The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-20

can only be accounted for on the theory
that he has pond water on the brain to
an extent that renders him quite unable
to make a candid statement Of facts, or
to make a correct mathematical cOmpu-
tatiOn. Thus goes up in "smOke" "W's"
peculiar mathematical demonstration
that will deceive no one who gives the
question serious thought.
"W's" financial statements herein
quoted are in line, and on a par with DIR.
HoughtOn's rainbOw-chasing estimates
at the opera house few evenings since
wherein he employed his mathematical
genius in figuring out what the en-
hancement Of real estate in our village
would be at the rate Of $25 per lot in
case We succeeded in securing Hunting
ton pond water. He was modest in his
claim. respectfully suggest that he
would have made more money for the
village il he had estimated the increase
at 800 per lot instead Of $25. When
citizen can make money so rapidly by
the scratch of his pen, why stop short of
a magnificent result. l wish to remark
in passing that, in my judgment, the
tendency Of the $50, 600 bond issue would
be to depreciate the value of real estate
here, and to injure the financial credit of
our village.
do not care to repeat here the figures
that have twice given in public. "W"
admits that there is no reason for dis
believing the results of my figuring; GER
tainly not. My estimate of final cost to
the village as result of the proposed
extra issue of $l5, 600 in bonds, is very
conservative one. The actual cost to the
village, il bonds are issued, based on the
the regular levy, will greatly exceed the
amount stated by me. assumed in my
statement that all bonds would be paid
at maturity. No man who is capable of
figuring correctly will claim that this
can be done without raising the levy.
Bonds that cannot be paid at maturity
must be refunded and placed beyond the
unpaid bonds, and while some bonds
will be paid as they mature, the line will
be greatly heightened. No man can tell
to what extent. Much will depend upon
the amount Of extra and unexpected eX-
pensc connected with the construction Of
the plant or subsequently, and upon the
decrease of our tax duplicate in l900 and
thereafter, Repeating here what / said
at the opera house, assert without fear
of successful contradiction that no man
capable of computing interest, and who
will make fair estimates of water rents.
can possibly show that this proposed
issue of $1,000 extra will finally cost
our village less than $780, on the basis
of our regular levy of ten mills.
'W" says:-"An abundance of the
purest water at moderate cost is ours if
we will have it," | do not care to dis
euss at length the water supply, but with
an area for watershed many times small
er than was first supposed to be requisite,
it may well be doubted whether it will
be possible to secure an adequate
supply for ordinary seasons even. /
am somewhat Of a cripple, but
have recently walked over this
much-talked-abOut watershed and am
amazed that anyone familiar with the
location should be willing to risk pro-
curing our water supply there. Refer
ring briefly to "W's" estimate of water
supply, based upon minimum rainfall
of 81 inches, | beg to suggest that if he
had taken the trouble TO correspond with
the weather bureau of Cleveland, he would
have aScertained that the minimum rain
fall for riffin, Ohio, (which is directly
west M the proposed reseryOir) for a
period of eight years is only 1913 inches,
instead of 81, and that in 0berlin and
other neighbOring points, the minimum
rainfall for term of years was between
"a and - inches. No man is safe
leader who breaches Il sermon. from
the opera house stage, with fairness
as his text, and yet permits himself to
go into print with such series Of care
less and unreliable statements.
"W" says that the cost will be 'mci- |
crate" To an ordinary mind the cost
will appear to be enormous. He says we
may have the "purest' water. | fear
that wv is a hopeless case. His un-
natura! craving for shallow pond water
should undoubtedly be gratifed, but |
insist that 1t should not be done at such
an enormous cost to our village. If he
must have pond water, why not procure
supply for his family from some of the
adjacent ponds, as Engineer Chaplin saws !
that all pond water not contaminated is
good drinking water. II '"W" can 10
persuaded to drink pond water daily
from this date until election day, ! shall |
indulge a strong hope that even he will |
see the error Of his way, and vote against
the extra bond issue, as it appears to me
every thoughtful citizen should do.
In conclusion, / am as strongly in
favor Of a plentiful supply Of good. |
healthful water, suitable for drinking
and for culinary purposes, at reason
able cost, as | have ever been, but the