The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-08
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country? At SIS cents per month per
lamp the price seems low but when it
is known that it requires six 16 candle
power lights to equal the commonly
used Rochester lamp it is acknowl
edged to be a different thing. Then
an accident is liable to occur at any
time and the lamps must be ready for
use anyway. It is admitted by all good
electricians that electricity is still in
its infancy and if we put in plant now,
by the time we really need it it will be
out of date. ELECTRICITY is all right for
lighting stores, shops and factories but
why tax the great majority to light a
few stores? If we buy anything at the
stores we will certainly help pay the
added expense of lighting.
Our taxes are already high but would
be greatly increased if we add $4,000
to our Indebtedness. We want our
town to grow and are bidding for new
residents. How many men will invest
in property here if they are obliged to
pay a rate of tax equal to that of the
cities without any of the city benefits:
live vote the bonds Monday we have
reached our limit and can issue no
more. Thus we are handicapped
should we undertake to offer a bonus
for a new enterprise or industry to To-
late here. Another thing to be con-
sidered, too, is that we must soon have
new bridges. The West Branch bridge
is already in a shameful condition and
in year or two at the outside a new
bridge will be required across the main
river. If these bonds are issued we
must raise this money for these bridges
by direct taxation. The bridges, there
fore, could not be built until the taxes
are collected and we are handicapped
again. What could we do if one of our
bridges happened to go out?
Then our school district will soon be
limited to the area of the village alone.
At present it costs Sc, 900 per year to
conduct cur schools. Gut eur valua-
tion in the district in two and see our
taxes climb. The talk of the plant be-
ing self-sustaining is all bosh. The list
of prospective users includes many who
will not be reached at all and many
who live in rented houses. How can
these men put in water and lights? It is
we'll enough to talk but come down to
cold facts, gentlemen. But figuring
all who are signed as taking lights and
water there will still be a deficit of
81 200 to which we must add S1,140 in
terest to say nothing of 81, 900 per year
we should raise as a sinking fund:
Does this look like a good business in
vestment? How can the council, in
the face of all this promise to lay or
10 blocks of mains more than it has
money to do with?
We are only a village of l 200 in
habitants. Why not wait for five or
six years and then if the village grows
we will be better able to put in bet
ter system, and if the town doesn't
grow we have no need of it at all.
There will be no appreciable decrease
in our insurance rates in the business
part of town and none whatever in
residence rates. Our village is scat
tered over quite a territory. Why ask
these people to tax their homes for the
benefit of few? Then, too, this time,
the council proposes to stop the main
at. the bridge. Why tax those who
live across the bridge for something
they are not going to get?
In conclusion let me say that it would
be more of a benefit to Princeton and
the surrounding country to start the
starch factory this fall than to put in
water and lights. Our potato crop is
our main stay and has made our town
what it is. With no price for the crop
this fall and perhaps many more to
come we will find that we haven't any
money to squander in something we
can get along without. Look at this
question as business proposition and
you will discover that to perform your
duty as a citizen loyal to Princeton's
welfare you must vote against the is
suance of these bonds.
T. H. Galley.
1885,. "A Warning Voice.
m..- ST. PAUL, Aug. 7, 1895.