New Britain herald., 1924-09-02
Sends Letter To Voters Accusing City Of Boldly Maintaining Representative On Board Of Relief.
Declares Issue Is Whether Town Is to Remain Ii- dependent or Be Mere Political Tool of New Britain"

In a letter mailed today to the voters Of Burlington, George w. Hull, who seks to go to the legisla- ture on the republican ticket this fall, openly charges that mo power has done what the city of New Britt ain has done to ruin this town"
 MT. Hull's platform Is built around the plank that, New Britain should pay taxes on it's extensive reservoir located in the town of Burlington. His letter contains the statements And further, the city of New Britt ain boldly maintains on our board of relief as member, it's representative in Burlington who has the power to have the final decision as to what taxes it shall pay" Asked by the Herald for the name of the man, he replied: Joseph Paradise, who has charge of New Britains reservoir in Burlington" MT. Paradise is mem. Der of the Burlington board of re. lief.
 In his appeal to the voters for sup- port, MT. Hull declares that the real issue in the Burlington campaign is: Is the town of Burlington to be a self-governing unit Of political in- dependence or is it to be mere po- litical tool of New Britain7s An swering his own question, he says. T cannot believe that this old New England town in which three genef- atiohs of Hulls before I resided here. has descended to any such con- temptible political Iersf. \
 Mr. Hnll's Eeaiar
 Mir. Huals letter ts the voters follows:
 Recently the undersigned was a candidate at the republican caucus of Burlington as delegate to the dis trict senatorial convention of the re- publican party and was elected to this position with but few dissenting votes. 4
 Despite this fact. following ths adjournment of the caucus as every one present knows, the result was protested to the chairman of the caucus and the most vigorous objec- tor perhaps was the representative of the city of New Britain who lives in the town of Burlington.
 T am thoroughly convinced that this protest by New Britain's ap- pointed representative in Burlington is challenge to the voters of Bur- lington.
 Every thinking citizen in Bur- lington knows that no power has done what the city of New Britain has done to ruin this town. Not only has it built an expensive reservoir on which plant it pays not one pen- ny of taxation to the town of Bur- lington, but it has purchased farm after farm, miles away from its res ervoir and to an extent perhaps not equalled in Connecticut. Living on many of these farms were once sub stantial, prosperous citizens whoss loss to Burlington can never be es- timated in dollars and cents. But in every instance when prosperous farm has been taken over, Burling- ton has been the loser when there is taken into consideration the taxa ton loss on buildings. tools, hay, grain and livestock, And as every one knows, it has been the definite policy of the city of New Britain carried out by it's local representas tive to destroy every possible build- ing on land it owns so as to escape taxation. Not only has this been done on the watershed but recent events show that this program is be- ing carried out on land having no relation whatever to the present wa tershed.
 Represented on Board Of Relief
 And further the city of New Britain boldly maintains upon our board of relief as member, it's representative in Burlington who has the power to have the final decision as to what taxes 1t shall pay.
 And to cap the climax. this rep- resentative of the city of New Brit ain. whenever there may be an issue affecting that city, tries to dictate the policy of the republican caucuses.
 For the writer of this letter. as Is well known, is candidate for Rep- resentative on the Republican ticket this fall. And he has stated publicly that if elected his first act will be to introduce bill compelling municipal water departments to pay taxation upon their plants in outside towns exactly as privately owned water plants are obliged to do, as instance. the New Haven Water Co. and the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co This is nothing more than plain justice and yet because he states that if elected to the legislature he will represent the town of Burlington rather than the city of New Britain. the writer is opposed openly by the representative of New Britain on the floor at the republican caucus, And stranger vet this representative of the city of New Britain has certain following whe openly boast that they will keep the writer from going to the legislature.
 Tn the light of these facts it