The Ann Street Sewer

The amount of vigorous. kicking tbat Hie plan af .the Ann street sewer is causing in tax-paying circles wouM put a woman suffragists meeting to shame. It seems that for the purpose oí avoiding the crossing of the Detroit síreet macadam road, or for some other íicouniprehensible reason, the powers that be decided to draiu the stnvts vhk-!i lie to the north oí, and at a lcwer elevation than Aon Street, through the 'Ann strect sewer. rhis course necessitates a mueh deepar eut on 'Aun street than would li' necessary were the sewer there ouly intended to draiu ground which tiie natural topograp-hy of the country uop.Iil. turn ihrough this street. It requireg but little diseemment to pér(ive that it costs more .:o áig an lS-foot sewer than it does to dig ona tea feet deep. There is little qnestíon but what the extra cut required for bringlug rhe sewage of Catherine street clown Ann street lias no smal] part in raising the assesament in that distriei to $29.87 per ;? 1,000. In talking to The Democrat, John I'. Lawrence, who is a heavy taxpayer in the district, cbaracterized this proeeedtag as an outrage and robbery of the taxpayers, for whioü there is no excuse but a desire to save Detroit street, and spoke in yery uncomplimentary tenas of tbe "statesaianship" that could rut up such a job. .M.-iny others -ore eqnarJIy sevcre in their eritieisrn. Judge Pond, becomina alarmeö at the appdreal intentéoii of the council to turn se-srage up hiii, wanted an tojunetion to restrain that body from bringing the waters of the Huren up through the fown. thinking that f the eouneil has the poTver to make sewage run up li UI, it ma.v als:, attempt to diyert the water of the rfver from irs natura! and proper ehannel. Rev. V. Xj. TedTow wlll ad'dress thé Men's meeting at the Y. M. e. " rooms nest Sunday afternjon at _:!.-. A!l men invitetl.