Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-09

particularly with reference to eff
Improvement Of service rendered by
public utilities.
Bonding OF sealer Of weights and
measures for strict and impartial per-
Torrance of duty.
Consideration Of methods Of munich
pal accounting and budget making.
Definite school building program,
particularly regarding location ana
adaptability Of school buildings.
Proper use Of municipal buildings
for community benefit.
Provision for parks. Fairgrounds
and community centers with particu-
lar care for the needs Of children.
This in brief Is the argument in IA
vor Of city planning. Not city on
earth has attained the degree of eff
cheney that is easily within its reach.
The next speaker was Arthur Daviau
Of the Holmes-Swift Company. Mr.
Daviau said:
any daily work has furnished both
the topic and the material for this ad-
dress this evening. It has awakened
in me the great necessity Of special
appeal to you interested citizens, and
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The speaker then stressed loyalty
to home industries, citing many cases
where the consumer could do as well
IL not better by boosting home pro-
ducts than in sending his purchasing
power out Of town.
He suggested that the local chamber
Of commerce have q rest room, and
that this room be used also for the
| display of products made In Watervlile
and Winslow. He said that there was
no reason in his mind why the cnam.
Der Of commerce membership 0oulo
| not be increased from about 200 mem
bers to 500 or more.
John F. Choate, former com
| mander Of the George N. Bourqu'
| Post, American Legion, and mem
| Der of the board of directors of the
| Chamber, then addressed the meet
| ing, saying on the subject OF civf
| service:
There are some subjects that art
4. above controversy because of tht
| very preponderance of evidence ant
| tina very magnitude of public opin-
| ion. Civil Service for our Police de.
partment is one of these. 1t is SAFE
| to say that the value of civil service
Is self-evident to every thinking mar
and woman in this room. 1t has ev'
I erything to recommend 1t over thu
present system under which we are
working.
Placing our police under civil ser.
| Vice Is but a continuation OF wha
we now have in both our schoo
system and in our fire department.
| Our police force cannot be eff
cient under the present spoils sys'
tenn
It is unfair to the men who maxi
up the department from year to year
They gain year or two of expert
erfce and are ousted from their job'
with the attendant loss both to then
and to the city.
Let committee from the Cham
Der OF Commerce. American Legion
and any other nom partisan organ
izations who wish to do so, call upor
the Democratic and Republican city
committees for conference. At thi!
conference. let plan be evolved
| which will be. fair to everyone. Their
let all of us back the plan, see 1
| through the Legislature which meet!
in three more weeks and make civil
service become a fact at our mum.
cipal election this spring. II tn,
people OF Waterville are really pro-
gressive and honestly want an up.
to-date, efficient police force, VIZ
will do no more pickering but viii
act at once on this important piect
of civic betterment.
Judge Charles W. Atchiey in al
instructive address summarized the
work Of the Chamber In the past, and
suggested things that might be ac.
complished in the future. HIS speect
In part was as follows:
| Business and professional men and
women, everywhere, are coming tt
realize more and more the value Of q
| Chamber of Commerce. or some likely
| organization, to community. It Ii
] not only of great value to commune