The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-22

by him that he will not accept any
amendment or any change. :,
The Offer Of Mr.. Ford to pay the
government $4,000 annually for
maintenance of dams Nos 2 and 81:
the report says. is made for tie.
first time in history, adding that
to the present tine no lessee has
ever demanded, when the, goEeFn-
ment leased him the right TO. dam
a nayigable. stream that it should
liz addition, keep the dam in5repairs
during the term of the lease.
Dam No. the report adaswlll
be the largest concrete stEuetHres
Of its kind ia the world. &
There is nothing Ia the history
Of the past in engineering st t5SaEs.
upon which fair basisYcan be-
made as to what such "a guarantee
is worth. IF some accident should
happen iss le. 25 or Is. years .to
either one OF these dams, he gov
ernmelit would be compelled to re-
| pair it at its OWN expense, and IL
&c failed 20 do SO it would be legaslyss
liable foF. damages to- this great
! corporation. If the dam wore de-
stroyed by an earthquake, or, In;
| case of war, if some enemy drop
ped bomb and blew a piece of TT
out, the government werh DE com
PEELED at once to proceed to make.
the necessary repairs and recon-
struct the dam. IL Il would cost
the government one or ten orr
twenty-five million dollars to do
this, it would have no way to BE-
trecompe for the expend5fure
This is putting the gevsvnmea ms
| to business with a reniseaGce &
"A long list of properties owned
by the government, Including tw0
million dollars worth Of platiuuM
which would be turned over Mr.
Ford under the terms OF his oAer
is enumerated. Why a warranty
fdeed to the Capitol at Washlngtona
is not included in this great trans
1 fer of government property to this
wonderful corporation, the re-
port says has never been explain
ed.
Real estate spectators, thes re
port asserts, are organizing props
uganda in favor Of the aeceptaqee
OF Mr.. Ford's ofeg
Some of them, Z, it declares, Nre,
maintaining an Office now ia the
city of Washington for the pllr
pose of sdisposing OF their pgopeEs
They have flooded the corptrys
with, their letters and ciseularss
particularly among the faTsneExsiHs::
which they falsely represent
Mr.. Ford has agreed to make fey-s
tHizer at one-half its present c0gt
ana tfaus have brought to the aid
of their real estate specsla
thousand of honest farmers
throughout the country their
propaganda is anywhere aear
there VIII be. ii. ar, Ford gets this:
property, a city spring up tAefe
which VIII make New York look
like country village s;ss:
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notwithstanding this apparents
neglect the transaction still re-
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