Connecticut western news., 1909-03-11
MIR, BARLOW WRITES
 ON SEWER MATTERS
THE UNDERMINING OF THE MAIN
He says Sewer Construction has Dam aged his Property Thousands oi Dollars Worth-ProteCtion of Pre- perty in FeudaI Times.

perty in FeudaI Times.
 The News has received the following communication from Salmon Barlow:
 HUMAN AGENCY AND SwELLED HEADS
 In reply to the NEWS about the river water undermining the sewer, the facts of the case are that human agency com menced the destruction of the sewer before any tile was laid Drawing heavy loads of earth in wagons over soft quick sand by causing ruts and sinking into the soft earth, the character of the for nation is such that if is broken up its adhesive qualities are destroyed never to return. The human agency not only smashed the adhesive qualities of the formation, but shoveled the earth off the bank of the river and threw it up on the tile or sewer.
 was advised when first came here by the Gillettes and everyone else that knew the ground, never to break it up, if did tho water would surely carry. 1t away. I also told the human agency the same thing and that the sewer would not work there or be a success, the hu- man agency said they did not care - whether it was success or not if they only got their money. Also the con- tractor said it would wash away. Also when my stock were turned into that lot they always went there to get water to drink. And when I bought the pro- perty for the manufacture of malleable Iron goods by the parties that expected to commence business here, 1 tried to buy a strip of land along the line of the railroad of about seven acres. Mr. D. L. Peirce refused to sell unless he sold the whole tract, as he said 1t would cut him off from water and place to eros the river. My stock have always beer there to get water to drink, went ther. the whole of last summer to get watc. there, so must have water there as bought it and psid for it ill good lawful honest money and did not try to stea the land. I have never receivel the first part of the milionth of mill or any part thereof. So it is very easy to sea how it is that human agency caused the water to wash the land away, anyone that will take the trouble to go there cannot help seeingit it. When I went to Cuba the hu- man agency was having a fight with the contractor all of the time and tiles were smashed more or less. When l came back from Cuba found the water had carried the earth away from the river bank almost to the tile, and was con stantly carrying it away. The construc- tion has damaged my property to the amount of several thousand dollars. And if the rights or sacredness of prop erty are of no account and the value of land is worthless, then the rights of the sewer are of no value and of no account whatever, as when the rights and sacred ness of property Is destroyed then we will have to go back to old feudal times. whan people had to protect their prop erty with castles and meats and ditches, swords, spears and javelins. As we used to read in the old National Preceptor, Wretch, hold thy tongue, for thou art weak and I am strong" The Sewer Committee seem to have combined to- gether with the Fire District to take away my land without granting me any compensation whatever. Now accord ing to the rights of property, no corpor- ration or Judge or jury or legislature or state or Congress or United States of America or the Nations of the World cannot take property or land from indi- viduals without just compensation, un. less they have committed treason. And 1t must be proved that they have committed the crime of treason, and then they must be executed. Old Fa- ther Abraham as rich and powerful and dominating as he was, bought and pald for with honest money of the realm, a place to bury his dead.
 Josh Billings sad it was better not to know so much. than to know so much that ain't so.
 The sewer committee used a great deal of magnificent dignity and mon- strous diplomacy and elegant bluff that Canaan is noted for. s. BARLOW