The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-14
"Presto, Change 70

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There is. from time to time, inquiries
and criticisms made about the duties of
our City Fathers. An old dilapidated,
cast of church, discarded as a fit place
to worship God, is in use for Town Hall.
About one half of all the sidewalks that
were built from Is to 20 years ago are
worn and rotted out. Miles of bitches
running Zig-zag all over town, under brick
blocks, under sidewalks in their natural
channels, just as they did when the world
came rough hewn from its maker, with
slop drains running into them wherever it
can be done by parties near them and
made a common receptacle for the rubbish,
old wornout tinware, boots, shoes, dead
dogs, cats, ashes, and used as sites for build
ing barns, stables, hog pens, heneries, out
houses making cesspools of filth that in
the hot dry days of July would ont smell
all the conglomerated stinks ofthe internal
regions. Then Spring and Fall, oh, such
horrid roads, and neither paved, nor grav-
eled. Is it strange, Dear Editor and tax
payers of the village of Wellington that
there can't be found six men for Council
men and one for Mayor that will build a
nice Town Hall, repair the sidewalks
make a good, ample sewer that shall carry
off all the unsmellable perfumery and
filth, pave the streets, fence the Park, and
supply the village with water? The above
mentioned things all ought to be done.
Now comes the question why are they not
done. Just simply because your Council
have not the funds to do it. There is not
now sufficient funds for the year with
the closest economy to keep the streets and
crossings in decent repair. Last year
your finance committee reported to the
County Auditor the amount of funds need
ed. 1t was cut down, and then after the
tax list came out your Council were sharp
ly criticised for levying so much tax. 1t
was said by our taxpayers, why, you are
making the per cent of tax as high as that
of Elyria, Oberlin and Lorain. No reason
was given why they should not, and
there are many why they should be as
high. Now is il not true that in the form
er years there has been q neglect of COM
mencing what ought to have been done,
and instead of working ON a apractical plan
of drainage, money has been appropriated
by and through individual influence with
out regard to the general public good un-
til the increasing growth of our village
necessitates the assuming of heavy respon-
sibilties that need to be met and it re-
quires money to meet them. And is it
not equally true that there are responsible:
ties binding upon the people as well as
Council. Suppose everyone abutting any
ditch would have local pride and respect
for the claims of cleanliness, health and
common decency to protect their portion
of the ditch from abuses. Is it not true
that if this rule of interest was adopted
that our present imperfect drainage would
be aided 60 per cent? Is it reasonable
sensible or rightto ask man simply be-
cause he is member of the Council, and
without compensation to neglect his own
business and take deep interest in what
your own manhood plainly dictates to be
your own. The story of husband whose
wife interviewed him through a medium
after his death might illustrate the enjoy
ment of Councilman after this life is over
The question was asked, by the loving
wife, as the spirit of my husband pres
entg'' Answer, "Yes" Are you happy ~
Answer, much happier than when with
you on earth" "Are you in Heayeny'
mo, am not" Ex-CoUNCIIAIAN.