The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-14

which is nearly daily, it might be a
GOOD nlan to have few benches,
Chairs and a table to hold these
brief courts rather than to march
through town with the poor untort-
innate to the city hall. We hope you
will not listen to these mlsrepresen-
tations in manner to cause you 10
fail to register and vote for sew
erage.
Again. they say we have toomany
bonds already Not so in proportion
TO our ability to pay taxes ana our
need of these improvements, VIZ
the negro school building, the
Guard house with room over IL,
and the sewerage system. What
are we living for if not to have that
which we need and are able to pay
for. and that will add to our health
and happiness / and you remem-
Der the opposition to sewerage
in our sister cities, Americas and
Albany. Now observe the great
prosperity, the health and happl-
ness they are enjoying on account
of sanitary sewerage.
We have now $18, 900 school bonds
and $40, 900 water bonds, and the
nroposed $25. 900 issue would make
a total of $88, 900. We could legally
issue over 800 900 and convenient
" paw the interest and reduce the
amount annually as provided by
law. But we will not go to the
limit. fortunately. The exact aver
age amount we will have to pay an
nuallv on these sewer bonds IS
81. 625. Therefore, there being at
the lowest 81 800, 900 assessed prop
erty a citizen who owns 81, 900
worth of taxable property would
have to pay as his or her prorata
of the tax caused by sewerage
bonds $l.O83. Now, can we afford
to put off this matter? OF course we
can, but ought we? No, | believe
will be your answer. Now remem-
Der. it takes twO-thirds of the regis
tered voters to carry a bond cleo
ton, which is hard to do in the face
of opposition, especially so when the
opposition includes such good peo-
pie as are opposing this issue of
bonds. | believe they are wrong,
and hope they will withdraw their
opposition to an extent that will
carry the bonds, as already many
people who signed the petition to
put off the election under miSap-
prehension have voluntarily told me
that they were going to vote for
bonds. Register by April l, if you
desire to see our beautiful city
progress. Yours truly,
J. r. MERCER, Mayor.
p. S.-We have let the contract to
f. A. Ruggles to move the old court
house to the center of the Lennard
lot and to remove the residence to
one cornerof the lot and underpin
both, and leave them in as good
or better condition than they
are now, for $945 90, whereas we
would have had to pay at least ST.
500 to tear down and move the old
court house to the present site OF
the negro school and replace all
split and spoiled material; and then
it would not be in as good condition
as it will be when moved bodily to
the new site. The councils inten-
ton is to put up to the highest bid
der after advertising for 30 days the
two lots where the old court house
now stands, the present negro
school lot, the lot in the rear of the
telephone exchange, and the house
and lot where Mr.. Jeter lived last
year. The proceeds from these
sales will be quite an addition to
the city treasury s cash, which now
is nearly $40, 900, $12, 500 of which
will be used to improve the water
works system Yours truly,
j. r. MERCER, Mayor.
N. B. Pardon me for the above
long letter and postscript. AS was
on my way with the manuscript to
the printing office | met good citi-
zen who remarked, j have just
registered to vote for bonds for sew
erage. Notwithstanding | signed the
petition to put off the election for
the issue because | had been led to
believe that your council were going
to issue bonds to build a fine new
negro school house. l will state
that we have on hand more than
enough money from school bonds
over and above the amOuntexpended
on the new brick school building to
more than pay the expense of
moving the old court house and
for the Lennard lot to locate it on.
Yours truly, J. X. M.