As per configuration_precedence document noted in the c3p0 config doc
(https://www.mchange.com/projects/c3p0/#configuration_precedence) any
setting which is specified programatically may not be overridden by
other external settings such as system properties.  This creates an
issue if an admin wishes to set any of these settings.

In my case I was attempting to have c3p0 shut down all connections
to my RDS instance so that amazon would spin the instance down while
not in use.  Alas it appears that something else seems to re-establish
connectinons every few seconds and prevent my desired behavior. But
before I abondon this approach I figured this would be a good PR
for the project as it will enable others to set this settings as they
see fit and not hit the same roadblocks I hit along the way.

Of note I have removed the maxPoolSize setting as the current value
of 15 is the same as the driver default. The other settings remain.