The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-08
THE sARAToeA SALVATION ACT.
ALSO q Partial List OF AnAieusly Avail
able State SPRINGS.

From the Rochester linton and Advertiser.
1t seems to be plain that IL the CsyuGa
Canal measure IL to 60 before the people
at the next election on the question Of the
issue Of the bonds necessary for financing
that proposed Improvement the Saratoee
salvation act. which also calls Tor q BOND
issue. cannot also be submitted to the peopi
at that election. As Governor huenes
In the memorandum accompanying his veto
of the veterans bill dwelt on the fact that
It's provision for Q bond issue made It I'M
possible to submit It to the people In the
same year the Cayugs Canal bill Is SUB,
mltted, II seems strange that he should
have overlooked the fact that this Saratoga
salvation bill has the same drawback. ~
ia not often Governor Hughes fails TO know
what he 10 about, but he and Senator
Bracket appear In this instance to have
been caught mapping.
From the Bunalo Ners.
In looking over the Saratoga springs
scheme to put the state into the business
Of selling mineral waters several things
occur to the impartial mind and some CO.
uundrums arise. For instance, some ASK,
with the appearance Of wanting to know
why Senator Bracket put 81 900 900 Into the
bill originally and then dropped the invest
ment sum to 5000, 900 later In the session.
Others ask with equal resemblance to can
dor what would have been the fate OF the
bill ~ It had not been fathered by the head
Of the State Hughes League; and still
others are puzzled that the money Ii d.
rected to be raised by bond sales instead OF
being Q direct charge on the Treasury BY
a Of current appropriation.
From, ne AIbanv Press-K nickerbocker.
Far be 1t from us to presume to. fathom
the depths of Governor Hughes's mind. IL
may be, on the other hand, that Governor
Hughes really thinks the Saratoga springs
are worth 5000, 900 cash down and an annual
expense for policing. DO. that cannot yet
be estimated; but II the Governor 10 to play
the part OF a Benevolent Rambacillus all
the little hamlets that have springs or town
wells will soon get busy sending In bills to
the Legislature to create state reservs-
tons.
Right here We should like to AJAX the
Executive II he knows OF any good reason
why the seven town pumps In the South
End should not be made into State reserva-
tions2 Some Of the old residents OF that
section of the city who have not tasted
water In eishty-odd years stand ready to
make affidavit that the water In the seven
city wells Is just as health giving a. the
water OF the Saratoga springs.
From the Osreoo Palladium.
Among the bills which the Legislature
passed was one authorizing the issuance Of
$500 900 in bonds for the purchase BY the
State Of the mineral springs at Saratoga.
OF course the State OF New York has no
more use for these springs than q cat has
for two tails. We don't need them this
year, next year or the year after. and when
the Governor announced his policy Of
economy and began to WELD the axe every
one believed that this Saratoga springs deal
would get Its %quietus.
We wonder II 0swego could work OF on
the State at the same figure the mineral
springs here?
From TIC Hufalo Ners.
That Saratoga sale lie the biggest gamble
ever pulled OF In this State. II Alden
negl cots to put in the nest claim to he bought
for the sake Of its Incompatible healing
springs 1t will be due to the modesty OF that
Erie county village. The Alden proposition
is q live one and is hence much unlike the
Saratoga notion. which Is a dead one.