The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-09-18
We are respectfully yours,
A CARD FROM MR.. NOBLE.
accordingly

To the Editors OF the Tribune:
DEAR SIRs:-My attention has been
called to your notice of my wall at
the river bank, in last weeks issue OF
your paper, in which is made n little
insinustion toward the City Council,
which does that body injustiee and
presuming that you will set right any
wrong done, L wish to call your atten-
tention to the facts. The part Of the
notice to which allude is as follows :
In this connection it might be well
to say that the city built wall along
the street there, and put it back from
the river proper some forty or fifty
feet. all Mr.. Noble now has to do is
build wall at the river for one side
of his building, and use the wall al
ready built for the other side, thus
saving to himself the building of one
wall. 1t is charged that the city wall
was ''put up job" for the benefit OF
Mr.. Noble, who is Councilman.
How is it?
Who makes the charge that it was
"a put up job" and where is it made?
Why not make it before the Council,
or at least in his own name?
The truth is, this "city WALL" as 1t
is called, was never built by the city at
all. 1t was included in the Water
street improvement, the whole cost OF
which was taxed upon lots on that
street, of which my lots are assessed
to pay their full proportion.
The contract for this work was let
long before 1 ever thought of becoming
a Councilman; but feeling interested
to have the work well done near my
own residence, 1 put in bid to do the
work at a lower price than any one
else; whereupon . large portion of
it, including the said "city wal, !" was
awarded to me, and was done by me.
If did good job for less than any
other man would, and at the same
time took care of my own premises,
who has the right to complain?
And if after took this work, 1 was
elected a Councilman, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the lamented
death of Judge Johnson, which is the
fact, what has that to do with it
Let me say further, that have done
more than 500 worth of work at my
own private expense for the benefit Of
that street, before this Improvement
was made; yet saw no complaint in
the newspapers, or elsewhere, for my
so doing. L am now building q re-
tanning wall some twenty feet into
the public street, to reach the bridge
abutment, and which viii greatly i'm
prove the street at that point, at cost
of, say 500 or more, yet no complaint
is made about that part Of my wall.
Water street is very narrow and
crooked between Washington street
and the railroad. 1 have given a part
of my own premises to make it wider
and less crooked. Iapprehend no one
will complain OF this either. 1t may
be that this street wall can be made
of use to me in building, yet am not
sure of 1t. But whether IL can or moi
matters nothing.
There was no put up job about it.
I took no part for or against the Water
street improvement before the CoGn.
ell, but when the work was ordered
and the letting come on, 1 sent in my
bid, in writing, and was afterwards
notified that the work was awarded
to me, and gave bonds and did il
without word ever passing between
me and the Council, or any member
Of it, on the subject, to my reeoIlec
ton, at any time.
Yours, w. p. NOBLE.