Middletown transcript., 1906-05-05
Communicated.
FACTS TO BE CONSIDERED

We are interested IN the coming cleo
tion of two members OF the Light and
Water Commission. 1t is very important
that every person entitled to vote should
do so, and let the result be yindication
of the action of the present commission
or a rebuke administered in legal man
ner, and the result should be rebuke.
You may ask why Because they have
utterly ignored their fellow citizens in
their request for Information in regard to
their nse Of water and light without pay
ing for them. They pay up now, but did
not until the communications published
in The TRANSCRIPT had stirred up public
opinion until the temperature became too
high FIR them, and they now throw a sop
to the people by sa, ing I'VE pay for water
and light now." To late, gentlemen, to
Ledge now, tile damage is done and can
not be patched up without the scare
showing.
That Is not the only matter upon which
their actions can be questioned. In the
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matter of coal and supplies, have they
ever advertised for proposals on goods
amounting TO $50 or more as their charter
! required? Is there citizen who has
/, :, EN- any snch advertisement And yet
they have spent thousands Of dollars, ex-
elusive of wells, and another question:
their last report shows an item OF 5000
notes unpaid, what does that mean?
What right have they to issue notes ?
That is another violation Of the charter,
aud again, Why was this Indebtedness
covered up, hidden from even the Town
Commissioners until this last report was
rendered. We do not know yet what
may be discovered il their affairs are
probed into. Their actions and conceal.
ments have rendered US suspicious, their
sleepless hunt for proxies TO keep in
power, goes far to confirm suspicion, or
possibly it may be that they have con.
Guided to change their policy and have
repented, and want to have a chance to
show the people what they will do in
the future. All, you know the lines
when the dell was sick, the dell
monk would be;
When the dell got we'll, the dell monk
was he"
They will have to go; their days are
numbered the handwriting is OH the
wall. II they should be successful in the |
coming election, the fight will only have |
commenced the truth and the right |
must and shall prevail, an aroused peo-
pie will demand the adjustment of the |
said commission. and it will be DONE |
Gentlemen Of the Light and Water de-
partment there is no uncertain sound in
those words, there. is depth of feeling
beneath the surface, that You fail to
realize it will burst out and you will be
left to repent in sackcloth and ashes.
The people of MiddIetown trusted you
fully and never questioned your actions,
ard yet when asked a plain question
publicly by citizen over his signature
you failed to answer him. Would it not
have been only fair and manly to have
said yes orao. II you had said yes you
could not be censured any more than you
are now for ignoring the question.
Another item in the report referred-to
the item of water in connection with the
0lessa & Middletown Railway Co. This
is an electric and gasoline road. l have
not discovered that their motive power
requires any water. What use has this
for water, and where could they
use il TO the amount named? Is that
another "nigger in the woodpile2"
The intense anxiety to be reelected,
The still hunt for proxies which has been
going on for some time, all combine to
verify the suspicion that all is not right
With them.
These Commissioners claim the $1,000
N notes to be paid is for the expense of
new boiler, failure OF back well, etc. How
{ it this item was not reported before.
They cid not make any such statement
me year ago. Why this secrecy;why was
rot the Town Commissioners to whom
hey applied for money to help them out
of this Indebtedness when in !
urred? They don't tell you how
much they pay for coal, nor how much
hey use. They just lump their expenses 6
nd they can thus cover up Things that r
ugbt to be known. The public is en- y
tiled to an itemized statement OF their I
each year. They do not have
0 pay for the printing Of the report, the
ax-payer foots the bill, and he's the man T
rho has the right to know where his L
money is going. There has been bad '
OF public interest.
Let every taxpayer vote next Monday N
DR. change let US have new blood in c
he Commission, and see what they can
o towards tightening the burden now n
esting upon US. A
We have over $50, 900 in the Light and R
Water plant. How much could yon get
,r it il it was for sale? 1t is not worth j
lat sum. They have just piled OH the j
ost from year to year. | cannot see
here they make any allowance for wear