The Nevada Democrat., 1857-09-16
NEVADA. WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. le, 1851.
Tho snecinI ELECTION.

The Special Election.
To-day the citizens of Nevada are called up
on to vote for or against the proposition to
supply the city with water for protection against
ires For the interests and future prosperity
of our city, there has never been an election
held of 50 much local Importance, and it is there
fore to be hoped that every tax payer at least,
will deposit his vote upon the question 1t is
probable, that the contract upon which the peO-
pie are to vote, might have been made more
definite in some respects, but of its real inten-
tion and meaning, there cannot be the shadow
of doubt The object of the work is to sup
ply the city with water for fire purposes and
for the carrying out of this work in good faith,
the contractors propose to execute bond, to
be approved by the Board of Trustees, and the
amount to be fixed by them If they fail to
supply water for the purposes named, they will
not only forfeit their bond, but also all rights
and privileges of supplying water to the citi-
zens, which they otherwise might have secured.
The objections which have been urged against
the contract were first startedby interested par
ties Two propositions were presented to the
Board, and as that Of McRoberts & Co.. was
deemed the most advantageous for the interests
of the city, it was ordered to be submitted to a
vote of the citizens. The parties whose propo-
stion was rejected, having no direct interest
themselves in the future prosperity Of the town,
Immediately commenced raising objections to
the proposition of McRoberts IL Co., which at
length found publicity in the Journal. These
objections have no force in themselves, and were
started merely to defeat the project. They
como too with bad grace from paper which
fcommenced the earliest and exhorted the latest
for water" but which has never yet suggested
practical idea upon the subject. While the
Journal has been harping upon the necessity of
protecting the city from fire, and telling the
people what they already knew, that ifthe place
was again burned down great many Of our
citizens would be ruined, we have been at work
endeavoring to get up plan to bring in the
water, to prevent, if possible, the recurrence of
such calamity; and if the proposition now be-
fore the people, is, as charged by that paper,
our "bantling," it is only made so from the
fact that we have taken more than ordinary in
terest in getting il up. 1t is, however. no more
our "bantliug'' than that of the other members
of the Board of Trustees, and we have no inter
est in the matter which is not identical with
that OF other citizens of the place.
The contract is now before the people for
item to approve or reject. We make no pre-
tensions that it is perfect, but believe it to be
sufficiently explicit to answer all practical pur-
poses. Ifit is approved, the work can be com
pleted in time to protect the city during the
greater portion OF the next dry season; while
on the other hand, should it be rejected the
time necessarily consumed in perfecting ancth-
er contract and submitting it to q vote Of the
people, will delay the work to so late period
next summer, that ii will be Of little benefit M
til the summer Of 1859. Our only desire is,
that the citizens of Nevada should act in this
matter as their judgments dictate, and what we
have said has been more with the design Of cor
recting the statements of parties interested in
defeating the measure, than ofintluencing votes.