The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-02
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THAT BRIDGE. AGAIN,

Mr.. EDITOR We have had a great
many hard things said about MS we have
been called Jealous" "sour," fault
finding meddlesome," &c, but to
have an effusion from Shakespeare hurled
at us is the straw that breaks the
camel's back although we are rather
glad that Mr.. Bray has spoken, as it gives
inspiration to have somebody to talk
back, even If he says silly things that he
dom believe himself, or anybody else.
If this work was necessary to be done
and so obviously right that nine-tenths of
the business men think 1t credit to the
city and county, why does Mr.. Bray in
defending his acts persist in making these
false and misleading statements. lie in-
terrupted me whent stated to the Board
that the bridge was raised three feet. He
denied it and said it was raised but two
feet, and without taking the pains to
measure IT, he repeats the falsehood
again I" We refused to lower It from the
fact that high creek and river swept it
off few years ago. False and mislead-
ing. The river was not high, neither was
it injured directly by high creek, but by
the stoppage of the culvert. Since that
time there has been another culyert built,
still larger than the one recently built by
the Freeholders across Union street, SO
we can readily see there is no further
danger from that source. "Since then
the water has never quite reached 1t. :"
Misleading again, he would try to make
people believe that the water rises nearly
to the bridge. There has not been a
rise In the creek for the past twenty
years that has come within six feet of 1t,
neither was the water within three feet of
it when the bridge was injured, only as it
backed up by the stoppage Of the culvert.
The Board of Freeholders ordered ii up
to it its present height" False. He
stated this to the Board and new repeats
it again. We we're present when 1t was
decided to raise the bridge three feet, and
have no recollection of any other Free
holder being present but DIR. Lilly. "He
was determined that we should lower the
bridge" Not so; we respectfully asked
it. Mr.. Foran, not being of a mechanical
turn of mind and engineering skill, con-
scented, but Mr.. Bray objected on the
ground of expense, (which we think will
provoke a smile when the Board comes to
audit those bills,) and that the Free
holders were trying to economze this
year, and that the Board would have to be
called to get their consent. He knew
better. He says 81 never heard of the
property holders offering to bear the ex-
pense of lowering it," He did hear it
from me, and his reply was that the Free
holders would not consent and Mr..
Ramsey told Mr.. Foran the same thing.
II he had written with the intention to
injure the value of property along tho
creek he could not have taken a more eff
fectual way. He represents us as living
in filth and having the contents of one
hundred ont-houses poured in upon us
every day. " Fibbing" again. There
are not fifty and they do not empty their
contents into the creek. The city pro-
hbits it. The creek is not filthy at the
bridge and culvert. 1t is a matter of
surprise at the absence of any offensive
smell The gas tar seems to act as de-
odorizer. There is no healthier locality
In the city than along the creek. AS to
their need of water from the creek 81
inquired Of nearly every family in that
locality all say they have an abundance
Of good water" Fibbing again. Last
year there were hundreds Of barrels taken
from the creek, notwithstanding its
"filthiness." Tubs, pals, and wheel
harrows were in requisiton for months
and will be this year if the dry weather
continues. 1t has commenced already
and we saw his right hand man carrying
water last week. Now they cannot use
wheelbarrows and It Is with difficulty
they can get up with pals and tubs, and
yet he says the street is better than it was
before. To heap upon those who are in
jured vulgar epithets, such as "sore-
heads and "outside barkers,' is adding
insult to injury, and reflection upon the
good sense Of the people to suppose that
they could be influenced or convinced by
such vnlgarity.
Now we wish to be distinctly under
stood that we do not intend that these
men shall come into our street without
authority and in violation OF law and in
jure our property with impunity 10
advance their political interests.
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