Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-04-12
The Facts IL the Case "


Under the above caption the Bangor
Ca4nercj} Of the 9Th instant. printed tie
follow iug communication
Ellsworth. April ,. l,s,.
T. ti. Eitsr N thC Cem.4.rctH-
! think the Ellsworth AMERICAN has
shout exhausted it.clf lu regard 10 the
Down East Doodle It. last Issue has
an article from the Lewiston JaurHH and
when the readcr> know that it wa. coined
IN the AMERICAN brain and flowed from
the ANFEIC.N pen the AMrELCAN being
tie .yWEars Ellsworth correspondent
they can make due allowance and take IL
for what it i worth. don't think the
Ellsworth people have any sympathy with
IT, and have heard many expressions Of
disgust in regard 70 IL.
The Mason Cushman mil-road j. stu
siel in the most central business part Of
Ellsworth, and the citizens all know what
they suffered from the great fre>hets Of
l--4 and - they also know the CON
ycnicnCc OF the road to the public there
being on il one blacksmith shop, one
steam gri-i mill 1patronlzed by the coun-
" in general. one dwelling house. and
two outlets to other parts Of the city
open and used hy all who wish to say
nothing ~ hundred, Of cords Of wood
given away 70 citizens, by Mason & Cu>h-
man, their teams often being obliged to
wait for other teams to yet out Of the
way.
The Oldest and best taxpayers sug-
ge>ted. a. the work Of rebuilding was 20
ing on. that Mason ( Cushman should be
allowed TO put one-half of their taxes on
the road. it cost some three thousand dol
lars 10 build and repair for the four years,
and the previous owners always hayin.
more or less help from the town and city,
Mason { Cushman. Of course, intended 10
apply to the city government for the same.
But the matter was neglected and put of
from time to time, yet the council knew il
was coming before them, members of it
having often been on the works and one
Of them was street commissioner and e1-
amined the work as it progressed as he
would II it were being done for the city.
Now the members of that city council
are not thieves and rogues. IL was made
up of rough-handed, Woodworking. honest,
business men-the last tnat one would APP
proach to do a wrong act for any man, or
body Of men, and they did what they
thought was right by a hard-wOrking,
honest, business firm, without regard 10
politics or political results.
Mayor Mason did not present his order
to Treasurer King but to Collector Nc
Gown, and took his receipt for the same.
II the AMERICAN will state all the facts
and tell the whole truth. we will not com
plain But | think ii has overdone the
thing in regard TO the matter.
JUSTICE.
Justice has hit wide of the mark. In
the first place the article in the Lewiston
journal was an editorial. and it would be
very absurd to suppose that the editorials
of that paper are ever written in the
AMERICAN office, though Justice" pays
US great but undeserved compliment in
attributing them to US. In the next place,
since our connection with the AMERICAN,
we have written nothing whatever for the
Journal.
We have never said in public or private
that we thought the members of that city
council were 'thieves and rogues." On
the contrary, we have said more than once
that while we thought they meant to do
nothing "crooked" they made veryunfor-
tunate mistake. Their act in voting $500
to Mason & Cushman was wholly unau-
thorized by law, and therefore illegal, as