The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-16

R--NSS Se11se lne revenues or the city tC
 increase through therise of real estate
 values far out Of proportion to thei, cost. The money put into them is like
 money expended in improving one's place of buslness-it brings in more
 lhan is put out. To illustrate this in our own town: Consider the low cost
 to the city at which East Rock park has been acquired (some S25. 900 in the purchase and s6.0O0 a year for its main- tenancel and see how population has been drawn toward 1t, and how our grand list is constantly growing through the increased value of land in that neighborhood. And so with Edge wood park, and might mention others. but you will appreciate the point and admit it's force without my dwelling on it longer.
 A second reason is that the lands which have been taken for our larger parks in New Haven, even lands which We were compelled to buy and pre- vent them from becoming not only nui- sances in themselves, but the means of deprecIating Instead of greatly en- hancing the value of all other lands in their vicinity. Take East Rock, that beautiful and picturesque resort yshie11. we are all so proud of. Suppose it had been put on the general market before 1t was secured for park purposes. It would have been taken up by small owners, quickly denuded of it's trees, and would in time be covered with nox- ious and unsightly shanties. Take the meadows of Edgewood park. They are ] by their low situation and the character of their soil united for substantial or wholesome dwellings, and their inevit- able fate. if they had not been taken for a park would have been to become a filthy and malaria breeding slum. an eyesore and pest to that part of the town. If their purchase had had no other benefit than to relieve the com munity from these dangers they would have been worth all they cost, but when the next generation sees them converted into delightful and beauti- ful pleasure ground, with picturesque lakes and islands and driveways, will any one say then that in purchasing that tract we had bitten off more than we could chew?
 The same may be said of the Beaver Ponds meadows, which lie almost with in the heart of the city, and have long been a terror to that neighborhood, and a drawback on It's growth; but which the city is now. with wise foresight,
 gradually buying up. That low lying swamp will in due time be only rivaled by its neighbor Edgewood park, as a thing of beauty and a joy forever, I will instance only one spot more. The flats at the foot of East Rock, now so uhsightly in appearance, will, when that generous future donor O. the ar
 tificial lake appears. and that splen- did speedway is constructed around 1t, bring new beauty and happiness and glory, yes, and nancy, to New Haven enough to pay q hundred times over all that these improvements will cost.
 No. gentlemen, New Haven is not
 .park poor" any more than it was when its founders laid out the cen tral green on a scale greatly larger than the needs of their little hamlet ol
 dozen or two cabins. Like them we arebuilding not only for the New Ha- 1 ven that is, but for the New Haven that lis to be for all time. We are not at l tempting to eveiop our park system rapidly at a large expenditure for the benefit of the present generation, nol lis it desirable that we should. We have I laid the foundation; let each succeedlne
 generation build the superstructure as lits own needs and tastes may require and thus advance our parks by sue
 eessiye stages toward perfection. Thef
 will New Haven continueto be called
 as she ever has been called heretofore
 .The City Beautiful and our chil'
 drens children, instead Of reproacnine
 is for criminal neglect of their Inter
 ests. will rise up and call us blessed.
 MIR. MAcDoNALD'S ADDRESS. State Highway Commissioners Mac donald was the next speaker and nc I spoke on "Our Highways. He spoke
 about the father of Henry T. Blake as the first man to use stone crusher in I America
 I MIR. MANSFIELD,S ADDRESS. Burton Mansfield responded next to the toast Some of the Needs of Our
 City, The speaker said that the pres ent paster system in voting was an
 abomination, that 1t was so expensive that 1t hindered many good men from running for office, and that it was the I cause Of many dishonest votes. He thought that 1t would be good plan for
 the city to give the voting machines a trial.
 After eulogizing Judge Cleaveland he said that he thought that the judge of 1.-the probate court ought to be under a
 salary the same as the other judges of l the other courts. He said that this
 would do away with the fee system and
 he thought that the judge should be appointed the same as other judges, and that he should be allowed to re-
 main in office as long as he did what was right. He also thought that there I ought to be more discrimination shown
 in the settling of estates, so that the tax on small estate should not be 50
 large as to almost eat 1t up before it l was settled.
 MT. Mansfield thought that there
 should be better school facilities so as
 to bind the foreigners who come to this city in q closed bond of citizenship through education. Tn closing he said