New Britain herald., 1917-05-19
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structive, progressive article and 1t l
 has received no little favorable com 1
 ment. His plea for all departments |
 to economize and retrench is timely |
 and consistent with the expressed |
 views of the citizens at the last city |
 meeting. His sweeping recommenda- l
 tions for an all time assessors force
 will thus be enabled to go more 1
 searchingly into tax lists was most 1
 pertinent. The statement that the
 city receives revenue on only $22.6O3
 on hand in National banks and Trust
 companies, while the reports of these
 local institutions show deposits of
 over six millions of dollars, indicates
 the need of more efficient assessment
 along these lines, thing to be made
 possible by an all time board. There
 is no doubt but what the fire and po-
 lice headquarters need larger quar-
 ters and the mayors idea to convert the old Burritt school over to svch 8
 place seems to offer the most feasible
 solution. Pertinent also is His Hon.
 or's advice to hesitate and investi-
 gate conditions thoroughly before ex-
 pending about $200,O0O for the Bur-
 lington tunnel. To the mind of many however, the devil service. which has
 by no means been a failure and prom
 ises to improve with age, has not been quite so much of success as the
 message would indicate. Looking
 back over the past three years, con- l sidering plans for the future and the
 usually efficient corps of workers with
 which the mayor has fortified his ad- ministration the citizens need not worry that the city will be able to live up to the motto: Onward and Upward" Of interest to local people, parttc- ularly those hundreds who are trying l to increase the food supply with their domestic gardens, is recent bill l passed by the legislature for protec- 1 ton of these gardens. Since the pas l sage of this bill 1t becomes doubly
 hazardous for any malicious person to 1 trespass upon or attempt to steal | from the gardens of private individ- ] uals for not only will he have to run | the gauntlet of the wrathful owner, but if he escapes him with whole l skin he will have to face criminal court. This bill, which was intro- 1 duced by Senator Burnes provides: "If any person shall during the l time of the war, enter upon field
 garden or land of another, sown.
 planted, or cultivated with grain, veg 1 etables, fruit, articles of good or sub-
 stances used in the preparation of l food, with intent to retard or injure 1 the growth of product or the soil of ] such field, garden or land, he shall be fined not more than $100, or be im- 1 prisoned not exceeding six months or both.''
 Therefore ye members of the agri- ] cultural army if you catch any mid- | night marauders in your pet garden. l don't waste your energy on him, ] especially if he is bigger than you. i Let Judge Meskill handle the case. If the trolley company and police l officials are satisfied with the present 1 stopping station of the inbound West
 Main street cars in front of St. Marks l church, all of the public is not. By l having the car stop to discharge pas-
 sengers before rounding the corner l into Main street all street traffic com l ing down West Main street is tied up, l whereas much of 1t could continue on 1 past City hall, into Church or up and 1 down Main street should the cars round the corner before stopping. Now that officials have definitely
 decided that never again will Hart | passengers at the corner of Main and l Church streets it might not be amiss 1 to recommend that some noticeable
 and intelilgable sign be so placed as to ! appraise visitors and uninitiated per- 1 sons of just where the cars do stop. ] And although this is not the time of l the year to worry, some way should be found to have al wide pathway l through winter slush and snow from the curbing to the car tracks.
 In George w. Klett, Edward r. Hall
 and Richard Covert, New Britain has
 a trio of legislators of whom 1t can be
 justly proud. Never has the city been l more ably represented in the senate l than by MT. Klett, or in the house of representatives than by Messrs. Hall and Covert. All three men had most 1 important committee appointments
 and all three worked hard for the best | interests of the city and state. The
 record of Senator Klett, who finished
 his second term in the senate on Thursday, Is one that has seldom been ! equalled for during these two terms
 he did not miss a single session, which | Is no small achievement when duly 1 considered. Hardly less regular have | Oe0u Iu0 EcpFeSeuIatlVeS, NIT. covert
 having attended every session of the l 1916-1917 assembly and MT. Hall be- ing absent but once.
 1 Wednesday marked the twenty third anniversary of P. J. Egan's first appointment as a water commissioner, where he f1as served so faithfully and | efficiently as clerk for so many years. During his almost a quarter or century service in the water depart
 ment Mr.. Egan has seen many civic