Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18

big appropriations made n regular city meeting, upon recommendation of the court of common council, made up. the budget for the whole year, but that m!s- apprehension does not change the condi- tions. There has been a big bunch of money appropriated in special city meet
 ing since then, this S26,ooo special is on
 the way, and more specials and more ap-
 propriations are sure to come before the end of the fiscal year. The budget build
 CTS evidently are not on their job or the
 special meetings are deliberately planned, and for purpose that is plain.
 That ordinance that required bids where there was excess of $3,0oo has evidently become dead letter and is ig- nored by the court of common council and the committees thereof. This is quite marked in the Street department when two big motor trucks were pur- chased without bids. An appropriation l was made for the purchase of one in the annual budget, but two were purchased,
 the cost of one coming from the. appro- priation made for the care of the streets. 1 At the last meeting of the council when i declaration was mace that the appro- | priation was exhausted, a and $10 900 | more asked for the streets. in came a 1 bill for still another motor truck that 1 cost S3,575. There may be need for the ] trucks and it may be an act of economy i for the city, and all that, but some aged 1 taxpayers would be better satisfied if the purchases were made by the method de- i fined in the city ordinance. It. is not all ways good business for a committee to
 make an extraordinary purchase and
 then call upon the court of common council to approve the bill for payment
 Ocean beach is gradually developing
 into a, commercial rather than a family day resort as its projectors intended Restrictions were placed on the land. pur
 chased which prescribed that. it must bt used for private, for summer home pur poses, for a specified. number of years
 and that there must be no stores O places of amusements. It was intended
 that it would never become a miniatur
 Coney Island, or anything akin thereto
 It was to be place where women an,
 children could spend the day., away fror
 the hustle and the. hustle of city life. /
 quiet, very quiet day shore resort. I
 is evident that the term of the restric , tions has expired
 Already sections selected for s1mme homes are covered with, bath houses an the public bath houses have greatly in
 creased in numbers, so much so tha ,, there is now strong competition in tha line with the municipally owned house that were, to be the only public houses c
 that nature at the beach. Other resi- 2 dential sections are being commercialize : and if changes go on unchecked. it vi ) not be many seasons before there wi be money-making attractions galore Ocean Beach, and the peace=and quiet ( 7 the cottagers. of the visiting women, an
 children of the city will give way to, tf . customs of the real up-to-the-nninute da s shore resort Before the present seaso : lends there is to be iaerry-go- round e the beach, with the hand organ accon : paniment, and more such attractions al I sure to follow And all in keeping wit 0 any resort that is near. any genuine prt c gressive city.