Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Need Disinterested Investigating
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 MT, Editor: In this morning paper, in report of the meeting or the gas and electric commission held Tuesday night, it says that the commission may accept the proposi- ton of the Eastern Connecticut Few er company to supply auxiliary pow CT but the acceptance is conditional on the approval of the commission eYpert. H. E. Mole of New York. . Now. the natural question arises, who is drumming the department, the commission or the expert. If the members of the commission feel they are not capable of conducting the citys business-and the facts seem to bear out the assumption-then why don't they hand their reslgpa- tions to the mayor and allow him to apoint men who are competent.
 The citizens are very lavish Tn voting unlimited sums of money to the commission in city meeting only to be told before the year is half over that the amount voted is ex- hausted and an additional sum of from s5o,000 to s75,00e is needed to keep the plant in operation:
 Now it seems to me if the commits sion would tell why it seemed neces- sary to empoy an expert and pay him upward of s6o,0 900 the first year of his enployment-and< Nobody knows how much he has received since and why the contract made with him was kept secret for over eighteen months thereafter, and then was only made public after the court of common council voted for it's pub lication the taxpayers might discov- CT why the appropriations voted are not sufficient to carry on the busi- ness.
 The only way the citizens and tax payers of Norwich win ever find out the true condition of it's gas and electric plant is to appoint a disin terested Investigating committee clothed with ample authority to issue supoenas and employ an honest an6 fearless attorney like Hon. William H. Shields, who would uncover the | secret contracts and sinister influ- ences which have made municipa ownership in Norwich a thing to bt detested.
 l Until. this is done I am afraid tht 1 taxpayers will have to dig down fol more money as often in the future 1 as they have in the past.
 ! CONSUMER i Norwich, March 10, 1920.
 Home Gardens
 MT. Editor: Well knowing tn great interest your valuable pape takes in the worthy enterprise 0 home gardens I take pleasure il sending to you an extract from. tn l speech of Congressman Nm. D. Up 1 shaw of Georgia recently delivered in the House of Representatives. | tn ca
 that if he were travelling through | strange country and were looking fo 1 a place to stay all night he would )kee
 on going until he found hedse wit | flowers in the yard, for he knew tha refinement and love must reign in tn
 home where beautiful flowers smile
 outside.
 l God smiled and the flowers bleomed | Some poet grand said,
 And woman was the fairest Howe
 That raised her sun-crowned head Henry Grady declared in his greg speech at the University of Virginia
 Teach a man that his sovereignt lies beneath his hat: link him to spot of earth, and his loyalty wi save the Republic when the drur
 tap is futile and the barracks al
 forever deserted"
 And I love to think of the hapr home of the plain every day citize the home that is his haven of rei ] and love and hope, surrounded
 flowers of beauty and fragrance. a
 the more beautiful to him beeau: of the delft and delicate touch of u . noble little woman who is the wi of his bosom and the mother of h ehildrenII love to think of him.
 say, loyal defender of the flag tn;
 lifts it's protecting folds above tt s happy home, coming home at nigh f fall and finding his wife standir t with their laughing children amid u
 flowers that bloom about their hon
 like the very smile of God. read