The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-08-24

somA tE9 hpndFRd men at lssek ,os l4 me
aay, .swo irundrsd fKakks 70 SssEslN Zach
of thsm has TO fence his lot on four sides,
Nr'sene II them can find the owner Who
40 - nsishbor each has 10 dig hin own
walA though one good we'll would really
perye dozen Of these little homssteads
hac9 has TO make his own sewers each has
F Swn sidewalks to Ay An the sutumn
fsfn come on, iuss IN they are moving
Enp town 70 county ut the most dOubtful
va perhaps melancholy time, the streets
teSf properly made, are all washed out by
tnefain. The Company" which sold the
wA4s, has disappeared, except IN ths shape
of attorney, 70 whom the payment are
to made. 1t never had any agent on the
grohd TO take care Of things. Do you
wo4ier that when, early in November,
hsfAann brings out his bride, Alexis and
hls vile their children, John smith his
nu4erous family, and the two unknown
neikhbors Of theirs, they all have 70 make
belhve pretty hard to be contented Do
ysu weaaer that even Mr.. Chsssyble re-
solyss that he win spend the winter IN Bos-
ton nt.A-4--Asn ths aimssahass are arranR-
morsig :sS md s4snS sAs SspslsRseg ag tkeg RS
havsalways used are chopped of, and they
ara blandiy informed that they have no re-
dress, do you wonder if they are little
savage And, after all these parties have
rougned winter here, far from the doctor
groceries sent from town, butchers calling
twloe week with dinner pre- ordained by
hlm, children riding tO and from school a
dozen miles by train every day, you
wonder that, III the spring, hair these new
and elegant country seats" are advertised
for sale, and that the families who built
them move back To town again
Now, to guard against ali such follies
and failures, We need three things
FiTt, Let the enterprise be large enough
to command the respect and meet the Gun
venlence OF the railway people. Let ns
start with Two hundred families OF none
With two hundred passengers in, in the
morning, they will give us train which
viii ohiy make one or two stops. With
such . consideration, We can make a bar
gam with them in the outset, that our
trains morning and evening shall not be
changed. Who can probably
make other conditions.
SenOndty, Whoever owns lands or lots,
at the beginning or afterwards, there shall
from the hrst moment, be somebody with
and with money, always ON the
spot, by self or deputy, To arrange for
the common defense and general welfare
From the hrst instant, the new town shall
have competent officers to attend to the
Iolnt interests, at the common charge.
These joint interests are, tirst-rate roads,
hrst-rate sidewalks, tirst-rate drainage,
irst-rAts water, probably shade-trees, per
laps simple fencing, and possibly gas ;-
.hese last, as circumstances may suggest or
require.
Th'rdtg All this implies that the new
settlement shall not be the hasty impulse
# summer morning, but the result Of
'ome combination and furethought II
Sil not do on the first day when the trees
n the parks seem green and the south
'1nd blows softly, Tor Edwin u bring
iown the Times at breakfast, clasp Ange
Ique III his arms, and say, Heavens, my
larling - - --- - 49,
ngyles 8Ight or ten hearty, loyal friends,
men Of forethought and care, must bind
themselves to each other to 20 into the
hing personally and carry 1t through.
Then they must recruit among theirfriends,
heir workmen, the people who 90 10 church
With them, the men with whom they ride
up and down III the cars, as many as a
who will Join them i'll the enter
Jrise, Then they, as united, become a
Dower, and can negotiate with landowners
md with railways. If We can secure these
.hree conditions, We can substantially
secure the tripartite cooperation Of the
landowners, the railway men, and the
settlers, on which, As ! said before, the
whole success depends.
| shall be able to show hereafter what
success has att nded on some combinations
which held in view these principles