The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-20

but some one win sly. Yes thar Is
al very COED bat just look & what It
win cost IS to nm IS II We take On
ton for an example. II IS realizing. Is
they claim above al expenses between
two and three fhouslnd dollarsa year
Of Of rs piant Greenwood can 90
even better than this ri We have buH
ness men eqnal 70 those 81 Canton, our
labor is % cheap and our cotl and.
water which furnishes power much
cheaper
A hight ia eandle power, rests ID
Canton for ell night % cents q month.
while here Il costs that amount TN IL
u, hnt IN both cases BY the uso Of a me.
tre this cost can hs reduced to = cost
not exceeding that Il oil il 4 Years
hight II the city owned It's plant it
could put il q dynamo saficient to snip
by the whole city with lights 1t 4 less
sost for each ~intandescent light which
the Citizens Light end Coal Co is mn.
able to do today, owing 70 ihe fact
that The present dynamo ,apacity is not
large enough Wh,n this Is done
il will make it sslf,sustaining and
the i4 arc lights can be increased to 20.
costing the city nothing. whereas today
It costs upward Of s., 900.
The same machinery which runs the
light plant rims the w~atsrworks The
rate Of water in Canton is So a ping.
while here il il sl5. and the difference
added 70 the cost now incurred on the
business men for sprinkling our streets,
will nearly pay the TAX Of many 8 eiti-
zen.
AS TO the seweFage, we think It il one
Of the most important improvements
needed by every city, and while there
ia no direct revenue coming from IL,
there Is an indirect revenue received
which over balances your tax account
We dare Say that the citizens hHve pgid
ont enough thia ear for doctor bills to
almost sewerage the city, and, as nsnRt
their taxes must Be paid this fall
While we do NOT intend 10 mislsad our
readers by saying that when they have
sewerage they will never be sick, still
we are honest Ia the opinion that the
unganitary places al over the city
caused BY no place to dump the dlth
TO carry it away il the eause Of the
most Of the sickness we have. and III
this statement we believe the citv phyai-
CLANS endorse as true. It win ba bene-
ht b the laboring man for IL
costs him now s. % fl2 a year Is
lime, ETC., to Keep bis place ID q sani.
tarY condition
But some will say, It will increase
taxes" Well, no doubt it will, bat let
Us take one of our leading business
firms for on example and zee. Now,
this firms house and stock Is valued ap-
proximately Ht about $4,000 while
he pays taxes on 81 1900, at last years
ratB-0 mills city taT-whieh Will
amount to about $40. This stock Is
insured for $4,000 40 8 mills Of $500 on
ten thousand Say this firm places liz
sewerage and ~waterW0rkg 80 ei00 60
complete &c, the difference Of insurance
they viii save BY this viii BE- ~ per
cent or $50 d year, lacking only 8t4 on
the first years Insurance. Of Putting DO
the system and paving the taxes, while
Tie following yeamregen By increasing
che tar 3 mills which Is more than
enough % put I'd the blant-Gaey will
save profit df ESQ p8r year This.
now, Is not taking into consideration
the expense of sprinkiing The streets
land other expenses which they are now
having without the sewerage and wa
terwofks If Canton, Whose.faie Of III
mrance was only per cent. saw econ'
0my to Goat $4,000 worth Of bonds g
decrease th rata % pet teniu aal
goursslf the question whether i viii
nav YOU, or the merchants Of Green
wood-who have no visible means OF
Buthng out q fri, should one occur
Float $4,000 worth az Bonds that VIII
Give your property and save the city 90
leafs 2psr cent. 20 b8abantat home and
not sent away To Northern cities
we believe every board ahpnM 60
slow Oh city expenditures increasing
unnecessarily Che taxation Of its citi-
genH-but this Is work that We will
hte8t Ell 40 sooner or later and by chr
falling other expenses, Il can be done
now at q time when i is needed, and g
& small increase above the present
tax We ore row payinR,