The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-09-13
THE BONDS.

municipal water and electric light
system. La the ten years of honest
effort this paper has made for Weiser
it defies any man to find single in
stance where it has advised against
the public good; single instance
where it has advocated a local mea-
sure that was not for the betterment
and upbuilding of the town and the
welfare Of the people And again
it is willing to retire for good and
all if il is shown where a solitary
project has carried, which it support
ed, that the results have not been
gratifying to our citizens or which
would be now given up. The well
doing of the Signal is dependent
entirely upon the well doing Of Wes-
er and the paper is just as anxious
to prosper as to have the Town prosp-
er and just as averse TO burden,
which it must feel, as tue people
could be, and any measure that
would burden the people would just
as heavily burden it by an invlolable
law Persons who may be employed
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do so because they have natural
seedy aversion to progress outside
Of their own pocket, may make
alarming statements TO the unthnk-
lug, but because they make them does
not prove they are true. No agita
tor, whatever the secret of his mo-
tives, can controvert these facts:
/. With water and light, popula-
ton and capital for investment will
come to Weiser which will not come
without them, and much of which
has passed Weiser because these
utilities were lacking.
2. The interest and operating ex-
penses of these Improvements will
come from those who receive the
service.
3. The patronage will pay the
expenses, interest on bonds and leave
money over for sinking fund, and
in all common sense not a cent of tax
can fall upon private property, and
those who preach it preach falsehood.
4. If the city does not put in the
plant, and private franchises are
given, the people of the town will
find it necessary to patronize said
private plants and will pay twice as
much for the service
5. Nearly every town in the coun-
try supplied by private plants is
struggling to escape the monopoly
6. The city would be obliged to
buy fire MIGRANTS and street lights
from a private company and they
would cost annually more than the
interest on the bonds.
Y. Insurance rates would be de-
creased and one fire might destroy
property to the value Of the plant
twice over.
s If private franchise is not
granted, the matter will come up
again next,year and with additional
votes will be carried and opponents
will simply have the satisfaction of
having delayed it seven or eight
months and checked the towns pro-
gress that much without gain TO them
selves
9. No person, who is not buying
the service, can be out one dollar,
and those who patronlze it will get
value received.
TO- Suburban property is invari-
ably made more valuable as the town
advances in population and wealth,
and those who do not expect to use
the service will get the increased
value without cost to themselves.
The individual never hesitates to
borrow money to put up business
block, to obligate himself to 90 into
any enterprise when he can see the
business ahead and the income from
the investment with which to pay
back the capital and eventually raise
himself on borrowed funds from
nothing to a competency. He con-
siders it good judgment and the prin-
ciple applies to municipality just
as forclbly. The laborer would get