Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-01-09
From the Editors Desk


The message read by the mayor Mt
the meeting Tuesday night was "A typi-
cal Marcy message. No one can
accuse Putnam's businesslike mayor
Of verbosity or of making lot of
recommendation that he, and every
one else, knows can not be carried
out. The message is short and to the
point and every fact is plainly set
forth 10 that there is no opportunity
for misconstruction.
In ailuding TO the slight increase In
the eity's debt the mayor does not
seek TO apologize or make excuse
but puts his finger on the underlying
cause and admits that he expected the
Increase and was pleased that it wa
no greater High cost of materials
labor and every other item that el
ters into the conduct Of business e.
terprise makes large expense &c
count. says Mayor Marcy, but he zoe
on TO assure the citizens that this ex
pense will be kept AS low as possible
but that the growth of the city and its
development will make some increas-
ed expense necessary year after
year.
Mayor Marcy believes that good
asset to the city. This is evidence
by hts Recommendation that there be
. liberal continuance of improve
ments along this line.
While the mayor intimates that the
FIRE department has p source of
IVORY to him the years he
dee not open up ores, but
iocss 70 brighte asking co
ope aSion for - eA officials of the
de ment mmea ling thai
Mi proper Re furnishe
pr ptly. The we believe
sxi back the mas ohtiaie
the ire departme .ae p
gis tais city tbs protection II
nee and the properl. IF citizens the
pre- ten which they. as tax payers,
haye a right to expect and demand
A superintendent of sewers is rec.
commended This matter has been
shifted from one department to an
other anu. it is understood, now lies
with the water department. Faulty
sewer connections viii ever be a
source of expense ana he mayor be
ieves that no connects Aeuld be
made without competent supervision.
Ever since he took office Mayor
Marcy has been advocating solution
of the garbage collection problem,
He has personally collected data from
other cities as to how they handle the
problem and this has been put at the
disposal Of q committee appointed to
report on the matter.
Every householder in the thiekly
populated sections viii be with the
mayor in this effort as back Yards
have been dug up to the limit TO bury
refuse matter. The careless and
thoughtless throw their garbage about
promiscuously and this keeps the
health officer busy most of the time
In this regard may be called to tn,
attention of the citizens the words Of
commentator found in the messag,
regarding this official,
Building regulations are advocates
II il to be deplored that this has ne
had attention years ago, for as a
present buildings are placed on irres
ular lines, spelling the effect and in
Turing some Of the eity's maii
streets. Without the establishment
of building lines the council IS pow
erless 10 prevent building beinl
erected at any spot a land owner ma.
select
The last paragraph of the messag,
is an appeal TO the members Of tn,
council for an economical, efficient
and successful management Of the
eity's affairs this year as a fitting an.
adversary of the eity's silver jubilee.