The Town Council's Bridge Feud

Mr. Editor: I noticed your editorial last week accusing the council of playing a game that has done great injustice to the property of the larger portion of town. You say five hundred dollars were blown into a scheme in which two of the board were directly interested, that they voted for it themselves, and that the rest of the town might 'go to thunder.' At home, where all parties are known, this is like a tempest in a teapot. But the paper might stray away, and some poor unfortunate might read it and be scared into selling their Shelton property at once. You complain that no street work was done in your vicinity, but the council must prioritize the most public thoroughfares. First Street is the only road leading to the north, to Oakland, Union City, and the settlements to the northwest. It leads to the only public dock, the sawmill, and to the south. Every citizen's goods must be hauled over it. Yet a 'vicinity man' complains that the bridge, which is currently shaky and dangerous, should be left to fall, just so they can have a road to the courthouse. To the editor's claim that two councilmen personally benefitted, I say it is false and without any reason for belief.