, 1875-06-07

h'e'pality. 10 tf'ofn Guy 'hs 'nnh.e a'''A
rrorfiatIona IL R1cas hf'a esacoaa Da'''e "'.n'n
whose shadow 1t In sweot to dwell vhllo n
o,ir ,.l,., n c.r ,erord Ia In thtir nycs holror
'my "haIIs ,asa.s "a" aM'''' 40 :" '"''' w"
a'i ah nno''''.las'on. =, .o,,
It is In tho interest OF tho nobIo army Of toa'-
persons having city Iots, and Alilormon WHO fccl
!, ,,,onsa.rv lin, Inv a,,fn,l hnyo thono tols
~ j.. !, .i'o, IT," a,',,,nr,ot,o. IN ho ,na,o III,
]" B'se, l'ns VIZ "ei'.o '1.''" ~ ~ ''"' ~''
B!blo aud, In orlor to roptoHs my INCLINATION 10
aeono,ny IN tl,e ratt OF tic COMPTROLLER, Fl
nnuco Committee 0r Council, their reproaensa-
uyo-ti.o writer ii tho abovc lc.ior-has c1uuo,l
rur ot,EsrloS or wArHn-sGrr1.Y
as tho beht one on which to light t,e hntto OF
o.trnYngar,co Va. economy, or. AZ o would cali It,
of w1go expenditure or extrayagant ntggarLli-
ncan
lila noint ,naIo by tho writor ia, that 10 c,t
dow,, tic appropriation Tor water plirpotcs from
/ mill 10 y; Of a mill, Will deprive tho
i,oarI of pnI1ic Worka Of money wI.icl, In nbao-
i,tcjy peodo for tho extension af tho wa.or Hys-
ten. Thore IL ono thing. lsomoyor, whc! n:a,ds
whoro. and tia, IL that
THE MuSEY 1tAs TO nE nounowED.
Every dollar tnke., from tho estimates Of tho
municipal 11oanls doeroasoH to tlaas oxtcllt tho
trrcst Which NAV bo demanded Of it. To-day
t1o ,nonoy.,norkct NAV bo oasy lo.snorrow It
ray 10 hafj lli.H yoar The city borrowed inrgo
utns Ii, Now York for co1nparativoly short pori-
tls for easy ratos noxt yonr tho condition OF
ttTatrh nay hayo altered, anil tho citv will liAyo
| 10 turn 10 YhyIock for what II ucoda, aud must
,roopt iiB tef1ns Iho amount appropriated
LII las not nil been colleotol, wl,ic,, Ia also
t,uo Of tho tar for 1873. Willie tho
city iB thus slipping deeper aud
fIecner into tho tnoyass Of q floating debt, its
true policy Ia to ccounmize wlloroyor Il eau, and
to coaso to live ain tho Btylo boltt!ng n groat
city" when 1t cannot stFortl 1t. lilo credit Of
civ iH governed hy tho eamo laws az tlat Of MI
I iniytinal; tho deeper In debt either gots tho
moro difficult and expensive borrowing 1ceomes.
EXTENDING THE wATEn aysrE,i.
Tho necessity Of appropriattug tho full amount
naked for by tho board Of Public Works IL do
fendcd OIL several grounds, Quo OF these ID
tito Importance of furnishing wnter to tl!oBe
HoationH not now supplied with It. Tho writer
Hnyp That Of G09 miles OF Htreota In Chicago only
40U arc supplied with water. Tlia ta true, but tt
mutt be ronaulborod that In 1861 thore was n1s-
noxed to CLicaXo q strip m!lea wit1o a1d nearly
Gm!loa long, embracing over. 10 SECTIONS, Which
Is al laid out into strcotH, whose strange nnniea
nre unknown evon to tho hacknen, hut wsicl, is
az yet nothing but lIarc prairie, excepting tho
| fringe Of sottlemctlts OIL ita castorn border.
Within this territory arc scores Of milcs Of
streoks wlleroon no house stands md
where no water Ia noesled except
| to make tho land available for sale and enahlo
roai-estate operators to unload. For II IL owners
of lnrgc tractH ct Ml1Blatlod aud uuoccnpiol
men, WHO wish to get employment for their pots
| OH city iols who are Interested iu extending tho
water Aupply to these remote and nniuhabltod
eoctouB whcso II they Ind their wny, a hydrant
and m advcrtiaing board would be s,e ilsss AiRna
OF civilization. Tho fnct tt. thanks to tho lavish
expenditures Of tho Inst .l,rco yoars, TINT the
1 city is
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