The record-union., 1892-03-07
Mr.. Hughes to Mr.. smith.

EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN The commune
cation which appeared in the News of
Saturday under the title of bad for Poor
Folks" was, by those whose attention
was called TO it, regarded merely as a po-
litical SANDER. Mr.. Smith says when
Mr.. Mclaughlin came into office the
drainage for more than twenty blocks
was along Twenty-fourth street, between
\ and * streets, and that there were red
WOOD culVerts on each side, which is
true. / wish to state to Mr.. Smith as
well as TO the writer Of the article that
the hanging of a man lies in the telling of
the story. The writer says he moved the
sprInkllng tank between \ and o streets
tnat was favor at the request of the
ueighbors, as it is one block farther away
from him.
The true facts are that this water has
been dispute for the last twenty years,
ten years before Is. .. Smith came to live
IN the neighborhood. AS every Street
Commissioner, including Rider, Knox,
Nielsen, Ryan and Mclaughlin, will
agree, 1t gave more trouble and annoyance
than ali their other duties as Street Com
missioner. According to Mr.. Bassett's
plans for getting rid Of the water from
IWenty-fourth to Twenty-sixth, q and r
streets. twenty-tifth street was the low
est point To run south to w street, which
emptIes Itself IN SlX-foot drain running
west to the Y-street canal.
-Four years ago, when Twenty fifth
street was graded, Mr.. BasSett carried out
this plan by tunneling the R-street levee,
putting i'll eighteen-inch culverts on each
side OF the street, carrying Off the water
south to the 4-street canal, but on heavy
rains, the location in dispute being low
ground, the water would overflow the
chanllel. There is no remedy left but to
fill it up to the channel. These SURVEYS
We're made under MIR. Ryan's admins
tration.
The Twenty-fourth street work was
done IN Nh Nieisen's time, at the request
OF the property-owners, headed by the
writer, with Brown, Gutenburger and
Nielsen in the board. This relief he
speaks Of was deep ditch on both sides
of the street, which was dangerous to
travel, as well as troublesome to the peo-
pie residing along the street.
Mr.. Smith and a few others bitterly
complained and objected to this, as there
is always people to oppose public inn
provement, when they consider any one
else to be benefited. Now fer Mr. Me
Laughlin's injury last season. When the
heavy rain came the neighbors were talk
ing about petitioning the board for still
some further remedy.
The Street Commissioner immediately
where the greatest relief could be OBJ
tained. Mr.. Mullaney finding that there
was two feet fall from the N-street sewer
TO the intersection ofP street The Street
Commissioner Immediately ordered Il
sewer TO be built on Twenty-fiith street.
from to z street, with catcn-basin at
each corner ofthe street with one-foot fall
10 the block.
Now where will this slander hurt the
Street Commissioner? consider it very
ungrateful for the great favor done to
that neighborhood, and Smith is mostly
benefited. for his property is the lowest.
When Mr.. Smith came to that neighbor-
hood property was worth from $50 to 500
lot. Now | am satisfied Mr.. Smith
would not thank a person for offering
him LOCO for a lot, and if he told the
truth he would thank the last three Street
Commissioners-nam Nielsen, Ryan
and McLaughlin-with nearly all the
honors due Mclaughlin, for he finished
what the others lett undone
MICHAEL HUGHES.