The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-27
DO NOT give UP The CONTEST FOR
VATERVORKS-- WORK,
More Light Upon the Objections
to Gravity System Shows
Them Groundless.

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Read, Qualify Yourself TO Form
An Intelligent Opinion Upon
Upon This Question-Agi-
te-Educate.
Our PrOspects-MethOds of Agitation
Waterworks Finances-Pure Water
The acknowledgements Finan-
ces-The Pressure-The Water
shed-The Columbus Profess
sor-A COnjecture--An
Apology.
The waterwOrkS article which ap-
peared in the ENTERPRISE two weeks
ago, and signed "W' was written by
the undersigned without collaboration.
OUR PROSPECTS,.
Wellington has reached its zenith
under present conditions. Its prosperity
is at an ebb. Our opportunities and
possibilities have been developed to their
limit. II we would have our business in
crease and good times again prevail we
must create new opportunities, make
an opening for manufactures, add to
the desirability Of the town for residence
purposes. Plenty of pure water is the
requisite.
METHODS OF AGITATION.
Who would have guessed when this
fight against gravity system of water
works was begun few weeks ago by a
small quota Of our citizens, that the
question and its discussion had that iu
it which would produce anger, create a
distrust of motives and result in many
harsh and unpleasant criticisms? No
body. But it has, and business men who
at heart and purpose have nothing but
the best interests and welfare Of the vii
lage, are now by the ears and in 10 mood
to consider dispassionately any PROPOSE
ton to benefit the community by means
of public improvements. This is unfor-
tunate. In my opinion this warfare is
not the result Of 4 deliberate purpose on
the part OF tL,se whD have opposed the
gravity system to rule or ruin, or even tC
ride rorghshOd over the Council and citi
Zens. Their motive wore lludable; tt
save what appeared to them waste o.
$50 900, which we could i'll afford. ThC
metho.' used TO secure that end was bad
dnexecra ly bad. 1t is not possible fO
twenty-five or thirty citizens, no matte
how Ieo;t;rn. . their object, to seek Il
turn the tids =, public affairs suddenl..
and almost us.~o, " in a direction no
anticipated by the pubic wl'h al tn Al
force OF their persona t a." au r;t,put % ;n
ence that is characters | snSnioion .
curling the displeasurs an tbe sudde,
Those who do not cOmpreken, ,be osnora
necessity for such action. \ onrbt +
public rightly believe that they c9p n
be consulted before radical cha. hoe,
HVnt Is made. They should have q
apprised of the reasons for abandVnIA
project which before, all seemed to aA
prove. The new evidence should have
been made the property of the cOmmun-
ity.
That is, Messrs. Wean, Webster and
others might have called d public meet
ing. stated their opinions and asked thaI
committees be appointed to verify every
claim made for the gravity system. Ii
This had been the method the facts as
certained would have performed their
legitimate work in convincing us as to
what is for our interest and no Ill feeilag
been provoked. 1t was mistake to think
Of calling public meeting from Whlch
the engineer and other NONRESIDENT
authority, competent to instruct US on
tbe waterworks question, should be ex-
cludOd. Now, we have some facts when
arc more or less discTedited by reason Oh
the feeling with which they are asso,
dated The citizens Of Wellington are
always willing to listen to the opinions
Of these gentlemen upon questions o
pubIic welfare, but desire equal op
nortunity for satisfying themselves upol
the reasons for any specific action.
eamnaipn Of education should have bee
the programme. 49,.
While there is no disposition to exhlD
the spirit which Messrs. Wean al
Webster manifest in discussing my ar'
Gle and its supposeu author, 1t Is Il
ouiniOn that neither deserved to be ma
the scapegoat upon whose head tn
might pour their yials Of wrath al ctl n
cisms which their methods invited !
undesirable consequences OF coma.
oupht to be cheerfully borne as a par'
our evolutionary discipline. =
DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
1t appears that better plan couid
have been chosen, had such been my
Iiberate purpose, for arousing the II
these gentlemen. Yet such was not
Durpose. Knowing their procliyities
hearing down rather hard on the
takes Of an opponent, it was tho,
that a gOod-natured rub would mol
om;ss. believe no mistake would