Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-12
GREAT CHANCES COMING.
People gsresa ou, will Have ss sssG
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west end taken out or tue Efuuu llSl, the city will have to pay about half a million dollars for it's share of the work of eliminating grade crossings. But even at that he considered 1t n big thing for Waterbury and said that he expects to see big boom in real estate all over Waterbury next spring. All the people who will have to get out will buy land in other places and put buildings on it and as they cannot find accommodation in the thickly settled part of the city it is plain that they Will have to do business with folks outside the center. No matter which way they go, and all will not head in the same direction, it will not take them long to improve other prop, erty and make it just as valuable to themselves and to the community as their present holdings are, and prob- ably many of them will do better than they ever could where they now are. The ones it will hit hardest are the old folks who were born and reared in the houses the company wants condemned and never expected to leave them until called to their re- ward in the woEd beyond the grave Such people have sentimental inter. est in their property which cannot be purchased at any figure, and this with the struggle to get the price of their property will keep them on the anX- ious seat from now on. \ man thinks he is all right when he has his home paid for and enough laid by to provide him with the necessaries of life as long as he lives. As rule he is pret- ty safe. but he never can be sure that he is going to remain in the same place until the undertaken puts the
 finishing touches on him. He is apt to wake up any morning and find that somebody else wants his house and lot and that he will have to look up another place. The only consolation a fellow has is that he cannot be bounced without fair compensation for what he leaves behind, but so far as being sure of the roof over your head no man can tell much about that. He may feel satisfied that he will never be short of home, but the ex-
 
 til he is laid away in mother earth, and in the march of time it is not ln- usual to hear of the dead having to get move on them.
 During the evolution of things along the line of the railroad the city should step in and see if it can get Field street extended to Riverside street, and also keep an eye out for the long talked of and much needed cross street from South Main street to Bank street by way of Liberty street or Jewelry street. Whatever is done now will be apt to remain undisturbed during our day and time, and as cross streets would be great public convenience at the places mentioned the local author. ties should be on the alert and make the most of their opportunities. It is too bad that politics cuts such figure in municipal affairs, because as q rule the public suffers and the advantages gained are trivial compared with the losses. At the present time almost ey- erybody connected with the city gov ernment is puzzling his wits to see what can be done to get amendments to the charter which will give the re- publican party the whip hand in Wa tcrbury, and as result nobody has any time to devote to the larger inter- ests. In general way it does not make much difference to the average citizen which party is in the ascend ancy. Very few look to politics as means of earning a livelihood, while on the other hand everybody is more C.: less affected by the tactics employed by men who make profession of poll. tics and resort to all kinds of schemes fO intrench themselves and their friends so strongly in power that they cannot be dislOdged even by the unanl. nous vote of the entire community. If the tenure of office of all public officials depended upon good behavior and q faithful discharge of ones duties, in- stead of beiDg grounded upon a charter amendment, what a blessing 1t would be for everybody except the handful of smart fellows who plan early in life to live on their neighbors whether they want them or not. It is surprising why republicans and democrats cannot get together on this point, for the evil done by tinkering with the charter hits both alike. A man held in office by charter provision does not care a rap what he does so long as he pleases q few people. but the official who knows that If he runs counter with the public the public is in position to dis. rliss him and employ somebody else, Es Is sure to do what's right if he sets any value on his job. When q man h ic hno isy Co he does. he is not likely to bother him. self about anything. The history oi the whole world proves this and the wise men who framed the constitution Of the United States, with the expert ence of the past in mind and aiming 10 profit by it. did their level best to leg islate so that the people would he SUI prcme at all time. For convenience sake large bodies found it convenient. :es, absolutely necessary. to delegate their powers to few. and this was we'll understood from the beginning hut the fathers of this country never dreamed that a time would come wiler freemen would grow weary of being sovereigns and want to elect taskmas. ters for all time. But we're coming ts 1t. if We haven't got there already. anG if the good men who gave us the eos. stitution could come back and see men welding imperial power in every con- munity it would he almost impossible to convince them that we are living under the form of government which they bcqueathed to us about a centur, SEQ.
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