The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-12-16
WET OF DRY2
Evsrybocy at Sea as to the Out
come Of Saturdays Election.

E The voters Of this town can always be rs
E lied upon % takszn active interest IN a.
{ election, 40 matter what manner Of rea O
2 principles sre involved The mere facf O
{ voting. Of discha-zing the highest righf snS
prisiIeg= OF free men. s incentive enough 4
: draw them TO the polls. The election TO b
held next Saturday, for the purpose Of de.
, ciding whether or not the horough shah b,
hondei to establish : system Of water work.
has prolssbly ereaisd NOR discussion thsn
any election ever hsld n Some-se.
This Is proper. however. inasnoch as the
question s one directly sHecfing the inter.
esss Of every property owner. snd in the Con-
sideraiion Of which the voter should care
fully weigh bis ozn and his towns interests
before casting his ballot Advoc2ies on both
sides continue 70 claim majority. while
conservative voters, who have rsfrained from
expressing their sentiments agree thar the
nsjority Is likely TO be from = to % either
way
Come IN" sid the good-nztursd shop
keeper to or reporter one evening during
the week. "Ths water works Question Is in
fall blast, and think can fnd = seat for
yo1 on sn empty fish barrel
The invitation Vas accepted, but the ne
porter was too late 70 have voice in the
vote that had Just been taken. and which
resulted in Is TO azzinst water works, but
climbed into the seat designated, and foilow-
ing are few Of the remarks he overheard
as they fell from the lips of the gentlemen
surrounding the store stove
s For pure, unsd1lterated ignoance.n said
the man with the high tenor voice. the
sanitary improvement Il Is claimed water
works viii effect IN the town, takes the cake.
Look al the cutters and drains as thev are
At present, and think Of the complaint that
has been going up 10 the town council for
years about their foul condition, and then
stop 10 consider what their condition viii De
if AL these people up street have al the wa
ter they can use 4 mere statement Of facts
ought TO satisfy any reasonable person tha.
the health Of the town viii be in far greater
peril after the Introduction Of water than il
IS az present, unless sewers are pat in Il the
/ same time water IS
4 can't for the life Of me understand
said the boom town man, g. why certain par
ties in this town are opposed TO water works.
and ! have no inspect for their opinions.
They are 50 oonfounded misery that they
can't think Of having their tzxss increased
aud are 50 ignorant that they cannot appreci-
ate the beae6t Esier works would be TO Son-
erset- The town authorities have expended
a considerable sum Of money IN having a
survey Of Kimberly run made. and estimates
/ furnished rs to the probable cost Of the wa
ter works. and think they should Be sus-
tanned By the voters Of The borough, AZ the
election next saturday. II the question car
ries, there viii al least be an effort made to
introduce water into our town That viii
Be great step forward. and will lift rs out
Of the rut we have been in for the last hun
dred years There can be no QUESTION but
that the citizsns Of the town viii vote for
water, By large majority"
The crscker-barrel man nervously exchang-
ed great chew Of - Climax from one side
Of his month to the other, and after the
enthusiastic young speaker quoted above
had found seat on top Of an applehutier-
keg, said: e hardly suppose your remarks
were intended for ne, because | own very
little property. bnt many yoa fellows who
are believing for water WORKS own none az
all Now, there are two sides 70 every ques-
ton. and II isn't right that the motives Of
men who don't think as yOu do, should
be imPlgned and the eharzc.srs Of the men
themselves oe assailed by irresponsible par
ties who Own 10 property, and Who have
nothing al stake II is the future property
owners We have 10 look after, and when il /
comes 20 assuming debt Of 81 90, or more,
they have right 70 know how that money
Is 10 be expended, or whether il Is TO Be /
sqnsndered"
This IS q very grave question" pai in |
the man With a draw, and one that 1 think !
many Of or people have failed to properly /
consider. At least oae-half Of the people /
living IN Somerset doubt whether Il Is practi- /
cable to get 4 supply from that swamp
drained, biack-sster stream even though /
the water should prove 10 be fit for domestic |
use Now. II is reported that the town au-
thOnties vii not investigate any other meth |
Cd Of introducing water, and the question
that We taxpayers have 10 solve IS, are We
going 70 empower the town authorities 70
expend large sum Of money in attempting
10 do something that VAL in all probability
prove a failure Il is indeed q ve-y serious
question, geatIsDen, and one that We shOaId
all carefully consider before We vote for IL
NOu are wrOng-ship2ei, entirely, old fel-
low, said the freckie-nOsed man " The
Kimberly run scheme is the only one under
consideration By the toEn Authorities. sim
ply because no Others have been offered, and /
until some one offers them better system !
than the Kimberly run one, why, or course, /
that's The one they'll adopt
g Vel, should ike 10 know" screamed 1
boE-iegs, from the far end ofthe store, where !
be was sdmiring Al assortment Of candy /
bearts-:he faverae Christmas present Of his /
boyhooi--- whether the borough aathori-
ties didn't expend $50 to have the Kimber- I
ly rua territory Surveyed. and for having an
estimate made as 10 the probable cost OF pip /
ing that muddy water into town Do they /
expect every man who chooses to differ With I
the engineer who made the sorTey, TO offer
something better, and At his own expense
Way, it Is simply prepostero1s in them 10
insinuate such = thing, il, indeed they have.
haven they got .he same authority 10 in
qnine into the feasibility Of supplying the
town With water from drilled wells pumped
on TO Taymsn's hilI-xhich, BY the way.
many Of the best men in town think to be
the only proper and pracsiezble way Of ever
securing water suPPly-Ihaf they had to
employ an engineer TO make . survey Of
Kimberly rnns The borough authorities
have the power 70 investigate al measures
in this regard that appear practicable, and il
is hardly fair, a look al il, in them TO ask
the voters 10 authorize the issue OF bonds un-
Ill after they have examined every possible
method of introducing water into town, and
then have sdOpled the best and cheapest
system I have due respect for the opinions
OF the burgess and town coancl. and they
should have the same consideration for the
opinions OF those who differ from them Tn
opposed 10 every question antil know what
the question Is. and that's the reason Why
am opposed 10 voting for The issue Of boT-
ough bonds Tor water; no one knows where
the water Is 70 come from
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