The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-07-23
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Ed. NEWS: Il Is proper, in the shirt Of esi
dor and fairness, b respectfully call che attei;s
ton Of the citizens Of the town 70 matters Of 4
public nature affecting al alike, and wish 4
view, not Of exhibiting EaetIous feeling, Biit
Of promoting the general Interest, By way Of
suggesting methods 20 accomplish certain de-
sfrable objects. TIVE iron bridges will soon Be
constructed over the Neosho and Cottonwood
rivers, one north and the other south Of the
town. Their speedy completion Is . public
necessity, provided the public can get to them
a1teF they shall he finished. The Cottonwood
bottom south Of EmpOria IL dreaded by team
STEERS n only the Wakarusa bottom south OF
Lawrence was dreaded. Long after heavy
rains, when the roads everyw here elre are good
and solid, In the Cottonwood bottom they are
about impossible for loaded team. 1t IL q
good thing to have frm iron bridge bat 10 IL
certainly better thing TO make Il easily ac-
eessible. How can this be done? As there Is
no harm in = suggestion may be INDUCED, in
the absence Of anything better, in Offering the
plan Of throwing the EmpOria road district
and the road district Immediately south Of IL
together In one district; then let q fair road
tax be levied, and much OF the road work
a. can he, for year or two, devoted 20 grading
uF the road across the bottom. It's tSo much
OF job to be done by subscription VI parties
and the road district over there IL not strong
enough. Emporia has rs much interest I'm the
matter as the people living Immediately south
Of the Cottonwood. Then would It not be fair
TO have the large taxable property of the Fan.
,pOria district brought TO aid the work, which
might he done by eularging the district for the
time being to include the bottom! Ifyou
don't like this plan suggest a better one. with
out grumbling. The road work In this En-
pOria) district for the last two or three years
has not amounted to anything 20 ak Of. II
has nli bern put On two blocks Of Commercial
street, which, perhaps, were rs good before the
work was commenced as they to-day. Il
seems that all the road work this season is be-
ing done on these same two blocks, while
impossible roads TO the town and great yawn-
Ing gulIies within n stones throw Of its center
are totally neglected. 1t seems to me the
Town Board made mistake in appointing a
street contractor rs read Overseer, for it looks
to "a man up u tree as If the road work was
going to back up the street contract which,
usual, il on the two blocks above referred
This IL putting IL mild and hope no one will
become irritated. Let any one stand ON the
steps Of the National" and take q look both
ways along Sixth avenue and he will come to
the conclusion that before guttering and mac
ajamiZing the main street the authorities ought
to make passable the principal avenue through
the town. But I suppose the road Ovcr<eer
can't spare the time from his street contract
and so it will have to 90 over until another one
Il appointed or a new Board Is elected. The
town authorities have assumed to compel the
construction OF sidewalks In various parts Of
the town and have actually advertised even
the church property for sale to pay for them.
hut have totally failed to have crOsswalks put
In TO connect the sidewalks already built. /
would. in all good nature and for the hest in
terest Of all, sugg st that the Board fulfill its
part Of the contract before il attempts to sell
church property or any other property to pay
for incomplete sidewalks, or the delingurneies
OF the Board As this is written with the best
Of feeling toward everybody, trust everyb
will receive L.; he that does not 30 receive il
WOULD deny the truth, at least be very .'eco-
nOmical Of his vcracity." In my next / shall
do as no road overseer has done for the last
three years, viz: get on Of Commercial street.
OBSERVER.
EmpOria. July Goth, 1863.