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That 4th Ward Sewer

That 4th Ward Sewer image
Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
March
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Th-e nwi.vu ■ luis veioad tbe 4th wart aaweT, kiinwn as IMMt, Xn. ■,;. It niay !):■ Mint a portion of the district does ï'Ot need Bewering bult the miOsb of it öts, and it w131 bs far ob&aper and i-Lier far the poor sectioiis to bulid it ail at ome time. It tlie city ralte ram: peoplc ackinnvlcdRc themaelves k'l'. eiiüuigh to construct öswers, or to coaitiibute to any otiier Such pubIc i'mproveineiit, ió will walt forever. Sewers are wjw a aeceaslty. The ith ward has oomtPlbuted its ful] Khare for tlie construction of the main server, and also foi' all the street ..-■-■liis foir other distvicts and v(irls, and to deny t.hem the rlght of the benefit of whart; they have aliready done is au injustioe. The cos't wEi not fnll he&vily upon any ona person, aiid paymemts are divided into iour eqma.l parts, and can tve met as wïl dow as ever. There is aot a portdon oí Ajui Ai-bor c-ity thiat needs sewers as bad as does tihis portion, both beoause oí dense popuiatdon and the leng-th of tdme the ground ha been saturated wlth oesspoote. The ciouncil should Insist upon doing what is ï-light regar dless of vetoes. Bither srivw aU tliie city or none. It would be fo'Jly to ebamp out a cwntagious dl-seade, for iaistanoe, ia one portion of the city, and leave portiou to inf-ect ïlie whoje, becanse there were objectalons.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier