Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-31
SHALL We RELAPSE INTO BAR
EARrSN.

Msder. In his pUEgsnt way tie Captain
lets it be known that Carson City IS or
the brink OF al almost fathomiess chasul,
the straight trail toward which is made
al the more accessible by certain chin
crical sidewalks, lined on the one si,i5
with policemen and on TIE other with
cottouwoois, and along whose peEiious
,ou-ss walk nIultitu1es OF poor widows
whose lot in lie il made constan;
,Eockcry by the eo-rallins Of their COW.
and IL. milking of the sa.as by the cruel
hand OF municipal tyranny The pic
lure lie thus draws is only ezcolled III
torrifyiEg details hy the imaginary dr;f!
he makes upon the purses Of this already
somewhat heavily taI-r;dden community.
But let US examine the Captains sketch
and see # he hasn't oyerIEawn it:
Hs tell. rs that 70 put i'll force the
ordinances ROW eAtant Will require three
addiiiona. police OF deputies, costing in
al, forty-eisht hundred dollars per
,eag" Well, now:-Why not double OF
treble this amount while You are about
Z, Captain Imagination has To
bounds, and why hot imagine = rlinccIy
corps Of Cnnstables rugged out with tGi!
81 : OF blu, and armed with bIacktho7u
clubs, and fancy caps and silver stars
AL W. ST 5, AMI al that, aud denc
with il Or, to take the other tack.
and remind ones self tia. il ten years
there has besa but one roba.ry parpetra-
,el upon cur streets that no inpor-
t.n. theft has been complained
=: for years that three additional
policeman are no more needed Lsrs than
Ihre. additional Town Trs.tees; and
ihat il Is the easiest and simplest thing
n life to repeal tho said absard or,li-
Hancc;-vhat, then, becomes of this
part Of the Captains first statement:
AID then, to nail this matter to the wall.
and so have done with the chief absurd
ity Of our friends Indictment, We hay.
only 20 refer to the law under which this
town government is maintained and to
quote the language of the third clause Of
the first section, IS follows: The
Boards of County Commissioners shali
have power, etc. = To Isvy tax. not
exceeding one per cent Per anEum upon
The assessed value OF all the real ami
personal property situated in said town
y city, made taxable by law for State or
county purposes. Thee is no getting
ever this; and SO, unless we can hire
= thIee additional policemen at 4 rate
Of wages far below that at which capable
men are usually employed, Tie ordinance
g likely to prove a dead letter
As TO repsaling the hog-ord;nance and
permitting this, the Capital OF the State
% relapse into ,wine-wallow, we don't
believe that there is anybody among Us
g slovenly and indifferent to appearan-
res as to desire any such L misfortune.
Tie Captain makes an estimate of the
probable cost of constructing system Of
sidewalks and sewers. placing the maxi
mum cost at $50 600 If the work can
lie done for that sum we earnestly be
.is,e it would be the very best invest
-nent The people of Carson could make
4 th-v would authorize such an eIp.ndi-
lure.
With regard 10 the proposed COW ord;-
nance ls. US say: We doubt if there he
mother Capitol City in the United !
States where the soiournins Scion 5
as he perambulates the /,
ess frequented streets, with s.rs. |
solon upon his arm, to carry
. revolver to protect the wife of
his bosom and the children of his heart |
from the herds Of vicious kline who |
irown his eloauence with their untimsly |
owing. We also question the necessity |
or the poor widow to pasture her
,ows in the streets, especially if any of i
hose cornuted beasts are OF a vicious
,abi; and given to hooking. Moreover,
Z, out Of consideration for our less |
wealthy fsllow-citizens we should permit
hem to turn their cows into the streets,
shy not do the princely thing at once
nd compel the destruction of all fences
nd other barriers which interpose them
elves between TIE widows COW and the