Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-06

men conducting that election. as hon
orable set Of men as any in our midst
men, sworn as required by law-to
accuse them Of election fraud, Was
it not a wonder that those men stood
such accusations And then the good
Teller even had the efrontery to say
that it was with sorrow it made these
charges. but the public should know
how elections are conducted Such
hypocrisy is enough to make man s
blood boil.
After the city council had made a
thorough investigation as to what
would be the best plan to adopt for a
water supply, they having visited at
their own expense a number Of cities
provided with systems of waterworks.
also consulted with men well informed
as to waterwork plants, they settled
upon the Griswold spring for water
supply, caused plans, and specifica-
tions to he prepared and advertised
for bids. All this required time and
meanwhile iron and steel advanced in
| prices ard by the time bids for the
construction of the laid. out system
were received, it was found that a few
thousand dollars more were necessary
to put in the system first contem-
| plated. As / understand, at this
point the council. or some of its MEM
bers, consulted with number of our
heavy taxpayers (omitting | suppose
our friend G. L. Langridge and few
more of that sort) and they were with
] out an exception encouraged to go on
with the work and do under the cir
cumstances as we'll as they could.
Now right here / think the council
made mistake; instead of going on
| they would have done wiser to have
called meeting of the citizens and
laid before them their plans; by SO
doing there is no doubt, they would
have received a strong public endorse
ment OF their proposed action and
thereby lessen considerable Of their
burden. In order to come within the
limits of the money which could be
raised by the issue of bonds, it be-
came necessary to somewhat cut down
the first proposed pipe line, or put in
cheaper machinery, less substantial
buildings, and poorer system gener-
ally. The former course was deter
mined on, as much the wiser plan and
the excellence of the plan as first pro-
posed has not been impaired in the
least. When this became known, and
the council had determined to go on
with the work, indignation meetings
were held by the minority and oppos-
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object of which meetings was to kill
the whole project. to stop the council
from going any farther and if possible
to make them individuality respon-
sible for debts, contracts and obliga-
tions already consummated, and the
rig leaders even had the cheek to sum-
mons the council before them, to
give an account of their doings. |
glory in the action of the council that
they preserved their dignity and did
not respond. In those meetings the
attempt was made to commence in
junction proceedings to prevent the
council from issuing the waterworks
/ nds. and | have no doubt that the
Teller and few others would rather
have seen the city spend $4,000 liti-
cation than that the city should have
III the shape of waterworks, what we
now have. But it takes money to
make the mare 90" and good many
of the kickers did not feel like reach
ing in their pockets to assure a GER
tain amount to employ legal talent
and as the case naturally would have
been, to become responsible for dam
ages the city might have sustained by
any such proceedings. Well. the
whole thing fell through and in spite
of all hindrances and repeated mali
cious attacks the council steered
bravely forward, knowing that all
they were doing was for the best int
crest of the city of Lancaster and now
they have demonstrated that predicted |
calamities and declared impossible
ties have become realities. In an
article in the Teller of Sept. 5th, 1895 |
under the head of ''Waterworks" the /
prophet says: If they (the counciD
proceed on the Griswold spring, surely |
failure is inevitable. The money will |
be all gone and we shall have no
water" What do you say now Mr.. |
Teller 1t was held that the 40 and |
50 pound iron pipe would not endure
the pressure it had to contend with in |
pumping against head of $50 feet.
What do you prophets and disbelievers
say now. when it is fact that our
pumps would till a stand pipe over 800
feet high and that too under a pres
sure the pipe has already withstood.
In conclusion l cannot help saying
word about a certain man a stranger
in our midst, who not long ago came
among us. He did not wear a silk |
hat, or broadcloth; most of the time
he wore macintosh to shelter him
from mud and the inclemency of the |
weather. The man | have reference
to. is Mr. H. &. Parish. the pipe |
smith" as the Teller called him, the |
council had picked up to help them |