Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19
ANSWER TO "cITIzEN. :"

EDS. RECORD UNION II one was to look
deeper into the meaning of the communica-
ton of {" Citizen" appearing in your issue of
this morning, one would naturally come to
the conclusion that either great ignorance was
display ed by our city officials, or, even worse,
that they are not in earnest in curtailing the
expenses Of the city wherever it is possible
without endangering the city.
The writer has trihing knowledge of water
Tor iquids) in more ways than one. He
knows when it applies to pressure that sew
erai columns of water, no thicker than lead
pencil, will, when properly confined, raise
one of our largest buildings here.
He further believes that the pumps can
carry out what "Citizsn and his betting
men claim, and more even than he claims for,
but about the time "Citizen has his stream
squirting over steeples and exhibition build
ings IN an extreme quarter of the city, there
may be a little hubbub in the lower part of
the city, where the pressure, owing to friction
generally within the pipes, will have to be
correspordingly higher. and as the pipes are
not new, they would have to make room to
let the water out. Ii Mr.. Gutenberger and
the officials at the water works are not aware
of this fact it would be strange indeed. 1t
may be supposed that the faith in both the
pumps is strong, but not in our pipes.
The writer was not aware that our Fire
Department was used as political vehicle"
TIE observation made the past three years
showed that fires here are generally put out
in brief space of time, and if they are not,
and any flaw in suppressing 1t is manifested,
our reporters are ever ready TO have it
brought before the public in the leading jour
mails b re. II anything is well managed, and
appta-s to be beneficial to community,
credit ought TO be given, no matter what
party has control of the city.
The undersigned claims to be no politician,
but intends in the future to vote only for
men who are qualified and fully inter sted in
the city's welfare, and this is to his benefit
Ii by saving so and so many dollars in one
direction of city ten times the amount is
constantly at the risk to be lost, then it seems
wiser to make provision 20 prevent the les,
even il few cents mere taxes have to be
paid.
Provision against FIRE and water, our water
works ard the educational department are
items which ought never TO be overlooked il
the curtaiiiug Of our city taxation. If the
youth, in al educational point OF view, has
to sent into the living, moving world
scarce half made up" only because the
taxpayer saves so many dollars, then civiliza-
ton has very little to boast Of. If our city
must be placed at the mercy Of the deluges
stored up in the distant mountains, and the
fire that may overwhem it, only because
soma larger profits aye added by diminishing
taxation, inLeed we are saving at the very
wrong end, as time may prove, if the wrong
men are elected to Office, it matters very Lit.
tie who they are, Democrat Or Republican.
1t seems IL this city nothing can be sug-
gested or pointed ou9 without raising sus.
piciou that something political of a suspicious
nature turks behind, or some one not of the
rd-politician striue IS huugeriDg after some
lucrative Office. The undersigned wants it
fully understood that he is not writing FOR
any politica! clique, but in every csse, when
it concerns this city, would like to curtBil
taxation, even at the risk Of psying q trife
more one year to establish better security
the next. ana city must necessarily be
guarded from ali points. If one member of
q living being viii be manned, the whole
body win suffer, and this may be applied to
city also. Therefore prevention is better
than a cure. PROGRESS.
S.crsTnprto January Is 1884