great em- phasis, "and it is bound to some, no matter who stands in the way My
 plan was to establish a sinking fund for that purpose and keep adding to 1 it from time to time until the funds to do it with were raised and then
 there would be no trouble about get ting it done. A better plan, perhaps,
 would be to have spent what was ap- propriated for that item in making the
 approaches to the bridge, and if the city had that much money sunk in the project the aldermen could not afford
 to leave it in that shape and means
 would be provided to complete the
 work, and I don't think the railroad l people would stand in the way.
 know our taxes are high, but this is l not the place for us to economize. We can raise more taxes and not increase 1 the burden on the poor man or squeeze 1 any more out of the manufacturers l The assessors keep a close eye upon i the man who is building d little home
 for himself and his family and appear 1 to be well posted regarding the addi- 1 tions made at the different manufac- l turing concerns, while they are totally blind to other things that are taxable and as result we cannot find money enough to pay our bills while every
 body who is paying taxes feels that he l is assessed too high. I think real es- l tate is paying all it can afford and
 l don't care to see the manufac- turers compelled to pay more ! than they can stand and do business
 profitably and pay their help decent 1 wages. Why don't the assessors get
 after the fellows who are making good
 money in the city and paying nothing | for the privilege? It costs as much to
 protect the candy man and more to l look out for the farmer, and yet one contributes nothing to the city treas
 urer while the other had to come down with good share of the fruits of his toll for the maintenance of the | town. Every mothers son or daugh- ter in the community who sticks out
 a shingle and asks a share of public
 patronage should pay something to-
 wards the running expenses of the 1 city, and until such a condition of af- fairs is brought about the poor man
 who is trying to maintaiH q home out of small means and the struggling
 manufactures will have to come down
 with more than their share"
 Discussing the question of taxation further, MT Kelly contended that peo- l pie in every line of business are taxed
 ill other places and that he saw no
 reason why it should be different here.
 He claimed that if the law is not broad enough to enable the assessors
 10 reach all, 1t should be changed so l that no man could escape meeting his l just obligations to the city.