New Britain herald., 1915-09-15

water account 'oo''" IOta1 poo, 1o D. The most noticeable saving this year is in highway improvements. l The selectmen spent but $2,682.13,
 which includes the amount laid out l for the road in Westwood park. Last | year the cost of highways was over l $5,OOO. The poor account is prac- 1 tically the same as last years. The selectmen made many improvements 1 in the town hall this year, accounting l for an increase of over $500 in the town building account. An increase of over $4O0 is noted in the police ac- count. This is the result of the action of the voters in instructing the select men to have the streets patrolled reg ularly. There is an advance in the amount paid to the state and county for taxes, also a gain in the fire ward ems expenses, the last named item resulting from the large number of forest fires in the spring. The cost of running the fire department is but about half as much as was spent last year. Other items compare favOrably with last years report.
 The showing made by the selectmen during the year, figuring from the financial end, is surely a credltable one and this feature of the annual re- port will no doubt make a good inn pression on the voters.
 "Dfys" Open Their Campaign. The publicity committee of he temperance advocates, who have hopes of putting Plainville in the l dry column this year, opened its campaign today, issuing the first of nf cfo tn NOfprS in which the alleged evils of tEe saloons are noted. It has been pre- scented to the 'iIerald" with the re-
 quest that it be published, and. it is herewith given: #
 ITO the Citizens of Plainville:
 ''The great question before com munity are always the moral rather than the financial or political. In the coming town election he Is a wise
 man who sees that the paramount
 question before tIe citizens of Plain.
 vile is that of the continued existence
 among us of the licensed saloon. That
 is pre- eminently a moral question,
 though to some extent 8 financial one.
 and to the moral interests of town
 or body of people all else ought 10
 be secondary.
 'ThCse who are engaged in further lHS the interests or no llCeuSe
 to conduct a fair and square fight.
 They do not intend to indulge in any
 personalities, to throw any mud, to make any eXtravagant statements or
 to waste time in any rhetorical ire
 works They believe the interests of
 a community should be put before
 the financial emolument of any set of
 people or the carrying on of any SO
 called business, and without indulging
 in unique recrjmination, they arc
 against the whole miserable system of
 the saloon, holding it to be in every
 way, shape and manner a detriment
 to our town, and conducted for pure
 ly selfish and commercial reasons. The
 writer has made a careful study of
 conditions in Plainville for ter1n of
 years, is thoroughly convinced that
 the saloon without a single mitigating
 feature is a menace and an evil, and
 would call on bis fellow citizens to
 cast vote for n> license on the basis
 of the following considerations.
 "1 Because the tide is everywhere
 steadily and rapidly rising against the
 liquor traffic. It is part of a tncc-
 oughly progressive spirit to vote
 against it. The disgust with the
 present condition among us is increls-
 ing, and it needs only a determined
 effort to translate that into effective
 results The saloon in Plainvillc is
 coomed, and no one knows that bet ter than liquor men. In the past few years the average majority for license has been reduced from ] 20 to 2O This fact is very significant of a growing anti-saloon sentiment.
 2 Every advocate of license is called on to demonstrate these prop osltlons, every one of which is of vital concern, viz. That the saloon makes this town better place for home, a safer place for school, a cleaner 1