Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-06-19
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THE NEW STREET.

S"''S' III 'o'oi VI Iiu!HttH III INC great
case OF Street or no Street" over the sigma
turc of"O. p. o. Deldock." AS purpose
tosay few words on behalf of the defend
ant in this case, and desire in so doing to
shorten wherever l can, might begin
by abbrcviating your correspondents
nom de plume as it is difficult to write,
and may have to write it several times.
presume the name means thatsapo-
naceous camphurated linimcnt composed
of solution of soap and ardent spirits,
and sold i'll small vials under the name
"Opodcldoc," SO, for short, 1 will call
your correspondent simply 'liniment," it
is more easily written. Now, then, in
his communication your correspondent
premises by telling us that all said here
tofore by the anti-strect citizens amounts
to assertion. He wants facts, but look
in vain through his argument to lind out
anything more than assertions on his
part, without any facts in support of his
position. I take his whole argument,
and sitting out the vast amount of chaff
with great difficulty discover his PROPOSE
tion to be this
That inasmuch MS there are some de-
sirablc lots in Russell Street, the owners
OF which are unwilling to sell at any 9th
or price .han that fixed by themselves; !;
therefore, there should be another street
cut on which the people can build, when
the grand influx Of settlers takes place,
which "linimcnt" prophcsies.
.. That Mt some future day there will
be IL demand for lots, and that therefore
an irrespective of the present condition Of
our people, we should not wait for the
demand, but make street ut once. |
gather these as his propositions summed
up; and | imagine his argument will so
strike any one who reads it.
Now, l presume it will be conceded
that the lot owners in Russell Street have
q perfect right to estimate the value of
their property Mt just what they please,
and no power OH earth (savc, perhaps,
the dcspotic, arbitrary power under
which we now exisD can compel one
single lot owner to sell his property at
any less amount than his own valuation.
If persons desiring to purchase these lots
are unable to pay the price demanded,
then SO much the worse for the purchaser
and perhaps so much the worse for the
lot-owncr who may desire to sell, and yet
be unwilling to sacrifice his property
1T holds good US to the owners of lots
OIL Russell Street, does it not equally APP
ply to lot-owners i'll every part of the
town? Then, when this new street is
made by which so many persons will be
accommodated with desirable building
lots" will not the same right be awarded
to the lot-owners OH that new street, as
the lot-owncrs ON Russell Street enjoy, of
fixing their own price on their own prop
of fixing II price beyond the means
OF purchasers of refusing to sell ut all :?
How then can this new street hold out
any certain inducemcnt by which this
vast horde Of immigrants will be drawn
here to settle? Is there not the same ob
lection ns to Russell Street? Have none
of these lots yet been bought up for spec
ulation?
If, then, the new street will do no
more for purchasers of lots than Russell
Street has done; what benefit, thus far,
will the new street afford? wherein will it
tend to the increase of the inhabitants of
Orangcburg? Now. I.inimcnt," chafi.
ing, says: Because scheme does not
Suit them" Il. e. tax-paycrs) "thcy are
opposed and cry "cui bono" 1t is
'about time that men should forget the
"old rule (Which p and learn to act for
'the very interest of the whole commu-
"nity." What old rule he means, don't
know but all good citizens agree that the
public welfare should be paramount no
doubt; yet all good citizens have right
to be satisfied that, in making private
sacrifices the good of the whole is ad-
vanced, before they are called upon to
make such sacrifices; and 1 say that the