The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-18

formation.
, Mr.. R. H. Welch has taken up the
! question Of sewerage with the Commits
sioners of Public Works and the City
! Council and is making things quite in
! teresting in that direction.
The following petition was presented
| to the City Council at its meeting on
Tuesday afternoon, similar petition
being presented to the Commissioners
of Public Works, which after some dis
cussion, was received as information
and placed on file, with the under
standing that the council stands ready
at any time to order an election on the
question of issuing additional bonds to
extend the sewerage as soon as petit
ton from two-thirds of the freeholders
is presented to them:
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Newberry - Town of
Newberry.
Elk parte, r. H. Welch, Petitioner
In re-, The Sewerage Question.
PETITION.
To the Mayor and Aldermen of the
Town of New berry, S. G. The petit
tion of your petitioner would respect
fully show:
l. That he is a resident and tax payer
in and of said town of Newberry, S. G.
II. That he wishes 70 call the atten-
tion of the Town Council to the fact
that he is being entirely left out by the
sewerage system being put in, and no
provision whatever is being made for
him in any way, whatsoever, to con-
meet with any of the mains of the
sewers. The nearest mains to him are
higher than the sewer from his home
will connect with, and still carry the
waste, even though he were able to
spend enough money to carry his prl-
vate sewer blocks in order to reach the
street main.
III. He wishes to call the attention
of the Town Council to the fact that
the sewerage of Johnstone street stops
at Mr.. John M. Kinard's and turns
suddenly to Main street. That no one
on Johnstone street can use this sewer,
or the one on Main street, because they
are both higher than their private
sewers will be. That this is one of the
very few sections of the town that is
building up and that can build up.
". He wishes to call attention of the
Town Council to the fact that, although
the Newberry Cotton Mills pay nearly
or quite one-ffth of the taxes of this
town, that it and it's people, who sorely
need the sewerage, if any one in town
needs it, get practically no sewerage
whatever.
V. He also wishes to state that the
Mollohor Cotton Mill and its people,
when :, begins operation, will have
sewerage, although it will hardly pay
one-ffth as much taxes as the New
berry Cotton Mills.
vi. He wishes also to state that he
has just been informed that no one on
College street, beyond Scott's Creek
will have sewerage; that no one on the
street leading by and out to Mr.. 0.
Wells, beyond SCOTS Creek will have
sewerage; that the side streets that
run into those streets will not be
severed; in other words, nearly or quite
clear majority of the residences OF
this town will not have sewerage.
VII. He wishes to enter his protest
against this condition:
1-Because to him, it is not keeping
good faith, for he signed the petition
asking for the election on the question of
sewering the town, and he voted for the
sewering of the town upon promises
held out to him that all would have
sewerage. That on account of this
promise and assurance, he signed the
petition and voted for the sewerage.
Not to get it now seems to him lack
of good faith, if it is still in the power
of any of the authorities of this town
to give it to him.
2-Because he feels that to ask him
to pay taxes to help sewer the town
and himself be left out is unjust and
tyrannical. 1t is no better than taxa
ton without representation. 1t IS but
asking him to tax himself that others
NAV have the luxury and convenience
of sewerage; to tax himself that the
property of others may be appreciated
in value and desirability, while by COM
parison his is deprecated in value and
=
desirability.
Is this fair? Is it right? Is it good
faith?
VIII. He respectfully demands that
he either be given sewerage, or that
provision be made so that not one dol
lar or one cent of taxes shall be paid
by him for that which he ought to but
does not get.
TX. He urges the Council to act at
once in this matter, because the sewer
ing operations are being pressed for
ward very rapidly, and soon he will be
met with the answer that it is too late,
as the work has passed him. Hewants
action while action can be had to any
effect. Respectfully submitted,
r. H. WEIGH.
July 16, 1902.