, 1875-06-16
WABASH AVENUE.


The South Slao hallway Company are now en-
gaged tn admiring Wabash aronne, aud its ric-
turesnue pn1,enranre Affords tho1n SO mich easia
faction that they csunos bnkF to mar Tho beauty
OF tle Bceue by anything 50 Ordinary ~ paso-
mont.
Tho volunteer aid rendered them In carrying
AWAY tho bl3chs 50 far destroyed tho beauty OF
tho street yea.osdny, that volIictcs Wero enabled
to pick their way along tho Bfdos with litlo dan.
esr. 1t was not, hovoyor, within tho limits OF
possibility to ckoss from ono nde to tho other,
except At those streets whcrc boards had boon
thrown down. and. In those csscs, team, b5
climbing up = height OIL one stdo asltl sliding
doWu q ssoep on tIo oihor, might got along. II
vi irnvinr n esne,aie @ ali their forco In tearing tho
avenue lin, tho Company are not LOW dspoaed
TO do anything hastlty by way Of putting II down
again. Iley reallz, with great cleasnees thhs
aneel III not to he thought Of ,wlen tho public
ara to DO accommodated 1t ID only when their
convenience III to bc consulted that they 500 Low
necessary It il. .--.---, -,
order SUNDAY. tho Company naod Monday to rcat
in. IueBdRY they nwoke, stretched themselves,
and consulted. Something would have 10 20
tlouo .lur,nE tho summon or fall, and 1t was wfbl
to DO tnkiug about what 1t "as to be. DO tAcy
Then they went down to tho Superintendent Of
tho Board ct Public Works, and sat around and
Lad talk Will lin listlo whi|o. They "sro
EAGER TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE,
and proposed Ito hin) to pitch right into it with
v,gor. They Ind seen that Tar rntnrsE el!sa't
propose 10 let shom change tho Grades without
being exposed. ard tlley wanted 10 tax that
Finally tho Superintendent gaTo them per1nss-
eion to lav their track right niong on tho top Of
tho ground from CongEcsa 10 Iwelith atEeeta
without any sort Of regard totho grade, Whether
anybody sliort Of tho Council bad right to gro
anct permission may bo doubted; hut, never
| thelceB II Was given. .....
In return for this permission to disregard tho
grade and build their track "hefever they
pleased, tho representatives agreed to
GRADE Cr THE s1pEs Or EHs ROAD
| With dirt IN to the levoI Of their tracks. In
other words they propose to bank up With mud
about foot Oh cach ado oil their tracks. lhfa
| is cheerful prospect for tnhabitants on tho
avenue. 1hoTo Is, however, one consolation:
| matters cannot be any worse than thcy AEa now.
From Twelfth 10 Twenty SECOND strcess tho
COMPANY promissd 70 la5 their r. track e % even Elta
| ting away Of tho boards and digging down
Bomo or inchos to br.ug tho present strlngora
down where they promise 70 put them.
In closing their rts.k With The authorities tho
| prceaed thoir intention ct eoinE to work
! tnru1fr ANAL" .
and "pretty soou" aud they told how thoy norc
| going 10 "hurrY up matters, aud Al t1as. IN
way that was cheering.
| Then the conid;ng reador supposes tlat thoy
went on and caused blocks to bo hancd and tho
paving to begin, aud, Perhaps, cTen They hufTsod
out shoHo 70u men who moro It work Sunday anu
caused tho work Of repairing to proceed as rapid
" ~ that Of dismantlius:, :,,u r..r ...t ~,
! aud set cleyon men to work Ou tho
ayenuo. from, Fourteenth to cong1eas otroes
tbc ropairs. These men didn't pavo xnYthing /;
they dldu't repair anything they simply droso
aonlo ucdges, and measured tho distance bo.
tween tLa rails. a1osptimo largo portion Of
tho dirt which had boon thrown out was worked
10 by umnIbuses into excellent mud, aud tho nv-
cnua, IL rcck cocit and Fourteenth eircoe cbpec-
iAlly. was a. bsd road as black prairie after d
aovon days rain.
| TIE CONDUCT or THE COMPANY
meets With tho most Intense seprobation from tho
residents on the avenue, who ask Willy they made
10 nurll hasto 10 lay q truck before they knew
whera they wore putting IT. Why they could not
have arranged to have douo tho wotk BY degrees.
and why they arc now utterly ncglecting tho
convenience OF the residents 7 Tho prospect OF
bank Of mud foot high In tho middle OF tho
sttcot does not delight tic tax.payers.