Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-03-11
SOME REASONS IN FAVOR OF
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Splrlt Of Jefferson !:

Editor of Spirit Of jefferson:
Our Mayer and City Council have
asked for each citizen Of our own 60
voice their opinion of the Sewerage
Bond Issue.
Living at the intersection of Con-
gress and Lawrence streets. just one
block from our High and Graded
school, | think ! am in a position to
state some reasons, and good ones at
that. why a sewerage would be the
greatest thing our town ever put
over.
We will leave out Of these reasons
all the talk about making our town
real live town, as all that stuff about
being public spirited is bosh, unless
you stand by it through thick and
thin. We viii not even give these
things thought.
Now this one fact alone is worth
all the rest put together, and thissis it,
viz: This corner, as you well know,
is the turn of the waterway that Is
the last lap of our present sewerage
system, and all the water from the
northeast section of our city, as well
as the business section, makes this
corner one of its stopping places. At
all times this water standing here is
from three to six inches deep, some
places a foot or more.
Each day on the stroke of twelve,
crowd of little tots come from their
school. These little fellows, boys aud
girls, come one hour before the
school, as whole, is dismissed, and
! their one delight is to wade the
gutter. no matter how warm or how
cold the day may be, but with their
shoes and stockings on they go right
through Il, and quite few Of them
stumble and fall in the water. The
number that wade will sotsnt five out
of seven
At one time | called the attention
of one of our street committee to It.
J His answer was, There is pavement
they can walk on and keep out of the
gutter and water. He was right at
that. but the water was there, and the
water got the crowd. You can not
make the kids walk on the sidewalk.
but right at this time, you have
chance of taking the water away from
them.
1t, more than likely has happened
that some ones little tot has gone
home from school sick, and the dear
parents have wondered what was
wrong ask him or her
what had they been eating. Always
eating, never drinking.
Any of our good doctors will tell
you that the water that stands at
Congress and Lawrence streets, in the
gutter, is not fit to drink, and viii
cause sickness. but | have seen these
! little tots, time and again, down on
their knees, drinking out of the gut
/, ter, not because they wanted it per-
haps, but because it was there
Would you, their parents. wonder
one minute what made the little kid
sick II you had known this at the
time? | have driven them away
many times and still do it daily.
i Anyone that doubts these statements
can see for themselves, any school
day the conditions that exist.
Now | am strong for the kids and
1 they all know it. All the kids like
/ me and ] am proud OF it, and my
version of the meanest person in this
whole world, is one that will say to
! a real honest-to-goodne kid, There
! is no Sana Claus.
! am for the kids first; secondly, /
want it because it will mean better
j location personally, and as long as
7 tiltS tOtfttI ~ bthlHk tdtt vi but
northeast section. | should think the
Golden Rule" would play strong
part in this issue.
On several corners down this way
you will notice sign reading, run
Slow, School Zone Those signs
mean, even though they don't read
that way. Don't Kill A Child" Now
drinking water out of d gutter will
kill a child just the same as an auto
mobile, and the little fellow will suf-
fer longer.
Parents, do we need sewerage?
If you believe the above stated facts,
we do. am going to stick to the
kids for their own good and vote for
it. even though / am ordered to leave
town the same day, and | will furnish
band to head the ordered-to-leave-
town parade to boot.
f. G. HENSON.