The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-07

an accomplished engineer, and If there
is any man who knows anything about
sources of water supply, 1T is Desmond
I Fitzgerald. But, gentlemen, they didn't
dare when Mr.. Fitzgerald was upon the
witness stand to ask the value of Pax
ton reservoir He might have made an
answer that would have been embar-
RAISING.
The gentleman who opened this argu-
ment for the other side had consider
able to say about the Tower of Babel
The witnesses for the petitioners Were
rddicmed, and We were told that the
Tower of Babel had tumibled about our
| ears. Gentlemen, it might have beer
! the Tower of Jericho and he the Joshua
who was blowing his horn around it.
! Now regarding this point relative te
| the credit due the city for sewage re-
turn. The respondent claims that he
should be credited for the water which
after being used for sewage purpoSes
is purified and passed back into the
stream below the line of taking. In the
| first place the claim is made that the
city might take this water by the right
of eminent domain and use it for any
and all purposes, convey it through
pipes LOT use as llNlHB water IOE WdSu-
| ing, bathing, for mixing brandy punch
| for for all such useful things. So they
might.
| But the statute provides that they
shall tell us what they take it for. My
| friend argues that under the law, If any
part of the amount taken be returned,
the city is entitled to credit for such
return. claim that it matters not how
much is taken or how much is returned,
1 hA fNa,a L.
the right of taking.
But, in the first place, the city has no
right to empty it's water used for sew
| age into the Blackstone river. OF
course it is known that they have at
tempted to purify it, but 1t is also
known that they have failed to do it.
The inhabitants of MiHbury and the
other towns down through the Black
stone valley are already indignant, and
| Worcester In the near future has got
to provide ample publication of that
| sewage. Do you know the result If
this sewage continues flowing on down
and spreading over the farms of Mil
bury? Do you know whether tho me-
tropolitan sewage system may in flu
ture years be extended to Worcester
and further? Do you know thisr You
do not and you cannot.
!
he would read from some or the evil
dence that had gone before.
| Please turn around so we can get
some or the benefit of it," remarked
Gel. Hopkins.
STRENGTHENING UP and addressing him
self to the commissioners, Mr.. Could
Ing, who stood slightly in advance of
| where Col. Hopkins sat, replied: "Mr.
Chairman and gentlemen, / do not pro-
! fn Anxuf, IN
occupied heretofore. ! am now in a
higher and clearer atmosphere and
want to breathe ii and breathe IL un-
disturbed. | read the words of a
great man" He then read extracts
from Col. Hopkins closing argument
relative to the mechanical phase of the
problem. AS he finished it, he re-
marked: There is more of it in the
same way, but / do not care to read
it,"
| Gentlemen, you have in this hearing
heard the voice of typical mechanic,
and / will guarantee whereof 1 speak,
that Mr.. Wheelock and men like him,
men with inventive genius, will one
day light our city by water power. run
our elevators (they do that now and
do thousand other things by the
power Of that water, but mark you,
whatever they do, they will be doing
49, 6tANsAbeC VI MY IGdTItu
friend
When they talk about the value to
the holders from water returned
through the sewers, they are TALKING
nonsense. They say that 1T is richer
, below the sewers, but l need not waste
!; Time in discussing that point. This
: is another Of those cases that have beer
settled beyond all doubt.
Here the Gnn1kar a..
several cases bearing upon the point
: he then referred to the rights of tn,
. Leicester Power Company The chair
: man stated that he thought there wa.
: no question upon the point raised.
/ Il think they will let 1t alone" re-
marked Mr. Goulding. THE city O
worcester may not let it alone" replied
the chairman.
Continuing, Mr. Goulding said. az
seems to me l have touched upon al
the topics / ought to deal with at thi,
: time. l was sincere when stated tina
: my argument would be mucM shorter
than 1t has turned out to be.
, There is but one thing 1 ought &
REFER to and that Is the evidence pro
duced by the defendant in regard to tn,
returns of the tax commissioners which
was made the subject Of extended re
marks by the learned gentleman VIII,
opened the closing Of this case for tn
defendant. / am not going to clarac
terize that kind of evidence nor tell Vol
just what think of It, There are som,
. condolences in this life which all hon
orable men recognize. Some affair
which cannot be brought into court
me conversation among friends, tn
private conversation between man ant
Wife. These are facts which must b.
recognized
Il do not stand here to preach relax
alton of morals but I do not know bu
what some secrets OF the confessiona
may be made known in court and WHY
not even the condolences of The ho1nt
may at some times be laid bare2 know
that 1t is customary to say that we hav,
placed upon property q fair valuation
FOR taxation, but you know and know
that more often the figures given are
not a fair valuation of the property
taxed. 1t is true also that officers of cor.
poTations make return on the value OF
property on oath and the assessor doei
so, but have they in the past, do they
now, make returns according to actua
valuation? Do not they resort to cues
nenable methods to equalize matters
What want to say, gentlemen, /.
this, ii any Of the plaintiffs have made
returns upon their property which are
not according to truth, then the penalty
Is not for you to indict. il is not death
1t is not forfeiture of lands, and It still
remains for you to inquire the actua
damage done these petitioners by tn,
city of Worcester"
Now on that evidence the learned
counsel for the defense poured forth O
perfect TRADE Of bitterness and held
these gentlemen up to public scorn
They are his friends, many OF then
have paid him good money and ye;
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