Wednesday, September 10, 2008

No Stand-pipe for Flushing.

New York, 1895

The citizens of Flushing voted Tuesday on the question or bonding the village for $35,000 for the erection of a stand-pipe and making other improvements to the water system. Only taxpayers could vote. The proposition was defeated by a vote of 294 to 92.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 1.

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