Show AGAINST THE sprinkling TAX THE city council have made an order declaring a large portion of the city one sprinkling district and making the assessment ton ten cents cento per frontage foot whether the property be situated on tenth east streets street fifth west street or on main street the injustice of the uniform assessment when compared with the benefits derived in different parts parte of the city is apparent at a glance A protest to is being generally signed by the taxpayers in the outlying sections it should be presented to the city council tomorrow evening we would suggest that those who have not already signed the he protest do so ao not later than tuesday morning we believe the paper can be found at the stores and some other convenient places if a majority of the frontage taxpayers protest then the scheme will be killed otherwise those liable to be affected by the injustice notice will have to pay the tax or contest its collection in the courts protestation is in the cheaper method last season there were numbers of property owners who objected to the tax prevailing then as too nigh high others complained that they won were served with notices while the sprinklers lers had never appeared on the streets on which their premises fronted still another classo class composed of people residing in the outlying localities instated that sprinkling was of no practical use to them and they did not desire it in answer to these objections the council propose this season to increase the area of the sprinkling district and raise the tax to a higher figure this kind of relief shown that when the children of the city fathers ask them for bread they give them a stone when hey ask for a fish dish they give them a snake sign and send in the protest against the raising and unjust application of the sprinkling tax |