New Britain herald., 1919-12-16
RECOMMENDATION

&hd, or near It, before such a time \ che osty's option on the piece #sht expire has seen Tt to make &gsssscs anent nreeeastsnatlen, ,l, &tfng chem at those who perpetu- 8F put of important questions. The Rohese of tho property does not #eeest us particularly, There is no #lhe but that ownership of all the Ed oh and near our watersbed, or 8tsihle future watershed, should be 2boptete sn order that the city may hperly control 1t. thereby in 8ing clear and plentiful supply. #Is fact that the Mayor Is to get Q #snrsission rom the sale of land zsnot an issue in the argument, pro- Bins, that his commission is to be \ more than the city might pay any Fla rniddleman, and that we really Ed the property. Commissions Elst be paid to someone. when there Ero more than the ordinary amount ah there is need for the land, the 8 vos might as well make the money
 John Jones or Henry Smith If 3 is selling to the city something
 t is cannot use or if he is getting Ire than his share Of the money for A transaction, the Mayor or John 8nes. is acting in betrayal of the I2blic. The question is, do we need A land? If we do Is it worth
 bat has been offered on an |1kieng Presumably it is-and the
 ment of procrastinauon enters
 |&rhere seem to he several points Nnging about this theft of time."
 sing upon various shoulders. The ter commission has not, according l reports, decided what is to be ne wieh the West canal, therefore ess not know whether the Greatorex
 ct win be on the watershed or not. Herman Curtis thinks that the z|ly thing in which the Mayor is in rested is fine commission, and
 noses the deal. Now the owner s,eatens to charge more for the opersy immediately upon the es- ratson of the option. or to cut the ,ods and destroy the water bearing operties of the land. Procrastina- sp- providing we actually need the nd and will have to buy it, is cost g inc city money.
 The habit .of putting matters off NbtI a later date is costing the city ,,av 8 hi of money not in this par ,uiar case, but in many. of them rices are going up and there IS no omIsc of an immediate slump vsv-p time that matter is tabled
 the Council or it's committees
 trough sn imaginary fault, through
 desire to s'go slow it means thai ny money items in the splan arc
 ve to be higher when it is recon dered. The city is growing very
 
 ry supply of new accommodations o1 krfolss sorts. These things arc king to cost us money, they vii bst us more if we have to wait Fe arc by no means buying for the kture, or very far in the future #hen we are expending public mone1 binr scarcely in step with our actua eeds. A policy of looking forward ay well be adopted by the Cit! ncials, the further ahead they looi he greater will be our savings. The!
 ust form the habis of decidin, IicI<ly on our needs and acting upo' lat decision before it is too late.
 There are public buildings in tn
 ty, schools and So forth, whose nee' night have been foreseen years age nd which might have been obtaine that time for much less money ven though they had to stand prac caliy unused for a time. As it
 a have not the school accommoda
 ons for our immediate use and wi
 e perpetually behind schedule i
 uildings unless we not only wor
 pr the present but build for a lon
 me ahead. 1t is so with most ( UT utilities. The time has com b have faith in the city of Ne britain, to buy for the place it oing to be, not the place we have t
 ny for now. It will be eXpensiy or a time, but cheaper in the lon nun. And the first step in accon blishing this is the elimination ( brocrastination on small matters. L' he committees and the council mai heir decisions and follow them ol with dispatch and a minimum
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