Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-20
THE WATERWORKS.

EDITOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ago, IL
company with substantial taxpayers OF The
city, ! appeared before the mayor, attorney
and councilmcn of Lexington, asking them
in co nsideration of the then existing strin'
gency in monetary affairs, and the approach
Ing seventies of wintry weather, to forego'
for Il time, the collection of water tax, which
| thought might not time has
proven was not-needed to meet a legitimate
demand of the contracting party. My re-
quest for delay was denied. The wise, con-
scientiOus gentlemen, in their observance OF
a solemn contract, the provisions OF which
they conceived involved their morality and
the city's honor, ordered the collection OF the
levy. Ny friends and L have proper receipts
for the payment thereof. Therefore, it Is
from these circumstances-that feel emDoio-
ened to ask, through your columns, his
honor, the mayor, the city attorney and
councilmen. in a most respectful manner, If
the same pungent suuce, with which they
prepared, 50 appetizingly, the cooked goose
that laid the golden egg-will be an attending
cOncOmitant to the gay and festive gdnder.
"Sec. 3. That all streets, lanes, alleys,
roads, and Otuer public places, shall be LETT
in as good condition As practicable, after the
pipes are laid, and the sand streets, lanes,
alleys, roads, and other public places, to be so
used AS not TO Interfere in any manner Win
the free and unobstructed use or the same DY
the city and citizens thereof, except during
construction"
Is Gentlemen, to what extent, in what man
ner has the expressed aud manlfestly implied
provisions of this section been complied
with !: Perhaps that quarantine, the upheav-
al OF McAdam and mud, attesting somewhat
TO the company'S enterprise, which in monu-
mental submits still opposes the approach OF
vehicles to the curb in front of our most
attractive mercantile establishments, and the
memory of Il valued steed in orderly process
sion mired, begged, lost, in one of the half
filled trenches the frightened inmates of an
mnibus engulied last Saturday night in L
ravenous vortex on South street-incidents
grouped. with the suit against the city for
$4,000 damages for injuries in one OF Its
College street chasms, will aid you in res
ponding.
"Sec. 10. That said Lexington Water
Company, or assigns, shall file with the city
register, within ten days from the passage of
this ordinance, a penal bond in the sum of
-, 1000 for the faithful compliance with all the
conditions of this ordinance or contract, and
any failure to file SAID bond, or any failure to
accept this contract in time specified. or any
failure to commence the work within the
time specified, Or any failure TO complete the
work within the time specified, shall work. a
forfeiture of this contract, but said penal
bond shall be In full force and effect"
Mr.. Editor, MIR. Mayor, Mr.. Attorney and
gentlemen of the city council, by u strained
construction and strict enforcement of an
ordinance Inconsistent with equity, as l
verify believe, from a misrepresentation of
duty Oh your part. money has been exacted
of the people of Lexington as a tribute to
designing parties, who deliberately planned to
defraud them.
But my purpose now Is to ask you Ii this
ordinance, in all of its constructions, has
been applied unto others rs undeviatingly as
it has been to usi At your behest we have
rendered unto Cesar. Doth he in upright
ness respond to the terms nominated in the
law Investigation, made this day, de-
velops the existence of a bond given by
Caesar CO, the waterworks or the man in the
moon,w whose intrinsic substance, for aught
we know, may not exceed the value of. q
mouthful of moonshine, yet there is security
thereto, but when 1 descended from the
council chamber to the door, I was greeted
by a placard that announced two of our
worthy merchants, representing jewelry and
clothing firms, had brought a suit of attach
ment against the first named of the bonds
men, the most Aonore- agent of the man in
the moon, him who inaugurated, at this
place-(see Attorney Blackwelps orders
for arresting violators of the Sabbath)-the
brush burners mode of utilizing Sunday.
This security, as these merchants make oath,
has a~tdconded, absents himself from view,
and county, to avoid payment of his just
debts, due to them, for ornaments and wear
ing APPAREL 'sThose who have ears to hear
let them hear" Respectfully,
JOHN REID.