Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1894-03-30

to our fur-cOated friend, who stood on
the other side of the street, hands in
pocket, finding fault with the work,
and telling two or three admirers how
they done such things at Rochester
when | was boy" If my friend is
so hard pushed as to haggle over one
and One-half barrels of water, will
have to refer to the records of cOun-
Gil, although | find they are not
always to be relied on, as on June I'd |
find spread on the minutes, GA COM
mlttee was appointed to make ar
rangements with f. E. GAYLORD for
rent, steam and oil used" | was at
the above mentioned meeting. Moth
ing was said 'abOut oil used" during
the meeting. When the council stood
adjourned, the mayor, Mr.. Olberg and
myself left the building, after which
Mr.. Davis reported, among other
things, there was oil 'getting away
so Mr.. A lien included it in the records,
charging it to me. | have two wit
nesSes to the above, and | presume it
would be almost sacraligious to hint
that there are others within a
thousand miles of the city hall, and
who use oil; pay for mine.
The holding up of a warrant is a
fabrication from first to last. | say
fabrication and Mr.. Allen knows it,
as on Jan. I'd the warrant, with sew
eral others, was allowed, but not
signed or paid for want of funds, and
so appears in the Press of March Ist,
but after the last meeting stood adj
jOurned it was suggested by Mr.. Allen
that the warrant be held for rent, and
were he now keeping the books, no
doubt it would also appear on the
records: as to his cOntemptuOuS Sneer
in regard to taking long story for
back rent, would say: In the estimate
by the expert the bath rooms and
steam heat was not included, but in
consideration of which | was to have
use of building until city had use for
same, but no sooner had Mr.. Allen
gotten on the council than he was
taken with a bad spell of stomach
ache at every meeting in regard to
rent, etc, and members of the council
had to "Sit down on him" on several
occasions by quickly passing to the
next order of business or adiOurning.
In his very effective comments Mr..
Allen neglected to mention the fact
that | furnished steam to run bis
press from Nov. %, '92 until March
Is, '93, for which | never received one
cent and the city has been charging
81 per month ever since: and when |
Say''charging' | do SO adviSedly ,as the
city has Jared no better than |, al
though Mr.. Allen was allowed two
warrants in October and one the first
of January, '94, for $500. Wonder if
it would not work well to hold up a
warrant in the case of the party of
the first part? "ThOSe who live in
glass houses" etc. But why allude to
such things in this case? But to con-
tinue, if $40 year was considered a
plum, when 1t has cost the city over
5000 for coal alone for the past year.
not including repairs, boiler COM
pound, oils and labor, | most respect
fully decline with thanks. | know
when l have enough. Mr.. Allen says
the mains have not been touched
since | quit the plant. | find there
has been the following warrants
drawn, Aug. /, '93.
II. IverSOn, work on hydrants.. s. %
). A. SOrenSOn same. ...... 4 %
G.. Yankee same. c................ | 05
Aug. %, OF
f. G.. Davis hired help.......... 5 2S
Oct. 81, OF
VIM. Pond. so
Besides there has been warrants
drawn for work on tank, and Mr..
Davis worked at least a part of the
summer and fall on hydrants, pipes
and tank, which evidently is not
taken into consideration. Mr.. Allen
knows his statement is false. as he is
on the finance, waterwOrkS and claims
committees. We Americans always
do admire great things, even if it is a
monumental gall, but there are cases
on record where it has flowed over