Show The Oil Warehouse v b S > SALTJRE CITY Oct 151833 Editor Herald Knowing you to be a chnmpion of the rights of the people I pen you these few Hoes the sentiments 01 the residents hereabouts hoping you will favor me by publishing Sometime ago the taxpayers and citizens ot the Sixteenth ward were surprised to see two large iron tanks located on a corner of u block in the above ward and when we ascertained that a storehouse store-house for coal oil was to be erected ou tht spot we became alarmed and at once a petitiou was signed by upwards of 300 ot the inhabitants of the neighborhood end sent in to the City Council lequealing them if possible ID stop the erection of such a building After the petition was sent in some of thft councilors admitted they had done wrong in permitting said warehouse ware-house to ba ao located and the sooner they undid the wrong the better bet-ter They ultimately made an ordi i nanca against locating buildings for the storage of coal oil within the city limits ex apt under certain conditions condi-tions which came into operation on the 201h of September laat but the council has taken no steps to prevent the storage of oil in that building When the marshal was spoken to about it hd acknowledged they were breaking the Jaw but said he would not take any steps in the matter unless un-less the people would make complaint com-plaint BgainEt it I ask as a taxpayer tax-payer living within the twenty rods limit prescribed by the ordinance wnnther the inhabitants of the mi4 rounding neighborhood should bave the trouble and cither to do away vitb K nuisance that baa been imposEd im-posed upon them by the City Gouncil I tnnk it is their duty to undothe vrong that they have acknowledged to have done or are they going to let a rich corporation rule the t city and tiample 00 the rights of the people break the ordinance of the city deprecate de-precate the value of property and preisnt the progress of the neiglb r ho dj or are they going to stand up like men and protect the rights of the citiznna aa they are elected to do Yours respectfully A RUSTLER FOR EIGHTS |