Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-10
ON ID WASHINGTON.
The Business Mems Committee Leaves for Capital To-Night.

ing Will Be Taken Along-A Copy Will Be Presented to Each Senator and Congressman at Washington 1 Following are the resolutions drawn 1 up by the Business Mems association relative to the necessity of a govern ment building in this city. The com lnittee whose names are signed there i to will leave this evening Tor Wash l ington with the resolutions, a copy of l which wlIl be presented to each con gressman and senator ill Washington. l This done, the rest will be the duty of I Connecticuts representatives ill Wash lngton, and their constituents i'll this l city at least will be anxious to see what interest they will take i'll the matter. The local Busness Mems as sociation can do no more
 At Il meeting of the Waterbury Business Mems association held March IS, 1902, it was unanimously voted as 1 follows:
 Voted, That the legislative and ex- 1 ecutiye committee of this association be instructed to draft resolutions to be presented to the senators and rep resentatives of Connecticut in congress setting forth the need of government building in Waterbury, and that the said committee be instructed to com municate with the Hon N D. Sperry, congressman from the Second congress sional district offering to send del- egation to Washington to ask for an appropriation for a government build l ing should he deem such d course de- sirable.'"
 'The committee wish to say that l they have taken especial pains to as certain the feeling in regard to the ne- cessity of public building in Water bury, and believe that it is unani- mously in favor of such building among business men of the city, The l city's rapid growth in recent years has 1 outrun our present postoffice facilities and there is not sufficient room for the proper management of the office and l the accommodation of the public, and there is no probability that larger ac- commodations can be procured for anything like the rent the government now pays. By the last census the town of Waterbury had a population l of 51, 139, and since the census was taken the town has been consolidated with the city and the whole is now the l city of Waterbury. Judging by the 1 Increase of names on our city registry and the increase in the number of l school children, the population now must be at least 560OO, and by the next census will doubtless be 75OOO or more. The increase for ten years be- l fore 1900 was over sixty per cent. a l larger ratio than any other city in the l state
 "The first hearing, as we under. stand, for a public building in Water l bury was had by q delegation from this city, of which & w. Kellogg. A. s. Chase and E. c. Lewis were mem bers, fourteen years ago this month l and there was unanimous report at l that time in favor of our public build Ing. The population then could not I have been over 3OO0O. Since that time many smaller places, two at least in Connecticut. have had appro- priations for a public building. while the Waterbury building has been post I poned for one reason or another. al- 1 though efforts have been made every I congress to procure building here. The committee thinks now that Wa iefDufy deserves a public building far more than any other place i'll the state which is without one, and if any bill at all is passed for public buildine I they think that Waterbury should re- ceive an appropriation at this time. The price of land is so high in inc inn l mediate center that an appropriation of S150OO0, in our judgment, is abso- lutely necessary for the land and for q proper public building. The com mittee feel assured that you will do all in your power to procure the pas sage of such a bill at the present time 1 With best wishes, we remain,
 Yours sincerely,
 WILLIAM $. JONES,
 "JOHN MORIARTY.
 SE W. MOORING.
 l .'E. F. FITZGERALD. l w. l.. HALL.
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