Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-20
"a Penny wise and Pound Foolish
Policy.

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1 notice an article in your paper By
~Tax Payer" condemning DR.. Atc5ison's
sewerage bill, passe by the City Council at
its lasl meeting. This "Fax Payer" tp-
pears to favor The poor man who lives In
the suburbs of the ci y in small house,
on the ground that sewerage would not
benefit him. Mr.. {" I Y Payer" allow me
to ask You q question? Ia not healthy
city benefit 10 every poor msn? Ii the
city would levy two mius on the dollar,
how much would poor man have to pay
for a thousand dollars in the suburbs? A
mere tTife, Surprising the city would
spend So 600 a year on sewerage, and gl'e
work to two haGdred hands, it would thus
enab the poor people who are now Win
out work, TO make q living, and they would
be better satisfied than living without WORK.
Unless the city starts some improvements,
hog can the poorer class get worn? ana
this sewerage is the most needed. DR..
Atchison's mode is right. After raising
two mills On the dollsr, by taxation, tho
owner on the street ought 20 pay so much
per foot, as two mills would not be suffl-
Gent to construct his sewerage, 1t
is true, Cincinnati property owners pay SO
much foot on sewerage opposite
their property, but the amount they
pay would Lot build sewers here, as I'm
CiDnati bas sandy soil and here 1t IS rocky.
So the two mills are required with what
each property holder pays. DR.. Atchlson
don't want the main sewer built on Church
street, if | understand his pr position
rightly. He wants 1t built south CT Broad
| street, in the bottom, 50 the city can run
! her smaller sewers into it. Mr.. "Iax ray
err" do you want this main sewer Duht IN
| West Nashyiil.? Should man commence
at the top Of bis house and build down TO
| the foundations? We want two hundred
men at once making sewers for the
| benefit of the city and th5 health OF
| our families hereafter. Health IS OF more
| value than our money. "DoD'G be penny
| wise and do lar foolish" IS heretofore.
| Intelligent young men of Nashville, raise
| YOUR voice against these old fCgles ana Try
] to start the sewerage system, as you nave
| tie promise oflong life before you, and you
will have healthy atmosphere Tor your
| children. Don't wait for five years longer,
| until sickness again comes amongst US, ss
| life is sEeeter than money. Commence
now in your young days and don't die OF
disease from want of cleanliness In your
| city, ike = e have experienced in the last
| few weeks. Don'G live with dirty lots at
the back of your houses as heretofore; L
know of a house where the family
put fifteen barrels Of ashes and
garbage on the sidewalk dur
| ing tue worst part Of the sickness. Is
this the way to keep a clean city. | say
no. have travelled in tTenty-one States
of be Union and a good portion of Europe,
and | have never seen the like. So hope
DR.. Atchison's sewerage system will be
commenced at once, as the city Of Nashville
has lost over two million of dollars by this
last scourge. This should be q sufficient
warning to keep our city a little cleaner
hereafter. In conclusion, lite is sweeter
than money, and can't be bought.
III. MCCORMACK, Taxpayer.