Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-06
CARD.
/ Erening Ilapital

To Editor OF Evening Capital
Because it may have seemed that Is
was my self interest and for my own
benefit that have made any objection
70 the recent ordinance passed by our
Municipal Board requiring all prop.
erfy owners TO have water supplied TO
their houses. / delayed until now do
ing so until myself had complied with
the ordinance, which have done; or
at least / have contracted 70 have
this supplied, and the work is in pro-
gress. and will be completed in = short
time, although il will require from
me . very large outlay of money.
And now l feel that can safely
say what propose to do in this ar
ticle, which is solely in the interest
of the poor widows and orphans who
own q little home here in our city. |
am personally acquainted with the
members who compose our Municipal
Board, and know that not one Of
them would work any hardship upon
any one, and know that each one OF
them is disposed TO help man rather
than to Cypress him, and for that rea-
son l am convinced that when they
voted 20 pass this ordinance that they
lost sight of the great hardship II
would place upon many of our people.
There are number of widows who
own little home, and have for years
been struggling to pay for 1t. In q
great many cases these have a debt
upon their property. Many OF them
only have pension TO depend upon
in some cases il is an aged couple who
own a little home and they have only
a small income on which they depend
for living. In great many cases
again little property has been lett
| them, house probably renting for
| S., IS or $40 per month, which Is their
only source of income, and an outlay
/ of money from SIS, $l8 and $50 70
place water in the house, not saying
anything about the cost OF the water
thereafter. would involve them as
long as they lived.
When had the honor TO be Mayor
/ of Annapolis l saw the necessity OF
REMEMBERING our houses, and intro
duced an ordinance for that purpose,
and although the tax of 90 cents for
each house seemed to be q small sum,
/ insisted that that should be paid out
of the city treasury so that it would
not be imposed upon the poor people.
And again, these houses, many OF
them, have not been constructed with
any view OF ever putting water in
them. 1t is not feasible. l admit
think IL proper and right that there
should be an ordinance requiring all
| houses erected in the future to be sup.
piled with water.
Many of these poor people have ap-
piled TO me with tears in their eyes
thinking that / had some authority or
some influence, asking me to come to
! their aid and assistance. and | have
had to say TO them: Poor man, poor
woman. | am powerless to help you,
/ have no say any longer.
Now as we will soon celebrate the
festival of Christmas, when gifts are
exchanged and-hearts made glad, let
the Mayor call session of the Board
and repeal this ordinance, and he will
be a Santa Claus that will bring glad
ness 60 the homes of these poor people.
He can say to them: You. need not
sell the sewing machine, or old gold
trinket that you set store by, the old
clock or the silk frock you were mar
ried in; the ordinance has been re-
pealed. You won't have to put water
in the house--this is q Christmas gift
TO You from the City Fathers
adv. @. A. DUBOIS.