By Cary Briel / Briel Computer & Network
Friday, January 4, 2008 9:17 PM EDT
It’s hard to imagine this having happened in Skaneateles, especially when we take for granted today that Skaneateles Lake is somehow purposed to be the water supply for Syracuse. See my previous post for a documentary explaining the “Great Water Steal” in more detail.
CITIZENS OBJECT TO HAVING THEIR VILLAGE RUINED FOR SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 22, 1892 — The people of Skaneateles compare themselves to the oppressed colonists before the Revolution and are ready to take up arms against the contractors for the Syracuse City water works.
A special dispatch says that a public meeting was held Saturday night and many speeches made. George Barrow reviewed the controversy and denounced the piling of the stones in the street as unlawful. James McLaughlin said that if the people of Skaneateles wanted help, the young men of Glenside would not be wanting. The Rev. Mr. Patterson advised the people to protect their homes and resist to the last. Dr. Martin compared the injustice suffered from Syracuse to the wrongs of the colonists from England before the Revolution, and advised resistance.
John Keegan said he was ready to give up his life to save his home. Resolutions were adopted pledging to stand by one another and resist by all lawful right and just means any attempt to injure their beautiful village and destroy its commercial interests, making almost valueless their business and property, stagnating their industries, and throwing out of employment their mechanics, laborers, and citizens, and forcing them to leave their homes to crumble into ruins. A safety committee of fifteen was appointed to prepare means of lawful resistance. The meeting adjourned with the understanding that citizens should gather at once at the sound of the fire bell.
You can view a scan of the original article here at the New York Times archive.
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