Middletown transcript., 1906-11-24
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d 4asn 0)ppAssioassA especially
why i Il thst ve 5o not have better
light and more If In Why Il Ittilat we sub
nit tethe snisn,anagslaent and practical
e1tsrtion Upon us in tlle matter Of light r
Why i u tIiat lhe Town Commissioners
allow s'lcb proceednra 10 20 oi.a / GAMMA
answer tsse first question. bnt il ran BE-
answered BIZ these responsible Tie ssc-
end question u apparently harshty stated
and may make some people indignant.
bit 10 matter, tie tratl dies hurt poine-
tilnes. especially when not desirable 10 be.
made known BY those nlio Try u keep II
hidden.
| said liislnanagsment, il It " lvf
Us see. Tie autocrats OF the Light and
Water B ard have the power call.
upon the town for money. they are sup
posed II have competent superintendent
aad engineer, therefore tie plant 81 lord
rarely be out 81 order. accidents may and
do happen, due allowance is made for
them, but what sori OF management do
yon call this action Of theirs, shutting off
the tights in the early evening. the time
when our wives and families most natnr-
ally wish to 90 out, thus keeping u en- d.
home. preventing them from going to the
stores to do their little shopping /
should think the slorekeepers would have
q right 10 complain on that score, also,
when the lateness OF tile hour renders il
undesirable to 60 out to make social or
other calls and the stores were closed,
then the street lights were turned on.
That is only one point, there are others.
] also said practical extortion, have we
ever had the volume Of light that as a
town and as individuals We are taxed
and have paid for7 I say no! Nor the half
of it, nor have ever had 1t. II the alma
nae says moonlight and on the contrary
should happen to be as dark as Erebns,
there is no light on the streets, or If any,
so very poor that June Bug would be
ashamed of itself if it could do any better;
! don't know what almanac is consulted
by this Penny-wise management but it
looks very much as if they had struck an
obsolete copy. When We do not get
all We pay for-when we get nothing for
our money many hours is not that prac-
ticalIy extortion, the town board lays
the taxes and twilly-nilly" We have
them to pay. / tlought there was some
hope for better management of affairs
when new blood was introduced into the
light aud Water Board but l see no diff.
ference. in fact. there seems to be an
utter Indifferent, ,eto ort Of a "tle public be
D--d." 1t took Tom Nash with his
cartoons and powerful newspaper, ten |
years to down the Tweed Ring IN New
York City, but it was done
These antocrats of the Light aud Waer
Board elected by the dollar vote may ,et
meet their Waterloo. said in my article
last spring, athat though the will of the
people might be defeated, the fight vat
not ended. . They used all ofthe pressure
md influence they could possibly bring
o bear, III order to hold themselves in
,ffice.
have heard that one Of them has said
hat lle favored having the Bosfd Legis-
ated out OF existence aud the plant
urbed over to the Town Board. Oh, yes,
hat sounds very fine. does it not2 l do
lot think any Town Board would consent
0 that, at least not until those thousands
i dollars due from the free light and
aters users Of the board has been paid
nto the town treasury and full ac-
ounting and auditing has been made.
The next question is up to tile Town
E1ard. You, gentlemen, have some
over, il you viii use it / believe there is
0 question but the popular vote of the
tizehs would sustain you in any wise
,urse You should adopt You certainly
ave right to manage the affairs of the
'wn, and il your course does not suit the
ltocrats, let them suffer, they would
lload ii p'aut upon you. II is said
lat when rats leave ship the vessel is
safe. We'll the Chief Engineer las left
e plant-the Board is willing that the
ant shall go into your hands. You can
aw. your own conclusions II By any
'ance that wouId-be antocrat, Fair j
ay," sllonld answer this, have only to I
y There's more shot in the Locker"
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