The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-13

V'""'Ou COUNCIL,
= special election will be held to d,
> 'ermine whether the people of tn
|. city OF Owosso will authorize III
:, council to issue the bonds of tbj
/; city tor $4,000, the money TO b
" used for public improvements. Tn
simple announcement of this fac
Oh ought to be sufficient to ensure
&c iuli vote, and full vote ought &c
. give just about 900 majority for the
" proposition. THE TINES canno,
comprehend the wisdom or the folly
o OF the man who would vote against
1 hisproposition. On its adoption de.
pends the future growth and prosper.
: NY OF the city. Adopted, and il en-.
sures' almost beyond a doubt, the
increase of our population in five
years to double the present number
ana VIII more than thribble our
manufacturing industries in the same
time, which are to day the life of
owosso and which can be and ought
10 be, so extensive as to make a home
market for all the surplus agricul.
tural products, of the county Of sbi,
wassee.
me adoption of this project is in
the interest of every working man
increase our productive industries :
and you increase the demand for I
labor, and all increased demand for
iaoor ensures an increased compen. ,
sation for the work done. This has :
oeen' still is and ever will be fixed
law, the price paid for labor depends 4
upon the demand for laborers y
Working men remember this fact
next Monday and vote for pub,ic
improvements.
10 adopt this project is to ensure 4
. 'he merchant not only largely -
increased trade, but it ensures a di.
of freight rates on our
ailroads that in five years will pav
very dollar you are asked TO vote p
'ith ten per cent. interest on the in.
estment. You can demonstrate this
ct by a comparison of the rates Won
DIV pay with those paid by your
H.
o'nerS IN trade at Grand Rapids, IN
10 a mathematical computation
at is as simple as the multiplication a
bic. N
10 accept this proposition is to
sure the construction of the
iedo, Ann Arbor & Northern rail.
ID through the county of Shiawas.
from the southeast to the north.
J. corners, ensuring beyond the
siolllty of doubt the trade for Il
osso from the towns that now
am and give life and vitality 70
unna on the east and Ovid on -
west. With roads CONNECTING
the great Wabash. system on the
H. the Michigan Central and the
10 Trunk freight rates, to and n
Owosso would be fixed at CITY
IS which would enable our deal. Sof,,
s"e' prices or'the pro- fOrel
OF the county than could he Tn
at any competing point, to such Tn
xtent as would draw hither the stree
ice from many miles in either IT,
tlon' while corresponding re- Tn
sbin,.d -. - ielsnt on the ming
e our merchants to make good ~ =
S and sell goods at such prices 80, scr
lists nee in al d;rao.;. s.aue 10. lor a speeds
fancy picture, but a simple iu"i'i
em of fact, so often proved Ia n"'e
er business points where com, ou'
~ lively competition, such as ~ ~ qua
result from. bringing these reD.
great railroad systems into ar. Dat
competition ,b., :. :. nv &c M.
to suppose that every man
't understand and appreciate
Its absolute certainty without
attention being called to it.
of the city fully
and the importance of the
n of this proposition and
': Is: 6: +: :: e: :: E: :: Fl; Va
u us, unanimous smah 'a.. vote for r. the SOLID