The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-05-17
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
A Word rs to tho Condition Of our hor
oughfaroa,

A Word rs to tho Condition Of our hor-
oughfaros,
EDIT,g CARBON ADVOCATE. Now is the
time for our Supervisors t. "renovat" and
"demoralize" our streets and roads gain,
to draft oil the boys, old men, old ertSc bait
horses end dilapdated wagons into ervce
to shovel up the foul dirt from guttes and
bitches into the middle Of the street, to dry
out and impregnate the atmosphere with
death and disease distributing eiIluvia and
miasma when wet, and when thoroughly
dried and pulyerized into dust we are de-
lowing and gulpingsdown our throats and
windpipes, this essence of filth aud slush.
| No wonder our mucous membranes rebel,
that our lungs are not corrupted, and our
blood poisoned "Wonders will never
ceases" and here in Lehighton it is truly q
wonder of wonders that we are not afflicted
with small pox, cholera aud leprosy. II is
true that the ague and malaria has afflicted
us for the last or years.--the genuine
shaking Jersey lightning dqcr in t. to, ex-
tending to the top Of the Mahoning noun
tain, born and bred and hatched out in the
streets and alleys and cutters Of our beauli.
Iul borough. This has not been SO before,
and should not be SO now, whose fault is IL?
A borough of eight or nine physicisns and
among them some cure alls, with other
men Of knowledge and wisdom, certainly
some one there should be with wit enough
to suggest remedy or plan or raise voice
ON the subject Of some sanitary measure. At
our last election "big fuss" was made be-
cause some of the Lehigh Valley rSilroad
boys took so prominent part. 1t would
perhaps have been better il little Of the
Railroad methods were infused into our
street and road jabs, as read below'
Last year the people Of Lower Merton
township, Montgomery county, elected as
road supervisor Hon. A. j. Cassatt, Vice
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, whose Summer residence is in
It's border 1t was done partly as a joke, us
supervisor was considered about the least
lrssble account, and some oi his neighbors
thought it playful way TO give Cassalt an
Office. To the surprise of all he "took out
his papers" and presented himself for the
oath. Then began such a tearing down and
digging up as that old country district meyer
before witnessed. Tax collections were
rightly enforced. and those who were in the
nabit ui working out their tax found that
they had Il business man to deal with. lie
exacted lul work, permitted no slouchng,
and every mau who came to "wOrk" had t.
pnt in ten solid hours at u dollar a day.
lie found himself without men, as iarme r.
preferred tD pay tax rather than to be
worked" that way. With this money in
hand ho contracted at lower rates, and
ut this time Of the year, the township roads
looE like they never dlG before Supervisor
Ctssatt made il hot for them, and showed
what could be done in year with real eu
terprse, grit and determination. lie put
Pennsylvania Railroad methods into the
job, aud astrnished those who had been
sleeping over the idea that shuveling the
dirt into the middle uI the road once "A year
was all that could be done. A SUFFERER.