The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-09-11

EDITOR ADVOCATE: Sal uniircd iu your last
week. issue that our council has had another
"muss" ON It's iauds-anothcr Aw suit TO 40.
! iudicate. I should have thought that the
Mortimer Seller imurog' 90 would have been
enough for one wel,cmonth's experience,
especially after having done sn great an iu-
justice as to compel the individual % suffer
/ for tho benefit Of The public. nj WAS right
for the borough tu pay twothlrds Of the eX-
pense Ia removing that nuisance, Il was right,
and Just, and honest Tor the borough 90 pay
the whole, and wrong and dishonest tn impose
the other one-thlrl on the Individual. Justice
does not 20 by halves-half right ana half
wrong. In the Obert affair, the question was
is 1t dangerous or risky TO make certain turn
across a certain gutter In the very heart VI the
town? The fact that Mr.. Oboft, after driving
several miles over n country road, beyond
| Wclssport, without upsettlng, and then twice
in succession upsettiug at this identical SPOT
while driving over our excellent borough
roads, Is proof conclusive TO any sane mind
that there was something faulty there
Should this same thing occur To farmer IN
his field or In his lane leading TO his barn.
would he not look into the mattCrand remedy
the fault or drive along some safer place. ]
put the question right to you, would you moi
members Of the Council and Burgess? You
wouldn't listen long to the fellow who would
\ brag and bet that he could cross that place
with four horse team There Is no denying
the fact that the place Is dangerous to make
turn with load OF hay and even with Il
carriage severely strainlng the springs; this
fact I know by experience. Because some
fellows brag that they can make the turn with
four or six horses, does not prove II safe.
You can get fools enough Tor simply notori-
ety's sake alone, who may make the turn with
twenty horses, neither Of these will prove
that Joseph Obert's team did not upset, nor
somebody else break his springs any more
| than the fact that some fool passed through
the Niagara rapids in a butter churn or some
thing like It will prove that Captain Webb
didn't lose his life In the same place, nor win
| it prove that the whirlpool Is a safe place tn
navigate Why Is our council 50 ready to 60
to law in all its differences with Its individual
citizens and neighbols? Why not act more
in the interest of harmony and peace and
| look into matters more judiciously. ask your
selves the question. May there not he some
much cause as there was here, In this Obcrt
affair. Was it not your sober second thought,
that compelled you to do partial justice tC
Mr.. Seller, and should not that experience
have taught you to do justice TO Mr.. Obert
Too? The wisest plan would have been to get
three or five farmers, who are accustomed Il
drive such teams-d -disintereSted paIties-tt
investigate the trouble. especially in the mat
ter of roads and crossings, for our streets ant
cutters and crossings and sidewalks are no
an honor and credit TO our thrifty and boom
ing borough; make it So and bring honor ant
credit to yourselves, and lay aside your pett,
town lealousies, and adjudicate matters be
tween individuals and the public, in al
honest, peaceably inclined spirit, and no
treat them as though they We're frauds anC
mposters, who wanted to take advantage o
you. Yes, in all questions of doubt, give Iii,
individual due consideration Of the same
This is sound law, justice and common sense
A SUFFERER,