The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-11

municipal bonds, to be expended in said
necessary Improvement for the protection
OF the health of the people. and to comply
with the reasonable requirements OF the
government before beginning on a grand
work, the beneficial results OF which cen
not be estimated, and
Whereas. The construction OF the new
/ system of public sewerage Will give en-
pigment 10 large number OF workinynien
/ in the city of Houston q. time when
they need employment most. and the In
auguration of the work of Improving Buf-
! falo bayou Will give employment to a large
! fcrce OF workingmen for an indefinite
| period. and at no expense to the citizens
OF Houston. thus promoting prosperity In
/ this city from the very inception of the
work therefore be 81
| Resolved, In the interest OF the public
health, for the promotion OF the city's pros
1 perity and for the benefit OF idle laborlng
men who need work, that the Single Tax
league OF Houston as an appropriate eX-
preston OF the sentiment OF men who are
amon9 the representatives of advanced
thought on economic subjects in this COM
munity. that we declare 1t to be our con-
victton that this Is one of the grandest
opportunities ever presented to the en-
lightened and progressive people OF Hous-
ton to do good for themselves, for their
fellowmen who are less fortunate and for
the community at large by voting and
using their influence in this election in
favor this proposition for the issuance
of tho 100000 sewerage bonds. and we
hereby pledge the support of this league
to the movement and promise our hearty
and earnest support and silicit the friend
~ interest of all who think with us TO
this end.
Houston Single Tax League.
Mr.. r. NJ. Johnston. on being called on,
said that he hardly thought It necessary
20 advance any argument in the premises.
He had given the matter considerable
amount of thought and he was thoroughly
convinced that II formed the most import
ant epoch in the history Of the city, He
would be glad to vote for the bond lseue
If 1T was for So 900, 900 instead of for only
$780, 900. He did not expect any opposi-
ton to the measure and thought that the
only opposition which could possibly come
from rational man would be on the score
of higher taxation He had figured that
the increase would be something like 60
or 20 cents per one thousand dollars and he
was of the opinion that everyone should
be willing to pay that sum in view of the
great benefits to be derived. ne had
heard people argue that the city was taxed
to death. and that there should be no more
bond issues; that, years ago, people lived
on the banks of the bayou and lived on
what is now being denounced as uuhealth
full. But. the speaker pointed out Hous-
ton was then village and no sewage
flowed into the stream. These alleged
reasons did not compose an argument and
should not have weight.
Mr.. Johnston closed by abiding to the
fact that politics had been entirely elm
mated from the matter in hand and would
have absolutely nothing to do with the
election which will take place today.
There were no factions, no disagreements
The suggestion as to the issue of bonds
had been made by the deep water com
mttee, of which Captain ]. G. Hutchinson
was chairman, and had been unanimously
approved by the mayor and the council.
IT, said the speaker, the passage of
the propositions to issue bonds would have
the effect of electing to office every man
in this city to whom am opposed pollti-
cally, | would still vote for 1t and gladly.
Mr.. Potter here. who stands at the very
head of his profession, has Just made
statement which you all heard. | am not
competent to judge of the correctness or
feasibility OF his plans, but / have COM
plete CONFIDENCE in him and his ability to
carry us through
Captain S. S. Ashe took the floor at this
iuneture. He had, he said, lived here for
many years was a taxpayer and was thor
oughly in favor of the issuance of bonds
for the purpose of diverting the sewage Of
the city from the bayou. This stream he
said, was full OF obi ectionable matter now,
and the only reason the ordinance regard
Ing sewage and sewerage connections were
not enforced was because people feared TO
allow more sewage matter to find its way
into the stream. Any one who raised
his voice" against the issuance of bonds.
the speaker thought, should sink through
the earth and into perdition." The future
health of the city should be looked after.
Captain F. F.. Chew asked Captain Ashe
II he thought the defeat of the bond prop
ositCn would have a tendency toward re-
tardng the deep water movement
Captain Ashe replied. in effect, that he
did not care whether the city got deep
water or not; 1t was health he was after,
Mr. Johnston reminded Captain Chew
that in the report of the government engl-
neers regarding the stream 1t was ex-
pressly stipulated that the sewage mat
ter must be diverted from the bayou be-
fore the work Of improving the stream
could be commenced.
Mr. p. c. Crawford moved that 1t be
considered the sense of the meeting that |
the bond proposition was heartily favored |
and that every man present would interest |
himself in the matter at the polls today |
This motion was passed unanimously and /
by rising vote, considerable enthusiasm
being manifested during the time the
vote was being made
Mr. James Charlton called the attention
Of those present to an article on the filter
beds at Berlin. which was written by |
Poul,ney Bigelow and published in the /
Forum of October, 1898. The meeting
then adjourned
Contribution Acknowledged.
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