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Vol. XV. No. 6l CONC01U N. C, MONDAY; MAIiCH 15, 1897. Whole NO. 1,666 ERNING . CONG THE v;;'- ' : : of - 4' - ' Reasons Why Legislation Was Asked for Changes in Charter and for What Purposes Money Will be ExpendedFacts That Everybody Should Acquaint Themselves With To Pay Off Indebtedness; Purchase the Water Works and Improve the Streets. To the Citizens of the Town1 of1 As the town council has asked the Legislature to. allow the town to is ece bonds they deem; it meet that the j should give their reason for so doinsr to the citizens so that ' those v: ho are not familiar with our finan cial condition may vote intelligently on the question when the -oppor-t u n i ty i 3 prese n ted to t h e m . The system which bas prevailed from time im me m orable,' of issu in g interest-bearing scrip at, 8 per cent: has put the town in deb, t in round numbers ten thousand - dollars (810000.) This debt is so large now that the interest1 'tikes "up' a large proportion of the" taxes which' are collected annually. To add to the difficulty all large tax-payers purchase this scrip to pay their taxes with, thereby leav ing the council without any ready money to meet any" of the demands made against It. jkast fiscaL year m i i i niu ill i .j-u ii lit m ii I in jiiAAr3&4 . . . j " tor a little less than five hundred dollars. The result of this is, we have to pay exhorbitant prices M or " labor, material and everything jwe have to use. Oar police force are paid in ecrip not worth one hundred cents in the dollar, and so are all the c airns against tha city which ate uric er contract. I, luring the past two years the Council have kept the expenditures of the town within the limit of its lccffme, but in doing this they have bad, to resort to a miserly policy which has prevented us from con demning and opening some streets v are necessrry, which has left on: j: neets in a i miserable condi tio.,, our sidewnllia wholly unwork J, our fire c' apartment without proper help. ; " In short the policy of the council has had to be one continual stint in every department,' the 'result of which is that some time in the fu ture we will have to pay heavily for our economy. . To rid the town ot thifr indebted ness was the primary and most im portant reason why we thought it necessary to Issue bonds. A;saving of nearly $300 per annum; on our interest account will ba the result, which is nearly as' much as was paid in cash to the collector the last fiscal year. Further, a large proportion 6f the town, by far the larger portion are required to pay taxes and receive no benefit in the way of fire protec tion to which they -are entitled ; common' justice -de-ttandsthis. Our present system is entirely in adequate to the demands ot our growing town. In addition to this the contract which the town has with the water works company is in effect a per petual one. Should we continue to increase pur hydrants wo won Id run the contract into eternity. A care ful reading of the third section of tbe contract between the town and the water works company will show what ah extraordinary advantage the company has over the town, which reads as follows : ec:'3rd. That the Wkter Works .Company1' whenever ' required ;by thprOper authorities of the ' town of Concord, to extend;thef four inch, main along; a jy of the streets of the town and' establish and attach thereto five hydrants of same size and description of those mentioned apove at. points not more man iwo hiin'dredand fifty feet ' apart, sub ject to same condition as to pressure on those first mentioned and tor which he shall be paid the same annual rental, viz: Forty dollars for each hydrant and that he will to every fifteen Hydrants; additional ereet and maintain a stand pipe or reservoir whicfcrshall contain a sup ply of water equal to that of the first stand pipe mentioned in this contract provided whenever he 8b all be required by the proper authorities of the town to extend the main ' and put in additional hydrants the term of this contract shall be extended so that it shall remain in force at least twenty years frcm date at which he shall be required to put in the same subject to' the reservation and provision contained in section four of he con tract upon the part of the town. This gives the Water Works Company an extraordinary advan tage over the town. In fact places the town in the position of perpotu- ating the contract or remaining with the unsatisfactory fire protec tion it now has until the 1913. W e can purchase , the contract of the Water Worka 1 Company now at what some of the best business men of the town- consider reasonable prices. A few years later we may be unable to do so. Every city almost without excep tion in thi3 country-that has tried the plan of 'individual or priyate corporations holding the water franchise of the tdwn"vhaye in the end hadv purchase' therOutfit or bavo ran c insatifactory r service, Eyen,' Tjfhen they; hay?, purchased back' ihe'franchis'e, trxey": nSyehald to pay exhorbitahr prices' as" pur sister city can show. Now we think we have beeri offered what seems to" be reasonably fair prices. Properly rt nSanSged -the Water Works can be made to pay not only its own expenses but to 'return a fair revenue to hefown. Some cities cities doing this We need an ex- Rnmfi Aa anA-IT-nAa at annh n. HmfllinflTf.?nf flifiXftnsf.,ra4 rtf make 1 fuEny for everybody but ourselves. I This week and next weekthe last two weeks of January, beginning with this day, Tuesday, January 19tb, we will give i our ustomers and patrons the chance to Duy pny of the following: i Ahnnf. Kova' nflfn af. flR nfints TIia liriinc ftnrl"thrfiftd and buttons wpuld cost about that much. ' About 40 men V coats at . 75 cents. It s 'worth that mucn to raaLe. thiam if somebody gave you the cloth. a bout 1C0 pairs oi Men's pants at cents, xdis is less tnannaii 35 cents. Whole 6uit $1.85. Not to be sneezed at without fnuff, or : . "i . i 1 1 ii ii - ' pr; at least 7,000 feet. If. we should do this of our present j rental it would make our hydrants cost us under the contract we nok have, thirteen hundred and sixty! dollars per an num, which is nearly three times the interest5 on the amount of money required to purchase the water works, further, some of our maia streets are Becoming almo3t impassible and unless repaired soon will cost mofe in the way of damages .than it will-to repair them, 4n;t1hgi'eV.Iiv'hasVTbn1y'"'beeri' a few 'weeks Bipce the' town "was threat ened Hvith a suit for damages, claim eSto have beeii occasioned by a bad 'street. I Th cjuestion of jin create of taxes of cphVse will be;one to be con sidered in this matter. Our poll tax:n&T7 is two doljara and twenty five - 'cents,; property seventy five cents'5 oh' the hundred, ctollara. onouia yon vote iqr oonas toen tne poll tax will be two 'dollars and se ven ty -" cen ts and f the " tax oh property ninety cents on the hund red dollars, 8h oulcT you vo te that we ,dtj not issue; jbobds then the amendment to the 'Charter allows the council - to-increase-the Poll, to two dollars and seventy cents and the, tax on property to ninety cents. Should councildeem itnocessary to raise the tax to the: maximum, then theraf . would be no difiference be tween the two. Should you vote to issue bonds thenjthe amendments to the charter provide that no com missioners or towh authorities shall issue any script or other evidence ot indebtedness of jany kind against tho town of Concord. ; After studying jthe situation for two years. Your council, just at Caecarets stimulate liver, kidneys ld howels. Never sicken, weaken g"pe. 10c. P. J P Munroe. of Davidson. Who was appointed5 Superintendent f the rWersten 4 ffoYpital fbfhe the end of their term when you will have "an opportunity to select just such men as you choose to carry into enectj tnese improve- ments should you determine to make them havedecided that the best and "only plan known to them to remedy' the evils mentioned is the one suggested; and they there fore respectfully submit the matter to you to decide, Whether we shall continue in the old way, viz, going in debt further each; year, leaving our streets'in the! miserable condi tion they . are now in; paying , the high rate of insurance that we' have t6' dohavtng alarge portion of the ibwn unnroiedted from :fire, coh- V X U V J i W, VA a 4 -A M WW Mf VW A ; AAV mm ' that h avltm g5 Jn ce1 beep m e con taniinated,)rQrwl'Ve catch up th at ufouri8ufng To wn. demands ;'Reipe4tfuly'Submjtted, JViENTSAIBoDS. ' I P. 8. Enf .orie nptf getling tl?e ae?irea lniormauon iromnne aooyt? grinned at without teeth. A SMALL LOT OF LADIES FINE SHOES! I at 50 cents. Not a third of the av ragelcost. About 100 nairs ofJadies fine shoes in button and lace of Zeigler s. Eeed's and Padan Brothers make, to go at 75 cants, not over oue tLird of the j verege coat. ' I Also a small line of Easternmade fine 'sh'Qs at 75 cents. xoiiem He lot but cost over El. Don't miss this lot. They won't be here marjy days. ' ; 1 . :n '. ! , -;j A-small lot of men s Heavy, English ties, and high cut brogans. wprking shoes at 50c. A better lot-at 75c. These ai rgii;ir $1.25 shoes, lioys work shoes, at 50 and 65 cents. i 1 A small lot of mV-ns suits, good and servicable, but not guarantee! all wool at 12. Plenty nlacos where they will ask you S2 50 f jr a siuclo coat not any better. To close our boys knee panes suits, m fine goods, we pwr yoh choica for $2 This line includes all we have that cost over b! A.J1 the toregoing stuff is in fayor of the buyer. FUN OK BUT DEATH TO FROGS ! You aretthe boys, we are the frogs. BfOW FOR A FEW THINGS : IN FRESH NEW GOODS. . ' - " . ' l - ! Now don't swoon'away.Ibut just rememDer tnat it givf s us as much pleasure to be able to sell these things cheap as it gives a hungrv man saii8factiortto eat. We hought them for less than r value aDd we sell em the very same way. Men's patin calf bals Sunday shoes, t 85 cdnts. .JV.:ens' eood Euthsh ties, high cut nrogans at 75 certs. .V.fj hiavy oil grain English Ties and Creoles at-$l. Tou never saw thf n. for e!ss than $1.25. You can't buy them nowm iots ot 1,000 pairs from any a-ctory for less than 81.10. Ladies glove grain . lace an , button shot, solid leather all through except counters, ?at; 60c Children's . il gram polkas 40 cents. Boys' long pantsr 50 cents, worth SI, I CAN-NONSFErTZB-' BOYS .- ' ' ' mm. ,W rl FS I at TKis;sp&Lce. is, generously donated by tension of the water mains for 1 at insane at Morganto wnhas declined 'cept. This decision iTJ-uur0fi hna notihed the governor. of Dr. He has 5o Longer a Director. ' Mr.' John P AMieon, of thi city, who has for several years beeri ;a member, of the board of directors of the;J Nbrtb CarorJa railroad, rf-ceived- papers' on Friday last notifj-r ing him that he was no longer J a director 'ofthe rbadj Governor Rus Veil hiving made other arrangements. will find a Copy of the tmendmenta to the charter an4 of tbe' Bond issue ontbe' tb.wn7Teco?ds;in the bands Of he crerk. -'; u - 'A ' ';' i . Tor1 infants arid Children, ' IS 03 - :
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