Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-24
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EpfroR HERALD:-The ostrichis noted
for its kicking qualities. so am |, and Il
you, Mr.. Editor, will allow me an coca
sional chance to kick through your
columns / will be under lasting obliga.
tions. Our City Council is hard
worked, poor paid, less thanked body
than any other set of men in any city,
and whilst they are for the most part
deserving, men with the best of inten-
tions, they allow their actions to be iu-
fuenced by all kinds of persons aud
schemes. know of street in this city
that never has received any attention
from our Council, aud why! Because no
Councilman, or no influential man living
on that street, got up his petition and
pushed 1t through the Council. | know
another street that has never had any
city work done on it, although three
petitions were signed by all Tor nearly
ALI the interested parties, and said PEE
titions died in the HANDS OF committees,
and whyg Because somebody did not
log roll it through the Council.
HOW TO MAKE THE WORK EASY.
II our worthy city dads will allow me
me, will venture the following advice:
Now that you have acomparatively large
sum of money to expend, do not fritter
it away in responding to friends, persons
of influence, or political strikers, who
have small Jobs to be done that are in
many instances personal; but authorize
your committees to employ experts IN
their line, il necessary, and prepare a
thorough and completely digested plan
for each needed enterprise, such as
sewerage, irrigation, street paving, ETC.,
ETC., and last, but not least, and in my
opinion the most important, the imme-
date improvement OF the principal
streets and roads leading to the country.
Let these plans be comprehensive and
complete, SO that whatever is done will
be ,ceii done, and for all time, or at least
for long time. 1t may be all right to
receive the multitudinous petitions that
are constantly being presented, but
they should all, as far as POI
sible, be referred to the various COM
nittees of permanent improvements, II
you please, and be embraced in them
allowing the systematic plan of public
improvements to be carried out without
hindrance.
l would commence work by starting
at the court house and improve the most
direct and convenient streets and roads
leading to the various sections that are
tributary to the city. OF course the
Council can only improve as far as the
city boundary, but once the city will do
its part in this work, am satisfied that
the county will commence where the
city leaves off and continue the good
work. This matter OF road making
would undoubtedly be of great benefit
to the country people, and what would
the city be without the country? To
ILLUSTRATED l know OF three ladies', less
than twelve miles in the country, who
always did their shopping in Los An
geles until the bad roads, two years
ago, absolutely prevented them from
coming to the city, they were compelled
to resort to the mails, and as the postage
is the same from New York city as from
Los Angeles and the largely increasing
business and facilities New York mer-
chants offer enables any lady to look
over samples, &C., at home and send her
orders by mail. Such was the case with
the parties mentioned, and the result is
that they now buy the bulk of thtir
goods, fine goods especially. in New
York, to the detriment Of our Los An
geles merchants. Many Others are com
mencing to do the same.
The roads are bad enough in the rainy
weather and infinitely worse in the sum
mer. Will our City Council do some
thing without a petition and without
lobby, towards carrying some Of the
many needed improvements to finish:
KIcKING BIRD.