Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-06-21
DO YOU WANT 1T?
Saturday Is the Day when You May Vote
on the Proposition Recently
Made to the City.

on the proposition hecently
Made to the city.
or course every voter in the city oi
Belding is aware that next Saturday ID
the date set when they will have an
opportunity OF casting their ballots
either in favor of or against the pro.
position to bond the city in the sum OF
$4,000 for the purpose of purchasing a
water works park. This election is
held in the usual manner of holding
elections, and every regularly qualified
voter has the right TO vote. The
Boards of Registration will meet to-
morrow friday and those who have
changed their residence from one ward
to another since the spring election or
was unregistered at that time will be
required to register before being quail
fed to vote, The registration and
voting places for the several wards
are: First Ward-the old Casket Co.
building; Second ward-Vincent's west
store room on Main street; Third ward
City hose house.
The proposition carries far more
with it than appears on the face OF it.
The Belding Bros. have offered to sell
certain tract of land containing APP
proXimately ten acres to the city for
the purpose of converting into water
works park for the sum of $4,000 1t
is for the purpose of raising this
amount and making such purchase it is
proposed to bond. But the Belding
Bros. promise that should the result be
favorable this sum will not be taken
from the city nor converted to private
use but will be turned over by them
Immediately TO committee OF citizens
who are to take charge of it and use it
for the payment of taxes upon a big
factory to be erected by them, or if
the committee can get other factory
projects upon more favorable terms
they will have the privilege of doing
so. 1t will simply create fund which
will be on hand and available when
wanted. Some opponents have circu-
lated reports that Belding Bros. would
not build their factory as has been
stated even if the proposition is car
ried. We have no authority to speak
for them, but they have said that they
would and we defy any person to show
where they have ever broken their
word ia such a matter., With no evil
dence TO the contrary we believe they
will do as they have said. Further
more, allowing for arguments sake
that they did not, the committee would
have the money and would be in shape
to 20 after other concerns.
We cannot see for the life of US how
the city is taking any chances in the
matter We either have the factory
or the money, and in addition we get
this fine water works park site which
no one can deny would be valuble ac-
quisition 70 the city. There is some
opposition, and most unscrupulous op.
position, too, resorting to all sorts Of
falsehoods in order TO hoodwink some
who are not very far-sighted into vot-
ing against their own interests. One
of these reports is that Belding Bros
has served an injunction on the rail
road company to take up certain tracks,
another that men were being dis
charged from work by reason of this
injunction, and dozen others, equally
as abs lrd. Any voter who allows him
self to be bamboozled by such rot lacks
good common sense. Don't be
chump.
Belding is a factory city. 1t has been
built up and is maintained by its fac
tory interests. We are proud of what
we have, and we want more of them.
Here is an unparalleled chance. 1t is
up to you now. We hope that every
voter in the city will exercise their
right of franchise and thus giving COM
plete expression to the will of the peo
pie regarding it.