Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-14
TAXPAYER" REPLIES
To the Communication of "Another Tax
,,-o,., s,o,,,,,.,i,,e, the Ambulance.

To the Communication OF "Another TAX
payer Concerning the Ambulance.
To the Editor OF the Register.
Sir:-I noticed in yesterdays Register
an article signed Another Taxpayer y
and which was apparently in reply to an
article by Taxpayer, which appeared in
a recent issue of your paper. The writer
of this recent eTusion rises in more or less
righteous wrath and cries out Shame!
upon the man who would be so actuated
by jealousy" or fendish malignancy as
TO oppose a greet and wise benefaction
such as was proposed in furnishing 4
free" ambulance TO the city.
When he brings up the matter Of
Jealousy" the public will well understand
that that could apply only to Or. Hasins
himself, and that he was the author and
originator of the former communication.
Let me state right here that l am not DR..
Hasl1ins. nor am ! in any way connected
with him. and the matter of jealousy must
be Just a trihe far-fetched. II appears that
our learned friend must be in extremis in
hunting for excuses for his vituperations.
Your correspondent does not attempt 10
answer why the pressing need OF city
ambulance has made itself felt on the
susceptible heart of a benevolent citizen
until one had already been furnished the
city. free Of costs Of all kinds and not TO
be supported by the taxes Of It's citizens.
II must be within the memory Of even
this extremely recent individual when the
city was without either ambulance or even
patrol A patrol was furnished at prl-
vate expense and presented to the city.
Even this. the City Council, in its ON
nipotency, were on the point Of abandon
ing.
A magnificent ambulance splendidly
equipped and furnished free Of charge for
the use of the city's sick. was built. II
was offered to the city in any emergency
and asked nothing in return. Neither city
private corporati,R nor individual was
asked for aid. either In building or main
tanning It, 1t suddenly became the proper
thing 10 present ambulances to the city
and a proposition for a second sprans up
Immediately after the FIRST had made lts
appearance. The same City Council,
which. ii is rumored. at least, was on the
eve Of rejecting a thing as much needed
in this city as a patrol, on the score OF
expense. receives this proposition with
omen arms and showers bouquets on the
originator What I do not understand 10
what is the cause of the sudden Increase
Of accident and other cases requiring such
an extravaganza in ambuiances, but per-
haps IT is only in preparation for the good
Mckinley times We are 10 have which
shall open mill or two and make II
possible for a man to hurt himself with
out falling over something.
Your correspondent, with infantile sim
plicity. says: 1.-THE proposed ambulance
service would have about as much to do
with the fire department as the wharf
boat or Children's Home We would
cheerfully consign him TO the latter insti-
tuition. We would refer the public to the
original proposition as printed in Thurs
days Register. and the taxpayers ooIec-
tions TO the same. i'm which the principal
point was the use of the fire department
horses and equipments. and the necessary
Interference to the departments work IN
consequence: and leave the public to judge
which of US should sign himself "lg-
noramus." An article so weak as TO re-
quire epithets to take the place Of argu-
ments could only come from the pen of
canting shyster whose abortive attempts
to be funny is pitiful in the extreme.
TAXPAYER.
Wheeling. December u. 1895.
TThe Original article printed in the Reg
ister' said nothing about fire department
horses. Taxpayer" is very much in er-
ror on that point No one in or out Of the
Register ever proposed to use fire depart