The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-04-02
Correspondence Baisi~Ore CoHaty CaioH.
NOT A PLEASING OUTLOOK.
BAtr,uonv. March 29,h. IssI

BALTIMORE, March Goth, 1881.
Msssrs. Editors We amiable citizens Of "easy. .
going Baltimore are at present wrestling with u
complication OF untoward circumstances.
The three gas companies with which we have
hitherto been afflicted have consolidated, thereby
acquiring triple power for squeezing the peoples
pockets, aud our gas bills have enormously In
creased whilst the article furnished has dcterorn-
ted In greater proportion, the learned % and
efficient ~ inspector Of oils and gas TO the con
trary notwithstanding.
Then the compulsory drinkit Of the yilest sewer
water, or something equally offensive, possibly the
essential oils Of decomposing humanity or Of dead
hsh or others Of the brute creation, for which our
very expert Water Board can furnish no adequate
explanation without some trouble or expense 10
themselves, whilst contract with the city Is for
pure water, FOR which supposed pure water pay
most exorbitant rates, Is causing grave apprchsn.
sion - TO what will be the effect Of Julys burning
sun upon this already noxious luid.
Worse, if possible, than this. after mcckly en-.
during the biting severity Of n protracted winter
under the delusivc anticipation Of enjoying cheap
ice In abundance for the coming heated season, We
ape met at the threshold Of summer with the dis.
gushing intelligence that the entire crop harvested
and housed upon the Susquchanna and further
north has been attacked by the moiL, causing u
large decrease In the supply and insuring heavy
advance In price. Accompanying this comes
cheerful information Of the annual failure of the
Tc increase our discomfort some Of you county
people will persist In parading your wild Texas
steers and swill.fed swine with their aromatic
fragranees through many ofour principal thorough
fares 20 the terror Of timid women and girls aud
tho delectation Of all boys. to which must be join
cd the idiotic fuss made by certain individuals
about our children skating upon rollers In some
OF the public squares.
To crown all, we Democrats have tn mourn Ma
homes apostacy. Malone och hone.
Would not such an array Of grievances create
an impression that Baltimore Is n first rate place
those Aforesaid, tho ID. o. Railroad Company
succeeds In acquiring through line to New York.
thus RELOCATING Baltimore from is position as n
terminus TO that Of way station;
am no friend TO monopolies, whether they be
gas companies, railroad companies o, political
rings. and am strongly Of the opinion that an en-
tire change, not only in our water department.
but In all our municipal departments, from Mayor
down or mp, would meet general approval. Mind t!
! do not mean change Of parties, but Of Office
holders. We need meH In Office, not politicians
The Offices should not DO portioned out to the
friends Of successful candidates upon the plea Of
rewarding party services, and " II could once DO
established that honesty aud competency were alb.
solute requirements and that no politician, such,
should hold any Office Of profit or trust, our city
would soon be relieved Of n lot Of incompetent,
pretentious servants who seem modcstly 20 con-
slider all such Offices hercditaments. There are,
however, holding positions under the present
regiMs, few notable exceptions, men thoroughly
qualified for the duties devoiving on them, but
they must have gotten In through some mistake
Of the managers, for Il has apparently never been
the policy Of the Democratic party 10 reward its
true and faithful servants, tried and proven, hut
usually when q man has shown himself especially
worthy he has been turned down 10 make place for
q more feribie party. Vide the displacement Of
the statesman, W. Pinkney whyte, the most ne.
eomplished and deservedly popular Senator that
Maryland has had for moro than one generation.
Perhaps this is treason. IL so, In the words Of
Patrick Henry, make the most Of Il.
Faithfully, CngsAPEARg.