The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-23
OLD KICKER AGAIN.
JOHN T. YULE HAS A FEW MORE
THINGS TO SAY.
SHORT TREATISE ON SEWERS.
A Denial of Some of the Statements Made
by Samuel Reynolds Relative to
Els Grades on Market
Street.

EDITOR DAILY News: I desire a
little more space in your columns to
reply to Mr.. Reynolds, who, as I have
said before, tries to make out that
have misrepresented him, after telling
what he tried to get Mayor Petit to
do for him and what it cost him for g.
inch pipe sewer, etc. He says: Mr..
Yule says my sewer was on top of the
ground after Market street was gra-
ded.o | still say so, and can prove it
by any number of persons who saw it,
or rather the tile. Now, Sam, if you
were not afraid Of it freezing up why
did you cause it to be. covered up with
stable manure, if it was five feet deep,
which you say was a fact. 1t certainly
would not freeze very much. But you
doDt't say it was FIVE feet deep. 1t was
from three to five feet under the SUR
face (surface of what)a It was laid
low enough, you say, and your cement
walk high enough Cup to grade). Now,
Sam, I don't quite understand what
you are trying to get at, or what your
cement walk has to do with this sewer
question, but [ take it as slur on my
cement walk, which is down to one of
the grades. Now. want to ask you
right here mot that | or the public
cares continental), which of the
many grades it is you have. If you
will come down on our avenue / can
show you any kind of a grade. Yes,
from three feet below the curb line to
four or more above said line. Now, is
it one of these grades you have, Sam?
| Now, if your grade was lower than
your neighbors', why the city fathers
would build toboggon for you, as they
have for me, SO that people could slide
down on their feet or other ways as
they choose. Now, Sam, did you eSer,
hear of the city fathers constructing
sewer of their own free will without
being petitioned or importuned? Not
much. Their are not often composed of
such stuff. You say you did not ask
for this sewer. Then you never asked
for anything in your life. The trouble
is your memory is short at one end. if
| y
around about your sewer being uncov-
cred, etc. Now, about that ordinances;
you say threads that all property holders
must connect with the sewers before
the street is paved, and it seems you
are the only one that has complied
with the law. beg cave to differ with
you. There is no such ordinance read
ing as you say it does. You are mis-
leading, and let me inform you that
each and every piece of property on
Market street, where this sewer of
yours is laid, has confOrmed to the city
ordinance. This | know to be true.
/ will make you this PROPOSE
ton, Sam: That if you will
produce from city ordinance book
an ordinance reading as YousaY it does,
I will give you my horse and $100; now
there is chance of your getting
better horse than you ever owned. I
ought to know how that ordinance you
refer to reads for helped pass it.
might print the ordinance relating to
sewer, water and gas connections for
your benefit, but am now taking too
much valuable space in the paper.
You say also that you have offered to
pay for AZ feet A inches. Now that
was a magnificent offer to be sure,
when you know that it benefits every
inch of not only your frontage but your
rearage also, for am told by expert
sewer engineers that our combination
sewers will draw water three to six
hundred feet; and if that were laid the
whole length of your premises and a
mile farther you would not derive a
particle more benefit. Besides. you
told one of your neighbors it was just
what you wanted. About asking for a
rebate, must say word or two.
How could you ask for rebate before
you paid your assessment and took
the city treasurer's receipt to the coun-
Gil? And then if you could show or
convince them that you had been
enormously or excessively assessed they
would, no doubt, rebate what in their
Judgment was right. So much for
your rebate whine. Your convincing
the aldermen that AZ feet was enough |
for you to pay for when you only had
IL feet didn't pan out, for when they
found out the truth in the matter it I
was quite different from your story, too
often told.
But have said enough at this time,
but cannot close without giving our
city fathers little dig, more especially
the hold over members. Last January
every one of them voted to assess
Sans tull frontage for this sewer that
was all RIGHT but when Sam thnnrht