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Are Water Works Necessary?

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
June
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A few of our citizens wlio are usually desirous of new things, and wlio, consequen t1}' are readily carried away witli any nove] project, are seeking to raise a clamor for water works, ïhey say it is an absolute necessity for fire purposes, health and comfort. They say that with seventy-five or a hnndred tliousand dollars about eighty hydrants can be scattered around the city, and abuudantly supplied with water, ïhey do not say where, or how water can bc obtained, what kind of water it will be, how much additional it will cost toput in the apparatus, keep it in running order and for necessary repairs. They are discreetly silent on the point that a water works system would necessitate another large outlay for sewage. So the tax-pnyers are sedulously urged to vote for the first plant, the forwarders of the scbeme knowing tiiatwhen the pipes are once laid the other necessities will have to follow even though they should cost the city $500,000. These things being so the question comes to us : Are the tax-payers ready to shut their eyes and vote to entail upon themselves and successors an anknown debt with unknown interest, laxes and expenses ? None deny that in itself a water works system would be a good thing, but let it be done by a compauy. Then he who wants water can pay for it, and he who does not want it need not be taxed for the benfit of the others. Let a company take the chances on making a success of it, and save the city fro:ti establishing what niight be a sinecure for big steals.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Courier
Old News