The Lambertville record., 1901-03-13
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

The heavy rain on Sunday night and
Monday morning left south Main street
in very dilapidated condition. At
several places the torrent came down
the hill IL such force as to tear up
the road-bed and flood the sidewalk,
the latter being left with about four
inches of midland refuse upon ii. The
first washout, going south, was about
in front of Councilman Callans resi-
dence, which left the street in bad
condition. The next we noticed at the
intersection of Mount Hope and Main
streets. The sewer became choked up
and then the flood shifted down Mt.
Hope street, washing and tearing tho
street III all kinds of shapes Again,
Mt the intersection of Feeder and Main
streets, the damage is still moro notice.
able and hundreds of carloads of
mountain grit and rocks are left for
future distribution, and from the latter
street to the rubber mill, one would
need stills to wade through at different
places along the sidewalk. But the
real climax was reached when we enter
the rubber mill, where we find about
three inches of this Goat Hill grit and
Shiny mud deposited all ovor the lower
floor, intermingled with both rubber
and machinery, the wheel pit of the
big engine being taxed to its full
capacity and overiowing. Now, gentle
men of Council, you are invited down
once more to view the situation and
talk over the matter, simply to see
what should be done, and then an
other rest awaits you until something
happens again, (which is about three
times n Year.. You all know that at
each big rain these washouts become
more prominent, and sooner or later
there will be damage suit begun
against our city for injuries to pro-
perty, rs these washouts are likely
sooner or later TO do great damage.
Behold the honest mani We will
sketch him from behind He is too
modest to have front view taken, so
| caught him while looking out over
the fields for the proyerbial COWS to
como home. But it Is better to know
that be is honest and wonder whose
face it is, than to know his face and
continue to wonder whether he is
honest or not Besides this, there il
more proof depicted in those sworn
ailidavits etched ON the horizon of his
pajamas than the average man could
honest man could easily buy n new
pair of pantaloons from the tailor on
tick, and let time tick, tick away to its
own pleasure while the tailor is collect
ing his bill, but an honest man would
rather patch his wardrobe with black
patent thread and plaid wooen goods
than to continue to patch up a dis
honest reputation with lies "cut out Of
the whole cloth. Now even foreign
er can safely wager his prejudice that
this honest man with the crazy patch
work on his trousers is not Mark
Hanna, nor Bryan, nor Mckinley, nor
Rudyard Kipling, nor Andy Carnegie,
nor Boss Croker, nor Governor Hogg.
No, this man who has either resisted
every temptation to feather his nest, or
never met with an opportunity to dc
80, is surely not politician. Politi.
clans do not need any big patches a
this particular end of their politica
fences. Far from it, dear readers.
is their reputation, and character, mt
public record, TINT needs the big blu
drilling etchings to hide their naked
ness from swindled public and
ragged constituency.