Show THE CANAL Interviews with Prominent Business Busi-ness Hen on the Subject In view of the great interest attaching attach-ing to the canal question interviews were had with a number of the leading lead-ing business men yesterday the heaviest taxpayers in the city who represent over oce sixth of the taxable property Following is the result Mr T l Jone banker was the first person called upon and to the query Which way will you vote on be oinal question ne replied unhesitatingly I am going to vo eyes e-yes Reporter DJ you mind giving j i your reasons Answer Water is a necessity and I know that my lawns and trees withered through lack of i last season why I bad to carry water out of my cistern to keep tome of my thruba and trees alive Of course 1 had a water right but it would not keep my trees alive when there was no water and I certainly do not wantS want-S recurrence of list seasons experience experi-ence As to the means of obtaining obtain-ing the wbter that I leave t the Guy Council They are men of good dense and are not going to spend money foolishly The only fault I have to find with them is that they do not borrow enough they ought to make it 500000 and improve the city in other respects lay out parks etc In regard to his canal I am willing to leave it entirely to the judjj ment of the Council and to Mayor jit tie they have as much at stake as I have and I dont propose to hunt up evidence to the contrary Hon James Sharp when the query was put to him said I am going to vote yes I want water and am willing ling to trust the Council to get it Tbats all I have to say Hon W H Hooper wia next interrogated in-terrogated HHow will you vote on the canal question captain AI shall T0te yes on general principles The city will not amount to a hill of beans without with-out water all last summer we howled for water and now we have a chance to get it we ought to take i The Council is net coins to tauander tbe money Mayor Little is a practical man and will see tbat the work is properly done Throw the risk on the Council they wont spend a dollar on it until they know what will be the result and i the Council does net do what we expect then well elect some one else General Horace S Eldredge was then approached He said he bad not told any one how he was going to vote I have heard persons diecuss i and have read the articles in the papers on the subject Unless I i chance before Monday I shall vote yes We need water and I am willing I ling the rich should pay for it that the poor may reap the benefit I the canal is a failure the rich are the losers i a success the poor will be the gainers The owners of property prop-erty on this street Main street will receive no direct benefit from the canal they have water but the poor man who has a lot to irrigate will be benefited by i I am willing to leave it entirely in the hands of the City Council and i they fail to manage man-age i properly we can get others Mr Henry W Lawrence when called upon said he had not considered consid-ered the matter and did not know which way he would vote The city actually needs water and will have to get it i we intend it to grow The only question with me is i one as to the beEt method of obtaining it I water can be obtained equal to the demands de-mands it should be got and I am willing to help pay for i but I want to loci sure it will come before I vote for it As to tbe present canal as I said before I have not considered it and therefore cannot tell how I will vote but if it is the moat practicable pan it will have my support The Maw Walker Brothers were next called upon Mr Fred Walker and Mr B G Raybould being in the office were asked their opinions on the question Both gentlemen gen-tlemen stated there was no doubt tbat the city needed water for irrigating irri-gating purposes nnd needed other improvements They had not talked tn matter over but i they voted fct nil it would be yes It was not a question of debt they would be willing to vote for the loan or for a loan of 500000 to get water build sewers and make other improvements They were satisfied that Mayor Little would seethe see-the money properly expended and were quite willing to trust it to him and i the canal was to bring water to the city to irrigate lots with they were certainly in favor of i and would vote for i i at alE al-E Then you would not vote against i ANo tho reason we say i we vote is because we have got out of the habit of doing it for sometime some-time nOne can consider then that you will vote for i AIf we Vote tt alit will certainly be yes Hon Wm Jennings was the next person visited and was found at his borne He was very willing to speak on the subject and talked tbe question ques-tion over freely giving his reasons After stating in his characteristic manner that he would vote yea he proceeded as follows The city needs water as there is not near enough to supply the demand While I live below the water line i I may use the expression and have water a great many of my neighbors live above the line and as a citizen and properly holder I cannot afford to let them go without water as that would be equivalent 1 driving them from the country The people living below the waer line gardeners farmers horticulturists horti-culturists and others sustain themselves them-selves from their gardens and the products of their soil are purchased by citizens among them those living above the water line Now if we want these people to remain here we will have to give them water and i they leave the farmer horticulturist and others while they will have water t irrigate their gardens will have no one to purchase what they raise everyone being able tD raise his own I want to see the city grow and that will enrich every man in it This canal has been one cf my desires for years I have always wanted i The men that pay the heaviest taxes aro those that Ute the least water I pay taxes on my property on Main street I has all the water it needs and i the water supply is increased that pro petty will receive no direct benefit from it I ia the same with others owning property there The wat er will rnaka the city grow will improve everything and will benefit the poor people I am aware that I cannot do good to anyone else in this city without doing good to mysslf and that I cannot do good to myself without benefiting others I will vote yes for the loan and am willing to leave the getiog of the water through the canal to the good sense of the City Council and I know that they will be sure as to the success ol the project before they expend the money on i I am not lokmg out fcr to day nor for next year but for ten years and after How can we grow and beauty this city without water and if we want the city to grow we must gtt water for it that it may be beautified in every inviting I am way and become inviing willing to share my water with those that have none and aeeist others in getting i Mr Aaron Keyser being met was also approached on the question and said he sincerely hoped the sanguine feelings of the HERALD would be realized and that the vote would re suit in the required majority for the loan as the city needed more watsr and now seemed tho best time to work the problem out how to get it He stated that in hia talk with deferent defer-ent persona on the matter he found those who were liable to pay the most taxes if the taxes should be raised were the meat solid for the loan loanJudge Snow who is tt large property pro-perty owner replied in his bland way that he would certainly vote for tho canal and for tne loan and was satisfied that the Councilors knew I what they were about and would seethe see-the money put where it would bring about the desired result Hon John Sharp would have been interviewed but he was not in town Mayor Little and Henry Dinwoodey who are also among the heaviest taxpayers tax-payers in the city being city officials are in support of tbe proposition and were not questioned on the subject A above stated these gentlemen represent re-present over onesixth of the taxable tax-able city property aggregating in round numbers all of 1200000 and if they are willing to vote for this measure surely others can afford to Beiides the pioperty owned by these gentlemen ia nearly all i not all in possession of inalienable water rights and a great portion of it a will be soon from some of tbe remarks above will not be directly benefited in the least by this canal they have nlso the most at stake and yet show every confidence in the Council I looks as though the opposition was coming from those only that are to be benefited bene-fited by it |