Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-31
OUR CITY,s FUTURE,

Heavy Taxpayer ON the Situation.
To the Mechanics aud Workingmen of
Nashyiile-The salvation and prosperity of
this city depends upon us. Be sure and re.
turn good and live men to your Council at
the next municipal election, men who will
study the interest and growth of your city.
Supposing the city, for example, should ex.
pend one million dollars on sewerage,
would the city go in debt for these improve
ments? think not. But, on the contra
~, would make money by IL; for should the
contractor employ eight hundred men to
build these sewerages, and pay them daily
for their labor, would not these laborers
spend their earnings for the support of their
families among the tax payers; SO that
when the sewerage was built, the city
would have all het money back and the
city improved in value by health for the
present generation? Let us have the ben
efit OF cleanliness before we depart from
this world. Don't vote for your friend for
the sake of giving him an office, unless he
would make a good Councilman. BY this
method you will be sure of having good
men. You must not look to politics in
voting for City Council-look for live men.
l am heavy taxpayer, and l am not afraid
OF taxes so get value received by improve
ments and giving employment to the work
ing class. Until you do this, you
never will be prosperous peo-
pie. If the next Council would
go to Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
and other northern cities, and stop there for
one month and see how they do things for
the benefit of their cities, would be salts
fed to pay my part of their expense, so they
would bring something of sanitary relief
and general improvements to this city of
Nashville. 'There is room for improve
ment," wake up young men; and don't let
your life be as slow as ours. We
want public improvements; not simply 10
erect fine buildings on the Square that
would cost one hundred thousand dollars;
those improvements are little in compari-
son to public improvements. When Nash
vile will have her sidewalks, sewers and
cutters complete, then it will have
healthy atmosphere, and double itself in
population in less then ten years; wealthy
men with their families will come and live
here to spend their fortunes. How should
We expect any man of wealth to come at
present. Clean up your city before you
invite any one to come, and spend one mil
lion dollars on Nashville, it will enhance in
value one hundred per cent. Wake up! We
are asleep too long; go to work. heard an
oldcitizen remark the other day that "Nash-
vile would be good place after VIII ie."
Let US have the benefit of it now. We can do
the work in one year from now by CON-
mencing at once as we'll as to wait for two
years. The present council says we must
wait little longer and not to be N ahurry.
l think We have waited long enough.
What is your opinion DR.. A?
Writing so much as have for the pros
perity of Nashville, with its mountainous
scenery would like to "practice what
preach" l would like to double my take
for the year 1873 and commence the work
at once on improving our city, and give
work TO about eight hundred hands, that
is if all the taxpayers would do likewise.
"Many hands make light work.. If The
poor man should double his taxes for 1873
he would benefit himself by so doing, as it
would enable him to get work. The rich
man would also gain, as his property
would enhance in value. Thus both
classes would become richer by these i'm
pIovements. This is the view all sensible
men take of this proposition on taxes for
1873. As this will give a good start of
improving the city and raising it from its
filthy condition. Some men are under the
impression Nashville is the clesnest city in
the United States, but are mistaken; but it
could be made the cleaDest of any in the
world So it has all the advanta es over any
city in the W rid. Men who have travelled
over this country twenty years ago can on
ly say We are far b hiEd in Improvements.
Let US commences at once and beaulify our
city. 1t has the best site of any city in the
United States; Louisville and Cincinnati
have no comparison to it. As for Memphis
it is no kin; what makes Memphis ahead
OF US, is live men, l would not give one
foot Of ground of Nashville for six of theirs,
but still they have different set Of people
there who have energy in them. 80 go
to work Mr. Nash wake up your city!
it is the healthiest city in the world, so it
is kept clean. MCC.