Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-08
SCARED THEM OUT.
Ferestsrs Want Relate on Price on
 Account of Lost Patrenaae.

It looks now as if the scare start Cd about the City hall was all unnes cessary and amounted to nothing OK. cept to put the city to q lot of expense and lessen the receipts by, societies. who had the place rented. It was akin to the insinuation that the sys- tenn of bookkeeping in the compiroi- lers office was antiQuated and needeI immediate attention, but after looking It over, MT Manvel, who straightenetia out the snarl in Watertown, couldn't md anything that he thought was not up to the times. But that's another natter Societies are out on account Of the talk about people being ere mated in the hall in case of ire and organizations who had planned for| big houses before this talk got around the city ought to be willing to bear share of the lost patronage ana want rebate on the price of the hall
 Representing the local Foresters, John J. Mcdonald has submitted the following communication to the board of public works:
 Waterbury, February :;. 1.JI Hon John F. Elton. City
 Hon Sir-I would respecrfuly nsK the board of commissioners of public
 
 tee who may have power in the prem- lses, to grant a rebate i'll the rent OF tn City hall for the seven nights cnsi- ing January 23, 1903. during which time it was occupied by tue loresters or America, the occasion being theirl annual fair for the following reasons, viz:
 When the hall was engaged there were no restrictions as to ffle number or admissions, only so far as common safety and comfort were concerned We had all our tickets issued and printing done, when the honorabie board of public works placed a limit on admissions, making LIDO the limit. Last year We took at the door an| amount equaling l,70O admissions at To cents each, amounting to S255. This year when Sheriff Rigney ordered us to stop selling tickets, we had sold 1.1O4, making $1656O. On Wednes- day night q great many people stayed away, the reason given in many in- stances that they did not think they would be admitted if they should pre- sent themselves at the door. The same is also true of Saturday night, Janu- ary Is. The weather being so unus- ually severe, kept the attendance down to about the level of the thermometer and we depended on the three nights specified to keep up the average at- tendance.
 For the above reasons, we would respectfully ask the rebate petitioned for, with our assurance that she For esters of America. in common with every other fraternity in the ~-ly, will always be found ready and willing to aid and assist the authorities in all measures adopted for the well being of our citizens. Respectfully yours, General Committee Foresters or
 America,
 J. !. MDONALD Treasurer.
 The City hall is one of the fewl sources of revenue the city has and itj should be made to yield as much as possible. If the exits are not what they ought to be. they should be fixed without making too much noise aboutI them. This is what the managers of the theaters did and wllen they had things ill first class order sxhcy asked the papers to tell the publW all about what they had done to protect life and limb in case of fire. Tlfe City hall building is all right, but you cant| make some people think so any more.