The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-17
THE WATER QUESTION.
The New Works Should Belong
to the Borough.


with the stand the HERALD took on the
electric rail question are now trying to
create prejudice by asserting that the paper
is against the establishment of new water
works. The HERALD has always been and
is now ready and willing to advocate and
help along anything that will benefit the
town and the people. It can point to its
record with pride in support OF this asser-
tion.
The HERALD advocated and fought for
sewerage system, but the cranks, drones
and skeptics won.
The HERALD advocated and fought for
city charter, but the crauks, drones and
skeptics won.
The HERALD advocated and fought for
Board Of Trade, but the crauks, drones
and skoptics won.
The HERALD advocated and fought for
the establishment of sufficient home in
dustres to make the town, in some measure
az least Independent of the coal industry,
but the cranks, drones and skeptics have
always grasped the movement by the
throat.
The HERALD advocated the electric rail-
way and hammered away for months at the
idea that it would b. one of the greatest
achievements in the history of the borough,
butthe cranks drones and skeptics grappled
that, too, By the throat and smothered it
for all the time they thought-but, Phoo-
nix-like, it arose from the ashes, independ-
ent, strong in pluck, energy and financial
back and free and clear of the barnaces
that previously hindered its progress And
the cranks, drones and skeptics who oppose
everything the HERALD advocates, ION
general principles" Aocked to a paper that
has never been in the ranks of those who
hsye been trying to build up the town and
Joined hands with it in a fight which they
believed would be death-blow to the
electric railway but the HERALD stood by
the railway and the drones cranks and
skeptics went down for once.
There need be no doubt about the stand
ing of the HERALD on the water question
The HERALD is willing to advocate the
establishment of water works to be o,Uned,
controlled and managed by the people,
The HERALD is not in favor of any
movement that is to solely benefit clique
OF skinfints and misers who are waiting to
fish the gold out of their mouldy socks and
put into a sure thing for large dividends,
but who will not part with ten cents to
built up the town.
The HERALD favors water works "of the
people, by the people and for the people,"
and no other.
Now, if all the parties who have or.
ganized the movement for new water
works are acting in good faith they are in
position to show it very soon. We say
all the people because we have knowledge
that many of our most prominent and re-
spected citizens we're at the public meeting
in spirit Of good faith, but that the re.
suits Of the meeting strongly evidenced a |
scheme on the part of others to use the |
meeting as a pretext to stab the electric |
railway project in the back.
We have the statements Of two of the
most prominent and highly respected gem
tlemen in the town that they went to the !
meeting on Wednesday night to favor the |
water works and everything done in that
connection met with their approval, but |
when the attempt was made to inject the
electric railway question into the business,
without giving reasonable notice that such |
steps would be taken, and without giving
The electric people an opportunity to be
heard, they left the hall disgusted and i'm
pressed with the idea that the citizens had
been called together under the mantle of
.he water question to injure the cause of the
electric railway company.
1t is quite likely that some of the cranks,
irones and skeptics will jump to the con-
,lusion that the two gentlemen referred
we're electric railway people, But the
HERALD states with all the force of truth
hat the two gentlemen are in no way con-
lected with the railway project and that
he statements we're unsolicited and wholly
The result of Wednesdays meeting left
he HERALD under the same impression
hat the two gentlemen received But the
HERALD did not and does now believe that
III who caused that meeting to be called,
# who participated in the water proceed
ngs, had a hand in the scheme