The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-06
Again Enters Garbage
Furnace Discussion.
He ANSWERS Mr., HUG
Says the People Of the Ward Do
Not Want the Furnace
Located In That
End OF Town.

Referring to the communication in
your issue of the Goth inst, relating to
the Jackson street site for a garbage
plant and dumping grounds. signed
Louis i. Hug, we beg to inquire of the
alleged author whether he is the In
dividual of that name who has obtain
cd an option, OF has bought the lots
in controversy and holds them for
sale to the city for the above purpose?
il he will answer this question truly,
be may by that furnish sufficient
answer to his own communication and
the reason for the interest shown by
him in this matter.
We know of but one Louis F. Hug
living in the fourth ward-the one who
with his partner rejoices under the bus
iress title of 1.-THE two Louies."
But we never took this Louie" to be
IN authority on sanitary matters, and
ir this, probably, We have done him
an injustice. We are now willing to
admit that he may equal the late Col.
Waring as such authority.
He says that he has investigated
including OF course, the price, $3,100,
which II Is proposed TO pay for these
let's; and as result he says that the
garbage plant and dumping ground will
rot be a nuisance, and that the above
price for nine swamp lots will be II good
investment for the city.
Therefore, the residents in the vicin-
ity of this site and the tax payers gem
eYally should feel reassured and in the
future need not hold their nostrils in
anticipation of what they enormously
believed would be a nuisance placed at
their doors. And as to the investment
of this price in these lots, Louie"
i3 equally reassuring. He stands ready
to guarantee the city, not only against
loss, but has purchaser in view who
will buy the lots at large advance,
when after the application of fifteen
foot coat of old stove pipe, tin cans,
banana STALKS, Gecayed cabbage, etc,
they shall have become magnificent
building sites.
He also found as a result of his in
vestigation that the whole opposition
to this location of the garbage plant
and dumping ground is kept alive by
one or two persons in the fourth ward.
He conveniently ignores the fact that
1t was no sooner published that 1t was
in contemplation to place it at this place
than a petition, signed by three hun
dred persons, who are residents of this
vicinity, was presented to the city coun-
Gil urging that it might not be placed
here; and they object to it just as
strenuously today as they did at the
beginning.
He deprecates all criticism of the city
council for their action In the matter.
But the council is public body, and as
such, its actions are properly subject
to criticism, favorable or otherwise.
Attempts to appeal to the evil of
partisanship In support OF this meas
ire is a feeble example of how indi-
viduals will try to call in the aid of
party interest to advance private job
berry.
The clique that has banded together
in this matter, were 1t not for the pos
sibility of gain attendant on the pur-
chase Of ground for this purpose, would
take but little interest in it, provided
only 1t were not placed where 1t might
injure themselves.
"The stand taken" by one member OF
tuc COuNCii IiOu tnC AOuIt III Wdiu, we
are fully justified in saying, does not
meet with the approval Of the residents
of the ward who have given the matter
thought, except the very few represent
ed In the aforesaid clique, whose pri-
vute aims he has made the mistake OF
supporting to the possible injury Of a
large portion of the ward. {.
Perhaps ne has really been led to
believe that he knows what is good
for his constituents better than they
do themselves, and that he will best
serve their Interest," by helping to erect
in their midst what they regard as a
nuisance and an injury?
It. Is scarcely necessary to occupy
your valuable space further with a re.
petition OF the arguments pro and cor
as to points where 1t is held that this
garbage plant and dumping ground
should be placed. At this stage Of the
question we think they are pretty IA.
mil;ar. BY play about the misspelline
of name will not enlighten anyone.
1t is pretty generally agreed that II
has become necessity; but 1t should
be guarded that In the accomplishment
of this purpose no injury may be done
to any person; that the money obtained
for this purpose may not be misap-
piled, and that especially the graf.
ifcation of popular want may not bt
made the occasion Of jObbery.
ROBERT BROXHAM.
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