Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-24

bulk or by the 1907, by addressing DR.. vii.
| liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, NY.
Mark Pitcher, jeweler: aNo, sir, I
am not in favor of bonding the city for
the proposed improvements. Times
are too hard to attempt it. II we 60
in debt $40, 900 it will cost us $500 o to
get out.
Silas Wilson, ex-Circuit Clerk:
"You are right, sir; the people should
instruct themselves in regard to this
question, and knock every man down
who favors bonds"
j. d. Mckee, c%onfectioner and sta
toner: 81 am in favor of bonding
the city tor macadam. / would prefer
| getting both macadam and sewerage
if we can; and If not both, think it
best for the city's interest 10 have
macadam."
Joe Price, who operates a rock
quarry and who has put down much
of the macadam now or the streets:
"No, the city should not be bonded.
1t would be the worst thing that could
be done for the working man."
T. j. Holt, butcher: 81 am in favor
of macadamizing but not for the sew
erage. If they will build up the streets
and leave cutters we have sewerage
enough. 1 will vote for the PROPOSE
ton to macadamize."
j. W. Mason: 81 should vote for
bonding the city to secure both these
improvements together. The health
of the city absolutely demands the
sewerage. I have had experience
with the public schools and I know of
how much benefit good sewerage
would be to Them"
E. 81. Carter, book seller and sta
toner: 81 am in favor of bonding the
city for any amount under $4,000 for
macadam and sewerage, one or both.
| Mexico can never be the city she
should be without these improve
ments. Besides, it will furnish an i'm
mense amount of work for the unem-
ployed."
]. r. Luckie, grocer:
"Well, yes; I believe I slightly favor
the bonding of the city for the pro-
posed improvements. I should strong
ly favor it if 1 knew that substantial
work would be done, the money ex-
pended judiciously and not squander-
ed. We need both sewerage and
macadam and they should be voted
on together"
George Pearson, of the Shireman
Clothing Company: eve ought to
have both the sewerage and macadam
and I think we shall come nearer Sc
curing the two together than either
one separately. The main streets,
however, should be paved and then
the macadam would follow. The peo-
pie in South Mexico need the sewer
age badly and it should be given
them"
Gray Hook: eve had better keep
our fingers out of the fire and not bond
the city. Improve Is we can, and pay
as we improve. If we over reach our-
selves we r going to bust. 1t is all
right for a fellow who expects to be In
Mexico only a short time to talk about
burdening the city with a big bonded
debt, but those who have the towns
interests at heart will not allow it. If
the question comes to a vote it will be
defeated"
E. v. West, of the Mutual Fire and
Lightning Insurance Co.: 81 believe
we need the macadam, but the sewer
age is much more necessary. We need
the sewerage not only for identifying
the town, but for cleaning it out as
well. The plan of issuing the bonds
seems a good one, but I do not believe
that it would be possible to pay off
one a year. The result would be that
we would get way behind and be
ground down by a big bonded debt on
top of US. I would not vote for the
proposition"
Sam Howard, general repair house,
where bicycles, etc., r repaired: 81
think If the city would borrow three
or four thousand dollars at a time and
let it go as far as it would in regard to
improving the streets and sewers, then
pay off that three or four thousand
dollars and do the same thing over-I
think by doing this way 1t would be
much better than bondingthe city. II
have been In favor of bonding the
city to do all the improving at once,
but now I don't think it a good plan.
1t would be doing more than we are
able to do. In that way, it is true, it
would give the working man lots of
work at the time, but 1t will give them
as much work, or more, to do it as
above stated and be doing the city |
and officers employed Justice"
]. W. Patton, saddle and harness
dealer: 81 am not in favor of bond |
ing the city for $4,000, but believe it
would be a good thing to borrow about
$4,000 to expend on the streets. II we
should bond tor the amount proposed
it would be noised abroad and draw in
all the dead beats in the country to
try to get a job. These buns would be |
left on hands to support when the
job runs out. No, sir! II we make
improvements we must favor home
workmen. We have a surplus of un-
used talent in Mexico as it Is. You
may say that l am altogether opposed
to doing anything whatever on the
streets unless the improvements are
distributed equally in different direc-
tions. This fayoritism In certain To-
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