The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-14
MAYOR DISCUSSES BONDS
SAYS CITY is ABLE TO HAVE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Gives Some Figures, and Tells ABOUT
Proposed New Buildings. Says
City Is in Fine Condition.

Proposed New buildings says
City Is in Fine Condition.
AS is usual in the case OF a munlc-
ipality trying to progress, we have
opposition to a proposed issue OF
bonds for $25, 100000 to install
a much needed sewerage system
for our city. This should not
discourage the champions of prog
gress. 1t is best for a just cause TO
he attacked as in this case, because
it gives its advocates a chance to
mt their reasons before the people,
so that the voters who have SO
much business they cannot know
lust what they ought to dowill have
a chance to hear fromthe other SIDE
The sewerage system is so desirable,
now that we have waterWorkS OF
our own to flush with, that we can t
see why there should be any oppo-
sition, only that it is just so natural
for people to disagree upon the plan
and time to an end in matters OF
this sort 1t is insisted that we are
not ready. We will be ready by the
time the bonds are authorized and
issued. If not, of course we Will not
sell them then.
They say we are not aole'
Preposterous. We have 1900 people
who are worth, if their taxes were
all nut down at their true values,
over s.. 00O, 900. 90. | see the tax as
SCISSORS coaxed us to putting down
a little over 81, 500, 10000 l believe
the average assessment is not over
so cents in the dollar on the prop
erty in sight, besides the property
owned by US outside OF the city
and out of sight. Now for the cost of
the sewerage: principal per yearfor
25 years $1,000, average interest
$685.. 90 per year, making 81 ,635. OO.
This is less than 80 cents annually
per head of our population at this
time, and would likely beonly about
25 cents per head before the maturl-
ty of the last bond. Again, they
saw the council is extravaganza in
that they are now about toI
build a new school building for the
negro school, The naked truth is,
the present negro school building is
careened, it is dangerous for any
one to occupy it, and it has been
abandoned and we are now renting
a church to accommodate this
school. Therefore, it is absolutely
necessary to do something to pro
vide accommodation for the school.
The council have unanimously de-
cided that the old court house will
make a desirable home for the
school, it being built when all heart
timber and lumber were the rule, 1t
being mortised and pinned and a
new roof having been put on recent
lv. 1t now occupies two desirable
business lots 24x90 feet that we be-
lieve can be sold for 100000. AS
it now stands, it's close proximity
to the county s two lots fronting on
Main street would cause a higher
insurance rate, and the county com
missioners saw fit to sell lot IN the
northwest corner of the Jail yard for
police barracks rguard house at the
nominal price of two hundred
dollars in view of the fact that we
promised them to move the Oldcourt
house. which is now used for the
guard house. The council recogniz-
the great danger of fire and the
possibility Of a time when some un-
fortunate might be incarcerated, and
felt that it was their duty to have a
better and safer guard house.
Voters, we ask you to take time togo
and see the present guard house and
its surroundings, and you will be
with US on this point. Again, they
will tell you that we are building
another expensive hall for police
court. 1t is not so. The very naked
truth is that it was suggested that
for few hundred dollars more the
guard house could be made one
story higher and the room above
would be a good investment for the
city, as we will have no storage
room for the electric light depart
ment when we move the old court
house. in which one room is now
used for the goods in the electric
line; and further, it was suggested
that as only a small space was nee
essary to hold the police court