The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-08-25
FAV0RS THE DAM.
A Taxpayer BeuIties the Obicctors aud
Eavors the Reservoir.


EpiroR HERALD will avail myself Of
your invitation TO say few words in regard
to the subject of more water. The rantngs
of the editor Of the News bear more of the
earmarks of Job than the action Of the
members of the Borough Council in making
am honest effort In give the people of Shen-
andoah an adeqate supply Of water The
aforesaid rantings, Il can not call them any
thing else as they do not contain a single
argument to show why the people Of Shen-
audoah should be satisfied with water for
only eight hours, when by the expenditure Of
q few dollars they can have all the water for
twenty. four hours Of this new editor, who no
doubt imagiues he is the Horace Groely Of
the anthracite coal regions, and exhibits his
vaporings in big type, makes great cry OF
increasing the debt
He would find by referring to the half
audited report (Which was made by the Bor-
ough Auditors and for which they were more
than well paid that Tax Collector Scanlan
owed this borough at that time S3l, 500 "a.
Mr.. Burke owed this borough $12, ,636. 80
which he can easily see will make total of
Sii 143 3O | ask any fair minded man how
could we get in debt $50 600 by using some Of
the money owed by Burke and Scanlan, and
/ is it fair for the people Of Shenandoah to be
kept on scaut supply of Gods pure water
because Scanlan and Burke are negligent in
their business 1t looks something similar
to lob" when collector holds Sl5, AIS. 9S
of the borough's money for three years.
! Here's chance for a column in big type by
Greeley" on that subject.
word in regard to the manner of doing
the work. Our reform editor (who by the
way should confne himself to the truth, as
the water works are only in operation three
years this MONTH whereas he has created an
opinion in Scranton, Hazleton and NIahanoy
City that they are running seven years.
seems to be terribly afraid of force work
The Borough Council are and should be
afraid of contract work, as there was not a
contract made land they were made by
lawyers, too that did not extend far beyond
the figure. None Of the seven men who are
now desirous of giving the people more
| water were on the Council at that time, al
though they knew of the circumstances,
and were forced to the conclusion that the
only proper way to do such work is by the
day if they could secure capable superin-
| tendent and engineer who would furnish the
tools for 80 much per cent. as it is out of the
| question for the borough to purchase engines,
boilers, derricks, pumps, otc., necessary to
carry on such work.
Just take the question of engine and boiler
alone. No firm would think of selling the
borough those things for any less than from
| $500 to $1,000 derrick, from $500 to $500 ;
| pumps the same ratio, also tools Now as to
an increase of revenue. If the borough
were able to guarantee water they would not
only be able to hold the consumers they have
hut they would undoubtedly be able TO take
! ,Y,o IA "a r
compauy's plant. There are quite number
who have loft the bogough's plant and unless
we can get more water we will lose our con
sumers not by ones and two's, but by the
dozens. So hurry up the new reservoir and
build it with the aid of your home labor,
who when they receive their wages will stay
here and circulate it. Not run off to some
new railroad and spend it there or send il
back to a DagO country.
If the experimenting Of this reservoir
were given to some strange Dago driver and
II strange engineer who would be impartial
(Womelsdorf for instance) there would be nC
howl from these would-be reformers. We
want more water and we want it pure, anC
these seven Counclmen should be upheld il
their efforts to give us more water.
will conclude by saying let us beware o
the wolf in Sleeps clothing" What kline
Of reform did the News advocate when il
came to beneftting the taxpayers on the
electric light question a short time ago
! Their reform was all against the taxpayer
and to read their remarks carefully we are
led to believe that they are giving us another
dose when they object to giving us an abund
ance of Gods own beverage.
TAXPAYER.