The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-08
MUNICIPALUNAGY.
D. JoHN KnNDRIcK aANes


Has anybody yet thought OF the de-
STABILITY OF municipal ownership OF
the barber lshopsg If not 1t is respect
fully suggested that the matter be look
ed into. for under private control it is
undeniable that many abuses have
grown up. No misplaced respect for
alleged private rights should be per
mitted to take the lather OUT of the
mouths OF the public.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that you
simply can't marry business and poll
tics All. but you can. DIisalllances
are always possible. The real trouble
viii come when you try to divorce
them, even for cause.
Only fool would suggest managing gas
companies. street car companies and so
on regardless of cosL-Hearst's New York
Evening Journal.
Now, William, stop calling yourself
names. Leave that to your enemies.
One thing is very certain. II capital
lists refuse to take the municipal bonds
1t won't take more than fifteen minutes
for an alert common council to pass an
ordinance requiring them to take
them Better be warned in time ye
money sharks. When that ordinance
Is passed, who knows but that one OF
its provisions win set the price of
hundred dollar bond at SIPS?
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Too much credit has ruined many
man. Wherefore the city thatcannot sci.
its mortgages Tor over 1915 is just that
much further from ruin as S31a is from.
par. O. L. D.
There seems to be general sus.
picion in New York city that the
more flourishinS of its pool rooms and
other gambling institutions are con
trolled by committee of municipal
officials acting ex otficio. This is one
Of the few varieties cf municipal con
troll which can be said to realize enor-
nous profits,
Mortified. VT. before starting in up
on municipal ownership owed $2.092.
At the close of the experiment it owed
S47,319. a nice little profit of $45,237.
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Opera Note of the Future.-Now that
New York city has assumed charge Of
the Metropolitan Opera House and OPP
era has been thoroughly municfpalized
the music lovers of the city are look.
Ing forward with much curiosity to
what promises to be an interesting sea
son. The appointment of Mr.. Fassett,
the well known plumber. to its man.
agement by the common council will
infuse new spirit into the Institution,
though there are still timid souls who
doubt whether the artists he has en-
gagged, notably Mr. O'Brien, the livery
stable keeper, and Miss Maggie Dugan
Of Lacey's ribbon counter, to sing Romeo
and Juliet are vocally equal to the roles
assigned them Those who have heard
Miss Dugan summon cash boy are
perfectly familiar with the wonderful
qunlity Of her voice. especially in its
h,her attitudes, and her enunciatfon
>: the word ''c;;Sh' is beli,Iike In the
clarity OF lis tone. Mr.. O'Brien, how
ev II, Is more, of an experiment; but,
lie we u.ust confess we have only
hsIrd him address his horses In the
past, there is NJ denying that there is
a superb GIality to the notes OF his
middle register, signor Cospetto di
Napoli, the popular dealer in confetti
in Mulberry street, who will lead the
orchestra on Italian nights, comes Of
q musical family, his parents hayIng
toured the country with barrel organ
for many prosperous seasons -