San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-29
MORE GOOD SPEECHES
On the watcrworks Question Sat
day Night.

day Night.
Last Saturday night the taxpayers
who were opposed to the purchase, held
another good meeting at Mission Garden
Pavilion. The audience was enthusi-
astic and the speeches were good and
straight from the shoulder"
A speech was called for from Judge l..
c. Grothaus and he addressed the audi
ence. He announced that he had secured
Mission Garden hall Monday night for
speaking, of one of the partners, when Mr..
Kramer came around and also secured it
for Monday night. This being the case he
had offered to divide time, even expenses,
with them. He had gone farther and Of
fered to pay the entire expenses if the ad-
miniStration men would dare to divide
time with them.
Mr.. Grothaus reviewed the work of the
investigation committee that had re-
ported last Thursday. Five men of that
committee favored the purchase of the
works at, reasonable, price, and
two Others opposed it at
any price whatever. They had
before them the city of Philadelphia. he
said, where the factions would use the city
waterworks and its employees in the poll
tics of the city.
He noticed in the papers that Mr.. CAL
lahan said that the bonds were twenty
year bonds, they were not. The mayors
proclamation says fifty-year bonds, and
that is what we are to go by. There was
a clique, he said, that would use its in
fluence in this matter. but it would have
to be fought down. At this juncture AL
derman Reiman was loudly arguing the
matter with one of the walters; inter-
rupting the speaking, but the speaker ad-
dressed few words to him and the fat
alderman subsidized.
Mr.. GrOthauS said that We would have
to raise that 10 per cent sinking fund as
sure as we are raising IL now on that
s250OOO improvement fund. The people
talk about the very high water rents.
Whose fault is it? 1t is the city councils,
for the charter expressly gives the city
He asked that we wait with the purchase
until the legislature chang IS the 10 per
cent to 2 per cent sinking fund, as we
could purchase six months later Just as
easy.
Mr.. Newcomb was called for and spoke,
saying that the equalization board was
setting" and Matching out another
assessment. In case this proposition car
ries, they foresee that the taxes will in
crease, and consequently they are raising
the assessed values so that there will not
be a perceptible raise in the rate, but the
tax payer will have to pay the increase
just the same. He denounced Mayor
Callaghan for calling Col. Green and Col.
Wright ignOramuSeS because they said
the bonds were unredeemable for the next
fifty years. He said that the proclamation
said fifty years, and that is what we are
70 be guided by. This proclamation says
fifty years, and that does not mean TWEEN ~
TearS. He urged that every man come
)ut to the polls tomorrow and cast his
vote. as the city can save one million dol
ars by waiting. He also wanted to know
Why the city should give the payment in |
ponds when our bonds can be sold at a
premium. Mr.. c. NJ. CarSner came out in |
. rOusing straightforward speech, with
some Herculean ticks at the figures
If the opposition. The 10000
horse power at the head of the river came
n for its share. If there is any current
hat has 100000 horse power, it is Niagara
'alls, and even that has it not. 1t was not
In error in figures, for Mr.. Madarasz has
written it out in words, two hun
lred and fifty thousand horse
power. If they had all that water |
power, why do they need the steam
Engines up there? In conclusion he said |
hat perhaps the $4,000 horse power |
would be developed at the polls by the |
Mexican voters. The meeting then ad-
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