The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-28
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are open to discussion, wish TO
call the attention Of the majority
voters who upheld corporation
last election TO some reasons why
/ they should now change over and
assist 60 abolish.
lst Promises were made Of
good schools. There not being
enough money, We now have a.
month less school this year, and
a prospect for four months in all
next year. If money is TO be
raised tax will have to be voted,
and we do not wish to be taxed.
Times are too hard, besides, if it
is advertised that Angelo has
good schools, more people will
come in to send TO school and we
can't furnish room for what We
have. BY abolishing, we may
take IN big school district, if
the owners are willing to it, and
get more taxes; because the out
siders will have any votes to keep
from being taxed.
2nd. Sewers and good streets
were promised, but not dollar
has been expended on sewers, and
the rain carries off all the green
filth from the present sewer when
ever it rains. That has answered
every purpose up to now anyway.
Bird. The old debt Of the town
was TO be arranged for, this has
not been done and if we knock
out corporation now it may be n
good many years before we will
have to pay anything on it.
18th. Fire protection was to be
provided, but the waterworks
company gets as much now from
the city, as it did from the clti-
zens before the incorporation.
The city tax on nonresident prop
erty owners for this purpose, dis
satisfies them, and they are liable
so pull out and withdraw their
capital at any time, and ! don't
see how the town can build up,
without capital,
5. The gambling houses have
been closed which cuts the coun-
ty officers out of their cases
against gamblers, which helped
them make living. The town
always has had gambling and no.
body has to buck at the games, if
they did not want to. They have
stopped card playing in the sa-
looms too, which causes them TO
lose custom, for nobody will sit
around all day and buy drinks
unless they can have something
to amuse themselves with.
9th. They have made most of
the saloons close up on Sunday.
So if n man wants drink on
Sunday morning he has to hunt
around till he finds some saloon
where they Amt afraid of fine.
That cuts off Sunday business
from most of the saloons and
throws the barkeepers idle and
knocks off profits because wages
go on by the month the same as
If open, and that leaves the sa.
loon keepers idle too, with moth
ing to do but go to church, sit
around home or 60 fishing.
9TH. They have made law
against splitting on the sidewalk
and some men dodge out TO spit
in the street, but others Just spit
big gobs of matter right on the
sidewalk and postotlice and wo
mems dresses wipes it up, whel
they don't carry them in thei
hands. | don't see any use il
all this law business unless it Is
enforced. 1t Is better to have NJ
law.
o Sth. There is q law agains
o children going to school with di
h sease, that seems useless as Their
d has not been a case in schoo
Q since the law passed.
u 9th. Great talk was mad
{, about having U, S. court hous
II built and free delivery, but W
70 have nothing of the kind, and i
we can't have it when we want it
If there is no use trying to get it
d especially when the U. S. Court
& liable to be moved away at an
lie time, which would be a good thin
d anyhow, for all jurors who Wen
n to Eel Paso used to draw mlleag
N clean around by Fort Worth ever
10 t trip. Besides all this, they had
~ majority in the last two election
which the anti-corporationist
did not half try to win, and tur
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