Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-09
The Interior system and the out.


fail.
When the vote was cast on the sewer
bonds last August, one of the things
which had much to do with the defeat OF
the scheme was the fact that the ring,
intent on nothing except to have their
own way, fatty refused to separate the
interior system from the outfall sewer.
"You must take that or get nothing"
was the modest way in which taxpayers
were appealed to to vote away million
and a quarter dollars. After the bonds
were defeated by the people, the cha.
grined ring declared that sooner or later
the people would have to accept the plan
proposed in some shape or other.
After lapse Of over half year the
taxpayers are asked to vote again, the
bonds being mechanically cut into three
sections, one series for the interior
system, one for the storm water
drains and one for the outfall.
The people are disposed with much
unanimity to vote the first series of
bonds under proper circumstances. But
there are good many friends of the inte-
rior system who are disposed to doubt
whether the circumstances are proper
In fact it looks as if the ring had cum
ningly devised things 30 as to force the
people now as then to accept their
scheme entire or get nothing. The seq
regation of the bonds into sections is
only apparent and not real. The interio r
system is SO taken to the city limits as
to make it necessary that the outfall
sewer be built. Has the ring practiced a
trick upon the people? If trick has
been pracsiced in this, the bonds will de-
serve the fate that impends over them.
The objection of large and most intelli-
gent portion of the people last August
was that the outfall was an unnecessary
expense to build, and wasteful disposi-
ton of the sewage to use. They insisted
that the sewage is of too great value to
be run into the ocean when it might go
to fertilize large tracts of land. Now
this is not the opinion of a newspaper en-
gineer, it is that of civil engineer
thoroughly equipped to pass on the ques-
ton, and by experience we'll qualified to
have an opinion as to the value of sew
age for irrigation in this section. He
has always been of the opinion that the
sewage ought to be SO used, that the
river.b bed furnished natural outlet to the
ocean in time of heavy rain, and that
the outfall sewer is IN unnecessary ex-
penss. He was of the committee to
devise the sewer system, but drew out
when he found the ring bent on their old
plan in disguise. The sewage is made
to debouch at point where it must 60
to the ocean or form lake, is hie
opinion.
There is in the HERALD today another
opinion as to the inside system from the
pen of another competent engineer. He
thinks it is unnecessarily expensive, anG
for that reason Objectionable.
The ring never does anything that il
not expensive. 1t never propose
anything that is not extrava
CANT. In these features of tn
sewer system lies, as we have pointec
out from the beginning the danger tt
the entire scheme. Unable to force the
people to accept their plans plainly
stated, they now trust to carry then
under thin disguise. All they care TO
or think Of is to spend money, no matte
how obtained, no matter with what poo
results. But get money and epent
money is their whole philosophy. The
people do not propose to be cajoled nov
any more than they proposed to bs
coerced last August.