Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-02-21
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McMinnville, Mr.. d. B. Carson, had
some correspondence with Messrs.
Ingersoll q Peyton, of Knoxville,
with regard to putting in water
works plant at McMinnville, men>
ton of which was made through
these columns at the time. Mr.. Car
son received letter from Messrs.
Ingersol & Peyton few days ago,
from which we take the following
paragraph:
"One day last week, we started Mr..
e. H. Burlingame, professional hy-
draulic Engineer, to your city for the
purpose of examining your water
supply and location of your streets,
so that he might determine whether
it would pay his company to con-
struct water works for your people.
On reaching Tullahoma Mr.. Burlin-
game was informed that the city of
McMinnville was so much in debt
that it could not stand additional taxa
ton for the purpose of paying
water rentals, and therefore did not
call on you. The information re-
ceived by him may have been erone-
Gus. If it turns out that your city is
able to pay water rentals, and is will
ing to pay a reasonable sum for that
purpose, we will send Mr.. Burlin>
game back to see you, or send some
other Hydraulic Engineer"
The individual or individuals who
gave Mr.. Burlinghame the "informa-
ton" as stated above lied wilfully
and maIiciously. Never in the his
tory Of McMinnville has it had one
dollar of bonded Indebtedness, at the
present it has not penny of floating
debt, but on the other hand has
money in bank to its credit, with
a goodly sum of yet uncollected taxes.
Every street in the town is well
graveled from one extremity of the
corporate limits to the other, and the
business portion of the town is well
lighted all night with electric lights.
We have system of city schools un>
surpassed by any other town in Ten
nessee, which are open ten months in
the year. THE colored school has
been suspended during the last ses-
sion on account of the destruction of
the building by fire, but new build
ing will be erected during the COM
ing summer, and the city treasury
will have the cash to pay for it.
There are some people at Tullaho-
ma, we know not who they are nor
do we care to know, who seem TO
, make it their special business to
watch at the depot there for strangers
enroute to McMinnville, and use ev-
cry means in their power to prevent
them from coming here, and they
scruple at no falsehood or misrepre-
sentation to accomplish this Object
They never approach any one who
has ever been to McMinnville, and
: knows anything of the place, know
ing that with such persons their It's
sue of lies would avail nothing.
Our sprightly neighbor, Tullaho'
ma, deserves much credit for its con
tinued growth under many discour'
aging circumstances. The place has
many enterprising, public spirited
citizens who are an honor to thu
town, but it has some idling, busy
body liars who bring reproach anC
injury upon their own town by th'
= methods they pursue toward Nc
! Minnville.
Messrs. Ingersoll & PeytOn ma!
send on another engineer, but we ad
wise them to tind'a man for the mex
trip who is not soft enough to believ,
IS anything he hears at Tullahoma re
d garding McMinnville.
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