Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-21
BOyWE[L EXAMINATION VOTE FOR WATER WORKS
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sure you viii agree with us on this
point.
Another matter that is of great i'm
portance, especially to the laboring
| classes, as well as the business men,
Is the amount of money, that would be
placed in circulation, in the village,
should the system be installed. Con
servative estimates place this amount
at S 100000. and the benefit of the
town from this source alono cannot
he overestimated. Think of the mum
ber of Perrysburg people, that are
| daily compelled to go back and for
ward to Toledo for employment;
think of the benefit that it will be
to them, to be able to procure posi-
tions right at home without the eX.
! pense of the necessary car-fare, each
| day The laboring classes, that grand
| body OF men, who make up the bone
and sinew of the nation, have just
right to expect that the town of their
choice shall do something for them.
as well as others, in the way of a
| livelihood, and we would like to very
| respectfully ask what the village of
| Perrysburg has ever done in this di'
reCtion.
We are sorry that some of the
citizens of the town have thought it
| necessary, before voting for the
| proposition, to require that such of
| the people of the town who wished
to use water for any purpose should
sign an a greement to that effect
We have maintained that this could
not be done. as no one at present had
authority to enter into an agreement
with any one in this matter. We have
| declared it our belief, that this town
would do as we'll as any other town
| in this matter, and to satisfy the
Doubling Thomases," in this regard
we instructed our canvassers to Sc
cure expressions from each person
| approached on the matter. To prove
| that we were correct in our conten
tion we have only to say, that the
secretary of this association has on
file a list of sixty-seven persons
no have signified their inten
tion and willingness to use city
water in the event the system is in
stalled, and in addition to the above
over 100 others of whom no record
was made, have also signified the in
tention to use the water.
Mr.. Hollenbeck, in his article last
week, undertook to "call us down,
in n mild way for our statement that
boarders and renters should have q
right to vote in the matter, some
renters had even told him that they
did not think they should vote, etc.
etc. This talk OF Mr.. Hollenbecl
would have sounded very well lin as
much as it was eXpected) had it moi
been for the fact. that in the next
breath he tells you that Landlords
would very naturally expect increas
ed rentals, as improvements were
made. and taxes increased" If any
thing further had been needed to show
the inconsistency of Mr.. Hollenbeck'S
line of argument, this last statement
certainly would have furnished it;
for in one line he tells you (boarderE
and renters0 that he thinks you have
no right to vote. and in the next line
he makes a statement that he think!
will induce you to go straight to thC
polls on election day and vote agains
the proposition. Talk about "desper
ate straights" Mr. Hollenbeck was
certainly getting into them about this
time, with a vengence He had evi
IDENTIFY forgotten the fact that the
taxes We're not to be increased one
farthing for the improvement.
Mr.. Hollenbeci still seems to be
worried for fear that the plant viii
not be self-sustdining, and quotes
Revised Statutes with the eloquenct
of Blackstone, endeavoring to prove
his assertion. We turned loose Mr.
f. r. Bowers once before on this
same point and we have now done i
again. Here is what he has to say.