The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-22
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Other resoucss 1000
Total expense shove in
terest and sinking fund on
all bonds $1,000
Total revenue after pro-
vidlng for interest and
sinking fund 1925
Less total expense $1,000
Balance revenue unused 1866
Which is more than enough to.
provide for everything. consider
ably more than bas been expended
in the last year. Almost by ths
time the waterWorks are finished
and 10 operation all the real estat'
10 the city viii be subject to taxa
tiOn, and the question Of being abls
to carry the debt is one certainly
without merit enough to invite the
consideration Of any thinking
man.
Some have asked what kind Of
a system is TO be installed, and
some have suggested the council
should have submitted specifca-
tions to the voters. This was i'm
possible. The council has no funds
to expend in preparing plans and
specifications. Nothing Of this
kind can be done until bonds are
sold and money obtained for that
purpose. The council has pre-
scented this matter to the people TO
know If they, by their votes, will
provide the funds for the work
Were the plans and specifications
Of the school buildings presented
to the voters before the bonds
we're issued. Surely not. S75,-
900 will place eight miles Of main
pipe IN the city, including the
plant, labor, equipment, etc.
Figure this yourself aud see Whai
kind Of a system you Will have.
1t Is the province of every voter
TO inform himself about the qucs-
tlon to be decided, and coms to
some conclusion of bis own. Have
your own opinions, your own
thoughts and form your own jndg-
ment. This is a business proposi-
tiOn, you are deciding by your
vote whether the council you have
elected shall invest the money de-
rived from the sale Of bonds in
waterworks, sewerage and public
improvements. In other words
you are a stockholder IN the busl-
ness and contribute 10 proportion
70 the tax you pay, as question
Of economics is it better to own
these things or rent them. We
need them and are going to have
them. These questions each voter
should decide for himself, and uu-
less be does so lie fails to do his
duty as an American citizen. THIS
is not like an election of officers,
this IS a business matter. When
officers are electedy you vote for the
man you like personally, or the
man whom you believe will best
serve the public. Ia this election
you are called upon to vote for no
man, no claims of friendship or
personal popularity can influence
your vote but you are left 10 a
plain business proposition and
must pass judgment on it one way
or the other. No man who will
be influenced by prejudice, per-
sonal differences, or sectional strife,
can do his duty as a man and a
citizen.
This is a critical time in tie his
tory Of Chickasha, we want i'm
prOvements, we want capital, we
want people and IN order to get
them we must be up and about our
business. We must have a modern
city, and 10 order to do this we
must have progressive people.
The citizens of our city have
raised within the last few years
about $50 900 for public improve
ments. s15, 200 Frisco Railroad,
s1S, 600 for bridges, right of way
Psups Valley line, exhibition at
the Worlds Fair and numerous
other improvements which have
helped greatly in making Chick
asha what she is. This $50, 900
and what it has done is nothing to
be compared with what waterworks
and sewerage will do for us.
Let every man who believes In
progressive city; who has the in
terest OF Chickasha at heart, who
wants TO see the town a thriving,
business place, full Of energetic
and Industrious people alive with
business, push and progress, who
would rather live in a community
of thrift aud energy than a desert
ed vi age, let all such men 20
TO the poles on Saturday aud vote
for issuing bonds.
A MONEY SAVER.
Id d Saver Gives One Gnnd