Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-10
NEW LONDON HEARS CALL FOR ECONOMY

and withdrew from the committee.
 The mayor wanted committee that would join with him in carrying out
 this pet scheme, and he named Alder
 man Payne for the committee to succeed Alderman Chappell. The mayor said that by the passage of the vote the second legal step had been taken and two more votes that would come later
 must be passed by the council before the real constructive work could go forward.
 The was strong talk in opposition ito acceptance of the report and All
 derman Hollandersky stated that the
 street was only three blocks in lenlgtf
 and the cost of widening would cost at
 least three quarters of a million dol
 lars; and the alleged improvement. as proposed. would not be worth the
 price. He added that the next tax rate would be i26 or 27 mills and that it. was about time to have just a little
 bit of economy in municipal manage
 ment.
 When a claim against the city was
 filed by an attorney for his client who claims damages for injuries received
 by falling on slippery sidewalk in Orchard street the mayor remarked that there had been complaints of lack , of sidewalks in that street for the past
 
 is laid in comes a claim for damages. The mayor is correct. But there is a little story in connection with that sidewalk, and the end is not yet. sack
 several months, a short time before
 the city meeting for action on the an nual budget, curbing was laid in Or chard street. Soon after loads of
 ashes, the foundation for concrete walks, were dumped in the gutters of 1 that street This indicated that im- provernent was to come, and no oppo- sition appeared in city meeting to the budget from residents of that section.
 After the meeting the piles remained many weeks.
 Finally when the first real cold snap came the actual work of laying the l sidewalk was comneneed and carried l to a finish on one side of the street. l Naturally as result of doing that
 class of work in freezing weather the Surface of the walk is already scaling and is in worse condition than if it 1 had been in use for a score of years. i To be satisfactory to the public that 1 walk ought to be relaid in the early spring. The property owners along 1 the line make no secret of their deter imitation not to pay for the price of a ] good walk when an inferior walk is 1 furnished by the city. The property l owners are supposed to pay. half the i cost of the new sidewalks. but Orchard l street property owners claim they are i entitled to just as good walks as in any other section and if they do not i get the goods they do not propose to . pay the price.
 Mayor Morgan did himself proud in l having State street .prettily decorated with greens during the holiday period 1 and. the trees and roping have just l been removed. It gave to the city a | Seasonab1e appearance and gave
 strangers a good impression of the i city. and. the dear public appreciated 1 au that the mayor did. It was time i Iy thought well executed.
 1 By the Way, the mayor, he who was
 condemned yethe trolfeymen's AInier l for his endeavor to settle the strike. is l not condemned by all of organized la 1 bor In the trolley case he had the l courag ge of his convictions and his ac- 1 ton was commended by all except the 1 striking trolleymen
 As matter of fact. the mayor is g 1 friend rather than an opponent of or | ganized labor At the last meetins ] of the council a communication was l read from the local plumbers union endorsing his action in supporting | their contention in relation to the plumbing in the houses built in lief 1 ferson avenue under the direction ot l the United States. Housing corpora ton. The mayor and the union plum 1 bers are of one mind on that matter oi l c1it-{ afiofi