August 22, 1914 – Of course, the council will hear dissatisfaction at the levy of one and one- half cent on the property. That much is to be expected. Yet if we consider that the expenditure of a large sum of money was necessary to supply a crying need, the levy is far from being unreasonable. As a matter of fact, it is a very small amount to pay considering the benefit we are to derive from the water system. With a water system we have something in which everybody will be benefitted.

During the three years preceding the present administration of the city’s affairs, some thirty thousand...