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Show VATER FOR THE DRY EENCH. The I'enpla Tlu ra ia Snl Ma tV.lhoot It- Ilia Point of View. Editor of Tm: Tim k :. A very lar;;o uiimoer of people, who are very veil; known in this community as "the Dry j lleiiehers," have been lihlin;' the mini-j icipal council of this city for a number ol jcara on the water qtientif.ui. In i t:rr. -s (rono hy larj and enthusiastic 5ii.ir.s met tins have bet n held, and tho old time leaders on tho settlement ofj Ihu water question for thu Dry bench ( will never forget what has tranpired . ihroiiKh tho feelings which have existed j bclwcen them and a few im-u who havo sat iu ttin council chamber of this c:!y, who have expressed them.-eives as be-in' be-in' opposed to the layimr of the water mains w hereby tiio hit;h lauds of thu Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty lir.st wards might bo improved In value, and brought lo a condition whereby it would be possible for a man and family to at les.sl exisl on bis own premises. Tho men living in this locality havo foil l'ht with Kith a detDrmiusiioQ, fully reali.uitf that thov were justly entitled to the r.rfht of deuiaild uir something which would make it possible for litem to live iu ami hold their own homes, and at tnu anie tone prove ono of thu iti-. Hslii tstbe municipal council could possibly inakti for thu bentrlit of this city -Iho'uKli the realization of an enormous revenue, which would be derived de-rived thiouah putting so much pr.perty, wil. i the natural nod consequent conse-quent "improvements which would ipllow, under taxation, that these men Had now commenced to believe that ;)eir flintiest dreams were about to be 'alized. that their continuous ami tin-Airing tin-Airing Plforls were now about to bear he fruit for which they had fought. ) Hut. alas! a dark cloud has at the last moment made its appearance, and lis at the preseut t.me ov.rrhmininpr tho homes of these people, and its shadow are so thoroughly dark arid gloomy they hecouiH almost. Iriglitening. At the very timo when these meu felt they "could iorget and forgive the cruel aels f a few men w ho had deprive, 1 them )f their rights as citi.'-iis for so long, a Uhi.sin t comes to lliem, saying: "A scheme is brooding to deprive us of that which rightfully beloDgs to us, and ,for which we have fought so long." !his unwelcome news, which is now l the lips of every man, woman and ild in this locality, is to the ell'eet that ia or two eouneilmen are determined defeat the enterprise which would be o means of giving them that which cans their very existence water. I do not desire at this time to men-ui men-ui the names of those peiitlemeu who i) credited with having this ungener-is ungener-is sport in view, but desire to ay to fitrni tbat they are about to shoulder mothing which they will find most f distressingly hard to carry. 1 wish to Sail to their'attenlion the fact that tho lioplo of this locality havo (and will .1 ami repudiate nioro than one man nfio has proven falso to them after 'i.-ing Mealed in the council chamber of M is city. When men place themselves if a position whereby they ask lor and eceivc the franchiseTof the people, they 'ire expected to mtvo their constituents j to tho best of their ability, and tliey aro supposed to know tho immediate wants lit those people who placed them ia fjilien of trust and honor. .; Eet us hope there will he no more tfausH for such demonstrations as bus ieen enacted in the part; let us hopo fif no locality whatever in this community commu-nity will io.v.t crti's" '.o reuudiaro any man placed in any oilieo of trust, but that the men who" are chosen by the voice of the people to represent them, i I-vill attend to th be,.t interests of their constituents. I (lent'ei'ieti, the people of the dry f ouch want water, and they want it for Ilia rt'iuou that thi-y cantit't live without with-out it. They havo'exprt-ssed this le-. le-. Hire so ma:iT times, and iu such an emphatic em-phatic manner that thev de not propos? to give up the tight when the object of rheir dearest hopes is io near at hand. E. il. F.auu . . a |
