Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
OTHER VIEW POINTS


 From all directions come comments upon the new war tax and its an moving stamps. If the administration had been seeking a route to unpopu- larity, it could not have chosen bet ter.-Hartford Courart.
 
 That the social workers have done and are doing immeasurable good in the world will not be denied by any who are familiar with their work But nothing is to be accomplished by wear ing doleful faces or undertaking mis- cry. There is still considerable joy in the world, and it is not all sinful Torrington Register.
 The aldermen did themselves credit in passing the budget unanimously as it came from the Board of Finance. This is the proper way to do business. to turn over to three competent men the question of Waterbury'S expenses rather than to try to determine these expenses in large body like the al- dermen with many interests pulling and hauling in different directions Waterbury American.
 The condition of many of the streets in Hartford Is disgraceful and not only disgraceful but dangerous. The street department has been negligent There is no reason why the snow and | ice should be left lying in the streets. 1 There are plenty of men out of em- | ployment in Hartford who would be glad to do a few days work in clean | ing the streets and they should be given the portunity.-Hartford Post Whether to save or to spend is often a serious problem. Too great a re- | gard for the future may condemn one to needlessly depressing and monoto- 1 nous present, while to live only fol | the present not infreQuently has con- sequences that nearly approach trag, | edy. It is by the, systematic setting aside week by week or month b, i month of amounts proportioned tt particular purpose or to accumulate { 1 reserve fund, that the disadvantage O | either extreme can bet be avoided
 Bridgeport Standard.
 Alderman Bronson has performe, a notable public service by introduc ing into the board of aldermen a pro posed ordinance providing that al motor vehicles shall stop twenty fee in the rear of standing trolley ca
 heading in the same direction. We ma! be quite sure public opinion will ap prove, and what public opinion ap proves the office. will have no diff culty in enforcing. Put the ordinance through in record breaking time I | will then be safe to board or align
 
 the street without fear.-New Haver ] Journal Courier.
 l The connecting of Willimantic witt i Manchester by trolley. while not Hke- | ly to be completed this year or next is not such a remote possibility as il | appeared a few years ago. The sec l tion between these places is not SC much of wilderness as it was and the conditions for trolley line are grow ! ing more favorable every year. Chief among the factors which will build up | this section is the extension of a trunk line of state road through the heart ot | it. This line will be opened next sum- | mer and it's establishment will be fol- | lowed by a stream of automobile traf- | ic from Hartford and points west to Willimantic and points beyond-Man- | chester Herald.
 l A postmaster of Bridgeport Is to be | selected by an out of town man upon l the basis of the most desirable effect upon such political aspirations as he may cherish; and that the good of the | otfice, the good of the city, or the wishes of the community do not fig. ure in any way in making such se-