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1.11.44 - Petition
Undated petition, (likely 1906-1908) stating signees support to personal carry the interest on the water works system which ran well over budget. The water woks system cost nearly $2000 and half of the sum is due. The undersigned were those who thought the plan to develop the water works system was "premature," but if those "who favored the construction" will stand behind it "with their financial backing," then the undersigned will cooperate an...
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1.11.45-46 - Letter
Letter (likely a draft) dated 1906 from James Bellangee to "Dear Sir" but probably to Joseph Fels. Bellangee is reporting about the upcoming special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation on 7/23/1906 to fund a water works by creating a Water board to absob debt on a temporary basis in order to get the needed project completed. Bellangee is against this referendum and see it as going against the constitution of the FSTC and ...
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1.11.50 - Petition
Undated, unsigned petition of members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation who opposed the Water Works referendum on July 1906. The Water Works has a debt of approximately $1800. The peitioners are imploring friends of the corporation to buy water scrip to help start clearing the debt.
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1.9.22-29 - Letter
Letter dated 7/19/1906 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee congratulating him on a letter written to Dr. Rowe. Apparently, Fels opposes Dr. Rowe and Mr. Wolf on the "debt question." The constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation states that the corporation must not go into debt and there are some who want to mortgage the water work system in order to build it. Bellangee is sick to think that there are those among the leaders who cannot b...
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1.9.30-31 - Ballot
Official Ballot of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Referendum Election, July 23, 1906 citing Article X and Article XVII of the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and asking the membership to vote Yes or No on 2 issues related to debt incurred as a result of providing public services and the administration of the water system.
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1.9.32 - Letter
Letter dated 7/23/1906 to James Bellangee from Joseph Fels saying that he favors the Trustee proposition (about the water system and debt incurred) and fails to see where pledging the income of a single public utility in order to pay an honest debt is in any way breaking the Constitution (of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation). He has heard no other dissenting voices beyond Bellangee's and Mr. Call's. Fels tells Bellangee to read his letter at t...
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1.9.34 - Letter
Letter dated 7/23/1906 to Joseph Fels from R. F. Powell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in response to a letter received from James Bellangee on the subject of the building of the water works in the Fairhope Colony as it relates to provisions in the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation with regards to debt and his interpretation and opinion on those matters.
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1.9.36-37 - Letter
Letter dated 7/26/1906 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee responding to Fels letter of 7/23/1906. He feels that Fels does not understand his point of view with regards to the waterworks system. Apparently stung by Mr. Fels comment that he had "heard no other dissenting voices beyond Mr. Bellangee's and Mr. Call's" he enumerates the many Single Taxers who are against the proposition along with him.
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vi.2.69-71 - Letter
Letter dated 7/19/1906 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee congratulating him on his letter to Dr. Rowe about taking on debt to build a water works. Bellangee and Fels are opposed to taking on debt while Dr. Rowe, Mr. Wolf and some resident members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation are in favor of the plan, a referendum has been called for Monday night on the matter.
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vi.3.18-20 - Letter
Letter dated 8/9 (likely 1906) to E. B. Gaston from Marie Howland who is at the office of Herbert Bradley in New York, New York. On her trip to New York she had the opportunity to talk with J. D. Clark, former mayor of Scranton, Mississippi who described to her how Scranton secured their water and light works. He fully agrees with E. D. Northrup that it is safe to issue bonds for the purpose of raising funds to build the water works. He is convin...
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vi.5.43-45 - Letter
Letter dated 6/15/1906 to Daniel Kiefer from Alfred J. Wolf who expressing his concerns about the Fairhope Single Tax Colony. He feels that the Fairhope Colony is cut off in a business sense, the steamboat companies do not run there frequently enough and have raised their freight rates. He feels that in order for the businesses in Fairhope to be a success they need to have direct communication with Mobile and reasonalble freight rates. He...
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