Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-04
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City Clerk Nettleton has received some of the bills passed at Hartford concerning Waterbury, signed by tho governor, and all operative. except the one in reference to the fre depart ment, which will not 20 into effect un- til August. The aldermen. those not {. on the inside, will not recognize the last mentioned measure when they see it. It not only contains all they voted for. but a great deal altogether new. and then you hear people say that the city attorney will not support any bill before the legislature unless ordered to do so by the aldermen. The aldermen instructed Mir Kellogg to endeavor to secure the passage of this bill, but
 when they did this the draft did not
 include the little joker which legislates First Assistant Engineer O'Brien and
 Second and Third AssfAtant Engineers
 Byrnes and Walker out of office This
 was fantamOunt to making out new
 bill. and although it was all attended
 to at Hartford, the public here was not
 apprised of the fact. What do you
 call this but pulling the wool oyef the eyes of the direct representatives of
 the people? And then good men will look you squarely in the face and as-
 sure you that there are no politics in the movements of the present board of
 safety. Indeed. Commissioner Driggs
 made this boast when he appeared be l fore the aldermen in favor of the
 harmless appearing measure which
 was approved in good faith, but which turns out to be nothing more than
 skeleton of the real thing in mind. and which arrived today with the gov-
 ernor's signature appended thereto. What do you call this! If it be the l intention of the board to continue the
 three assistant engineers in other posi-
 ti0ns created by the act it is all right.
 but if on the other hand the end in
 view is to railroad these experienced
 men out of the department. then it be- comes an entirely different matter. In
 any case. the full text of the bill should
 have come before the aldermen and let them see what they were voting for.
 The act changing the name of the
 head of the police department from
 that of chief to superintendent, with
 an increase in salary. has also come to
 hand and is now operative. so that we
 have Superintendent Egan now instead
 of Chief Egan. The distinction might
 easily be conferred on a less worthy , official, for although he has enemies.
 he has no favorites and tries hard to
 give everybody square deal.
 The other acts have reference to the permanent berth created for Building Inspector Chatfield and Assistant Building Inspector Smith: authority to issue $15.000 water bonds, high ser. vice; the right to charge an addition not to exceed 10 per cent to water con- sumers in the outside district. This used to be 2 per cent when the de
 mand for water is far from what 1t Is
 at the present time. but as the inside
 district is simply a second fiddle to the
 outside territory. the fellows on the inside are lucky to get even that The change with reference to date of the P meeting of the board of relief is also among the bunch. so that all that re. I mains now to complete the job and t render furture elections a matter of no Q importance to the people is the pension s bill and tenure of office in the schOola n If we get that then there will be no
 more politics in Waterbury, for thers 7 will be scarcely anything in the gift h of the electors worth the while. Wher n one party has all the plums we may }. expect peace. unless there should moi e be enough to go around, but ever t then the disgraceful scenes incident tt \ wrangles that come up in such casel Il will be pulled on in Hartford. as the. have been with the judgeships, and VI fl won't hear much about them at home ' The present administration is leavIni d no stone unturned to lift everythin, 1t worth reaching far out of politics. ant e they are succeeding admirably.
 c But, say, whether you like what l Is being done or not. don't intimate tha e there's any politics in the game. for th q gentlemen now turning the wheel ar IL above resorting to such tactics and ob n ject to the imputation in a manne lt which shows that they are thoroughl Y in earnest