The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-20

much nerded lml rovement, ye, ct this
time | think IL behoOves US to economic
and curtail every expense not absolutely
niece ssary."
The BAzOO man took his leave of Alder.
man Hickman. and was soon face To face
with
ALDERMAN HILL.
"Mr Hill. what do you think of the
question that is now agitating the people
VI osr city in regard 10 free postal de-
livery system" asked the reporter
81 am in favor OF having the houses
numbered and the street lamps lettered,
regardless of the fee mail delivery ques-
tion. i was in favor of this being done
two years ago. S,dalia has assumed, and
justly so, metropolitan airs, and this thing
should be done for the convenience OF
strangers in the city il for nothing else.
/ It us keep up our record as me.ropol-
iian city, by all means Yes. | am in
favor Of the fee delivery system in 6
dalia, and the sooner it is consummated,
the better"
The reporter then returned to the city
proper. and dropped in at the First Nation
at bank, where President
CYRUS NEWkIRk
was quietly sitting reading a copy of the
He accorded the scribe a
welcome, and when told what
was wanted, he stated that he
had given the matter very little thought.
However, he could readily see that it
would BE- great advantage to the people.
Ii the business of our postofice has reached
a point that entities us to free delivery,
Mr.. Newkirk thinks the opportunity
should not be wasted. He also thinks the
numbering of stress and lettering of street
lamps should be done BY some one tamil
lar with that kind OF work, and no pains
should be spared and the work should be
done properly ii done at all. The city, if
it does not pay for it, should superintend
the work and see that no bungling num-
he: ing and lettering be dene, which would in
this, as in all other cases, create trouble in
delivering mail at its proper destination.
Leaving Mr.. Newkirk to the perusal oil
his paper, the reporter repaired to Sichers
hotel, where All intei view was held With
JOSEPH sICHER.
He thinks that If the system is adopted
and the mail is only deli, cred twice day,
the present system will not be greatly bet
tered. Nevertheless, he favOrs any move i'm
the direction of improvement and enter
prise. Ii the system is Introduced in Sc
dalia, Mr.. Sicher is in favor OF
property owners numbering their own
houses. Ii the city should do the
work, it would of course be more unifOI III.
while il citizens are left to number theif
own houses, more conspicuous numbers
would be adopted in most CASES.
AfIer leaving Mr. Sichef, ard while walk
ing down Ohio street, the scribe met
YARDNAsTKR KIDwELL.
apd obtained bis views. He wants any,
thing for change. A. IL now is, he gets
everybody elses mail besides his own Mr.
Kidwel thinks the system will greatly ber-
eft tue inhabitants of East Sedal;a, and
hopes soon to see it ipsugura,ed.
Ia. FISHER,
clerk at the Garrison no Use, was asked
what he thought of :he proposed change.
al think it a good thing" said MIR.
Fisher "As il is we have TO send boy to
the postofice twice day to get the mail
for employees of the house and guests. Not
only would we be bena6tted i'm this way.
but then it makes Sedalia present the air
of cosmopolitan importance, which she is
Justly entitled 10. Yes. sir, you can rest
assured that every man connected with this
house wants to see the work accomplished"
MAYOR MESSERLY
was found AT his place of business, on the
corner o, Second and Ossge streets. He
WAS quite communicative, and talked freely
to the scribe. aud from him information OF
importance was CLEANED. He said: "The
Institution of the free delivery system i'm
Sedalia will be of great convenience to the
people, and will give the city a metropoli-
tan az. am fully in favor Of the scheme.
There are houses that are already num-
bered and probably numbered wrong and
would have to be changed. | think it best
for The city to make di.ect appropriation
and have the work done uniformly and
quickly" The mayor here showed
the reporter specimen OF
this, as adopted in Hannibal.
and added: "These tins are 5I143 i'm ,hes
and, as you see contain four letters. They
are white, with red letters, with a border
around the edge. which is, OF course, an
unnecessary expense. According to my
idea, the tins adopted in Sedslia should be
plain black, with white, bold letters, which
would be decidedly more conspicuous than
the Hannibal tins, and also cheaper. These
tins could he gotten mp for five cents each.
[ estimate the number of houses In Sedalia
as not exceeding three thousand, and 10
place number on each at at cost of only
five cents would amount to just one hun.
dred and fifty dollars. So far = letting
the contract to any party at an exhorbitanl
price is concerned, am opposed to it; and
.ihis talk about the work being of such q
difficult nature is all bosh. We already
have maps of the city, and the work viii
not be at all complicated. Street Commits
sioner Trip is a very intelligent man ant
scqusir ted with that kind Of work, anC
could perform the labor in connection will
his regular duties. Let the city go RICH
ahead antsdo her part. In fact, we have
an ordinance requiring parties to mum
Der their houses, but as it hs
80 Loa.x a~trorralv UNCONSCIOUS ~.