Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-27
BoND ISSUE AND FRANCHISE ORDINANCES APPROVED.

,erall, predicted the ordinances passed by the city
m and submitted the citizens OF Ottawa for approval winch pro
vide for the issuing bonds aggegang s. 900 for the rehaba
op Of the fire department construction OF arch over the later
al canal ecut Main and the paving OF the west South
Ottawa hill and Cortn and Hit and for the franchise per
hitting the nerrban tracks be laid ON the Fox river bridge
were sanctioned by yesterday not however without some
oppostion particularly the third fourth and NTH wards In the
fourth ward all measures defeated and in the third the only
one to be approved that the fire department. and that got by
by majority In the fifth the ire department ana
franchise ordinances only approved and those by small ma
iortes Opposition these sections OF the city was
not that residents less progressive less loyal to the city
interests than other portions of the but rebuke the
administration who putting through paving scheme against
very largely signed petition of property owners there knowing
that opposition would be encountered that quarter efforts We're re-
doubled other particularly during the afternoon with the
result that all ordinances were approved by substantial maore
The least popular ordinance that providing for the Improvement
hill and the road from the south Illinois river bridge ap
proah hard road except that portion which will be taken care
of m the federal here be noted those PECULIAR
Of popular otehe smallest majority given measure IN
South Ottawa e first wad) given to this South Ottawa I'M
poyennt True is all public benefit but the entire improve
is in South Ottawa
The franchise permitting the nerurban their tracks
onto bridge and abandon their bridge
and turn the piers to the city met with little opposition except
in the third and fourth wards where feeling particularly untriend
ly the road The possibility OF handing something to the road
accounts for the there.
that election believe that after the smoke
the battle has cleared away the opponents will be satisfied
with the results The people residing in the sections of the city to be
paved facing paving assessments many OF which Will be burden
their Like every other public improvement the
taxed up against the individual lump sum looks extreme
" formidable but extended period of years will be found
less brdnsome than appears And paved they would
be the last people earth who would back to the mud Of
spring and fall The small added the by this bond
each paid n0ncuing the pe
cal assesnents) will really affect the individual very iteno
all in comparison to what he is getting in the way OF adequate fire
protection alone.
All these ordinances the interest Of economy, and up
to the heads of the departments to make good Provided
with apparatus and relieved of the expense of keeping the
around and of making costly repairs the general fund
of the fire department should be reduced minimum and the peo
pie who voted the bond issue have right expect and insist upon
such reduction 1t also promised the people that in the
chase of the fire equipment citizens committee should be added
the council for consultation and advice this committee has
been selected should be chosen and announced And so
also the department of streets and public improvements relieved OF
the upkep the Main bridge and the South Ottawa
hill and road should make pre- election promises than campaign
talk These departments will especially be expected show
suits and the people who voted the bonds have expect
The bonds not voted eXpend except
and better city conditions The campaign made
and the council will be closely watched that promises are
made GOOD