Evening journal., 1899-02-28

water bii3. They hav dun so becawse
Hastings has asst EN- too
Our fel.ers has too much respec' fer
Washington Hastings not to do emmy
Thing he wants dun, an so CESS we'll
hav to kill Mister PILES bill fer his
sake Hits krool, but wen Washing
TIM Hastings calls up OIL times an re-
minds us now much he dun fer MS I'VE
CANT ee,p dola' ennything he asts
Mister Piles bills all rite, an ef
Hastings wnzn't agin It hit
mite pass. HIT seems as how the
Water Department has bin chargin' the
water consco comers moren twice as
much fer water as they awt to an the
felle1s is kickin' Las yere the ex-
penels OF runninf the anebang WIZ
see, 900, an the revenOo WIZ
100000 That .ef $62, 900 FER
housekeepin' purpusses an $3.50 fer
spsndin money. Hits tolo much, sed
Mister Hastings, ".ets bi sumthin' We
don nede." Then sumbodHy spoke up
an sed; Il no feller moo has a job lot
of pipe we kin git chepe." Mister Hast
inss sed, How mutch dus he want feI
hit" Then the uuaer feller sez, only
$4,000 lis that all?" sez Mister
Hastings serprlsed IKE. Il CESS we'd
better take hit,' sed Mister Porter.
But we don nede hit" sed Mister
Bctts. I'VE kin use hit yere after
next, sed Mister Hastings, AN meen-
vile we kin store hit in that lot OF
ourn cut on Ninth s,rete." "Wotl
the water ccnsoomers say about hit?"
asst Mister Belts. The water consoom-
ers be durned." sed Mister Hastings
'Haint we runnin' this yere depart
ment? Order that pipe, Mister Growhe
an don let the grass grow under yer
fete vile you're a-doin' hit. Now, fell
lers, that leves us SS6,000 watre we
gosn' to do with hit?" "Hain't there
ruthln' else we kin buy?" sed Mister
Porter. II CESS we've got all we nede,"
sed Mister Hastings. Them water
ccnsoomers mus be fools" sed Mister
ES;ts. They're givin' us $96,0O
moren we nede, an then they're sup
portin' Koo Spring Park, giwn' S2S,-
600 wurth of water fer fitin' fire; keep
in the skoo,s in water; sprinkiin' the
stretes; wateinin' the city offisheis,
an all the time they don seem to no
hit How wud hit do to tern Kool
Sprink Park over to the Park Com
mishun an let the non-consoomers OF
water pay a little towards keepin' hit
up, an then charge this yere uther
water up agin the genri fund? Ht
don seme fare to make the water con
soomers to pay all fer wot is eqwally
enjoyed by them non-consoOmers."
Mr.. Porter jumped up an pounded the
desk madrlike an sed: II want you to
dtstincktly undeHtan. Al Belts, as
how that park belongs to me an Wash
HastingR,an' them Park commissioners
had better keep offen the grass An
as fer givin' free water. ! wan to ast
you as a Krstyan gentleman as
wether You think hits rite TO make
them pore nonlCOnsoumers Of water
pay fer wOt they git. Wot's the use OF
havin' water consoomers ef you don't
bleed 'em?" Yes, that's the quest
yum sed Mister Hastings "Al, /
think you're a-layln' the ground fer
bein' kicked outten this yere bord.
propose as how we Civ this uther SS6,.
GOO to them pore Dimmokratic City
Ccunselmen fer general purposes" 81
seckfnd the mOshen," sed Mister Por-
ter But hahn them water consoom-
ers alreddy pade there fare share into
that generl fund.-" asst Mister Be.hs
Then Mister Hastings spoke up an
sed: "Ai, you're gittin' too derned in
kwisitiv. SnppOsin' they hav pade
there fare share under the generl levy,
wotre We gOin to do with all this yere
money!" vGiv hit back to 'em an
lower the rates so as how the reyen.
yOoll jes' about mese the expensis,"
sed Mister Belts. Hit hahn rite to taA
unem water cOnsoomers their equal
share under that there generl levy an
then, after maxim em kepe up the
water plant. grab $4,000 of their
money an use hit fer them there gen.
eri purposes. Hit haint rite: an yu
no damwea hit hahn rite. Hits rob
bin them fe.lers fer the bennyfit OF fel-
lers hoo don even paytronize our
shop ! don no where you an Bill
Porter expects to go to wen you die.
You're gitlin old an wen you're gone
the pepCe wiz rase a monument bear
IN these wuris. Sakred to the memry
OF Wash Hastings an Bill Porter hoo
robbed the Water Consoomers OF viii
mington CT Over Six Hunderd Thou
san Dollers Of Water Surplus an
Turned Hit Over to City Counsel for
Generl Purposes an Fer the Benefit Of
Nnn-ConEcomers OF Water Nav We
Never Lock On There Likes Apin'.s
I'm agin' rohbin' these pepie emmy on
ger. We're supp0st to be we're 10 look
AMER the interests Of these yere water
ccnsoomors, an /. fer one, am goin' 10
DO hit Nit ef me an Bill noys
nit sed Mister Hastings "Growhe
git bag an carry this yere sS6.OOa Of
water conscomers' money over TO CITY
Counsel an tell them feHers we've
took hit fT1m the consoomers so "a
how they kin make hit easier ON Sam
Bancroft, Tat Warner, Charley Pusey.
Job Jackson, George Todd, Mister
Cause, an me an them uther fellers
hoo don take much sitty water but hoo
has a big lot Of vallyable property an
vakint lots to keep down the taxes on.
Don't stop nowhere; but git that sS6.-
900 used fer generl purposes les AS