Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
OVER THE BRIDGE
Taxpayers to Meet and Asitate
 Improvements.

At last 1t seems that some of the Brooklyn residents, at least, have be- come aware of the fact that this sec ton of the city has not been receiv- ing the Improvements that it should have and that the taxpayers of the Brooklyn district have not been given square deal considering the amount of money the property owners pay ln- to the city treasury annually. For several years past as they have paid their large tax bills they always think of those few lines, Everything going out but nothing coming back"
 Of course they have had reason to think of this because of the condition Brooklyn has been left in but as it has been pointed out before in this column they should have made fight long ago and not bear the treatment like lambs. The trouble is that there were not enough men in Brooklyn to take the matter in hand, go before the city fathers and demand improvements which have been sadly lacking in this district for long time
 Yesterday morning at the 10.45 mass Father Gleeson urged his parishioners to attend a mass meeting which is to be held i'll the Lyceum next Friday evening. All the prominent men of Brooklyn will be present and steps will be taken to see what the new ad- ministration will do towards bringing Brooklyn back to where it belongs in regard to public improvements. Some of the property owners had almost given up hope that anything would be done but now, as long as the thing is started, they should see to 1t that it goes on rapidly.
 John Henderson, the manufacturer. who has always had the interests of Brooklyn at heart, had been in favor of mass meetings for some time past. He thinks it shame because of the treatment Brooklyn has received and thinks that the mass meeting will be the only way of awaking the powers behind so that they will give this part of the city what it deserves. Trolley Improvements have been looked for in vain; until the last two weeks the sight of q city laborer in Brooklyn has been almost novelty, crosswalks have been buried in snow in winter while in summer mud shoes have been desirable when crossing the roads; petitions that have been sent to the various boards have been hardly look ed over, and if they were given Il glance, they were then placed on file until the ink had faded away. The Liberty street extension is no nearer completed than years ago; although at the crossing known as Devils Pass" many fatalities have already occurred, not finger has as yet geen raised to eliminate the danger of crossing in this vicinity; the illumination of the Bank street clock which would cost very small amount had been treated as a joke by the educational commits siOners; the catch basins have been cleaned once year whether they needed 1t or not: in fact. Brooklyn has been left to care for itself and it Is not surprising that it is in the present state.
 At the meeting Friday evening it is expected that the three aldermen from the third ward, Attorneys Lynch and LawlOr. John Henderson and Daniel Mahaney, Hans Rasmussen and his contingent from Town Plot. as wen as scores of others, will be on hani to say few things on the subject of public Improvements. One paper that is to be read that should be most in- teresting to the people in general is entitled "1n how many years will Brooklyn cease to exist if it is treat ed in the future as it has been in the past"