Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-26

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 leap and such a committee of inves-
 tigation as the mayor may appoint
 should investigate, and not be guided by any prejudice against the water board created by parties that have in terest in the sale of Miller's pond
 This pond proposition has been worked adroitly through the chamber
 of commerce and now the work is di- rected at the court of common coun-
 cil. The people have faith in the
 honesty. the integrity and the com potency of the water board. and it
 would be difficult to find any un-
 thinks that any member of the board
 would favor any proposition, to in crease the water supply unless they
 were satisfied after study that such proposition was for the best interest of the city. Beware of the little pie | aninies that may be secreted in the woodpile.
 | In the city of Norwich the bull was moving picture matter and it was de- l finitely decided that these Sunday evening entertainments would be per mitted, although the vote to permit
 was not so very decisive. so to speak, but is effective just the same. In the city of New London the court of | common council voted to grant the same permission, but in doing left lIo IHdlleT open 1OI dSlIdt1OI dilo subsequent action. The corporation counsel advised that the council had l authority to grant the permit. but If objection is filed that the matter will be put up to city meeting for final de- cision This fnaIs decision has been taken in Norwich.
 There are many in every city who
 are strongly opposed to the commer-
 cialization of Sunday and the Sunday
 movies do that little thing. and the
 l. E4,o yI,n
 ceive financial benefit from this form
 of entertainment. So there is very
 liable to be objections to the council
 action, and then. under the law. ref erence will be made to city meeting. l Those who object are wondering how l the bill got by Governor Holcomb 1 who in his Fast Day proclamation made such strong reference to the sanctity of the Sunday. However, the law is given local option and if | a community does not want moving II pictures Sunday evening it is not com pulsory under state law.
 The New London court of common council is a deliberative body and is considered as being fully representa- ! tive of the city. The free and easy method of doing business is perhaps
 worthy of emulation, as it gives the | members opportunity to see their | names in public print. The business is not conducted in the ordinlrJ wey ] and would not be toIe ated in some i country debating so cIeSiees. matters being debated when there is no ques- i ton before the body for action. Some ! member roos up and aSs someth'ng 1 ought to be dCne in the way Of pubic l lavatorias, another f1nos fault With | the noise of a manufa :t..-.1g .:;Ct, Ii l near his Gomicile. anvth9r comp aims i of the shooting of crto in Il i'u:' |, 1 park ,,notf CT tells th coun'i1 Ia: . trees injured y roo- '- tI-1 -iss 1s.ck ing n-o t;.em. and so on. In every stan ~f-S talk on | the -;uhjc ..s but nr at.;"" is taken as the CTS are n - o-1perl% Ere U sented for action in the form of votes That is a reason why the ses- sions of the council are of long durh tion and but very little real business 
 Mayor Morgan is advocating a mu nicipal plant for the manufacture of ice so that the necessary commodity could be had for domestic use at less than a cent a pound, the price that now prevails in New London. That is an excellent idea if it could be car ried out satisfactorily, but there is doubt on that poin,. As rule mu- nicipal ownership CT municipal man. agement of matters ct public interest do not result satisfactorily Still there are people who believe they are il getting something cheaper when un- deS municipal control than otherwise. They may. but very few stop to con- slider the actual cast to the city and that IpearS after all the people who II pay the taxes. There is muIi;ci pal owne:>51ip a-.i management of the New London-Groton ferry.
 Mayor Morgan, never over friendly towards the Shore Line Electric rail- way, either as alderman or mayor. is using his very best endeavor to read just conditions that will terminate the strike and bring return of trolley ac- He has called confer ences of the executives of the Plant estate, owners of the company. the l. board of directors. officers of the company and representatives of the uinon. and even went as far IS to ask Governor Holcomb to call a pecial session of the general assem- ,ly to give the trolley company needed elief He now realizes the actual r condition that exists and in true man. ashion comes to the front and cen re, even more promptly than he did t m the military field of Mantle when $ le was an active member of the Con lecticut National Guard and tentmate d # the now Congressman Freeman. Mayor Morgan succeeded in getting il he trolley representatives to agree to . form of arbitration that looked good [ o him. This proposition was reject . d by the union officials. Then the [ mayor told them in plain terms that f the strike continues the strikers ire responsible for the situation. Even c hen he told the strikers that he was r .eady to serve them in any possible I