Telegram-herald., 1890-08-15
BEHIND THE AGE
Cruel Remarks Heard b Travellers
OF Sra1d Rapids
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SAINT Pall sl.g&Lsi a. tae bead %
tas A.ss.ss.pp.. and ~ ths toot o. the
Minnesota rlFeE steamboat nav isst.on,
and kaosn az tie Queen City'' Ct tne
Northwest. looks is besg ilst nov.
CoDmercs ats smiling At her feet, and
t1e great number OF iron highways
Wita three hundred trains daily are
eager 70 do Der bidd ng toE tie com
msFicAl and lobbing Interests Of the
great Northwest.
Her sister city, Minneapolis, lately
called Pad City, or P4dylle, has Joined
u the race mot altogether friendly fOg
commercial honogs. though their mer-
ehandise Is OF different nature, being
vaeat. -four, logs and lumber. The
aght between these two cities has been
sharp, aggressive and somewhat bitter
II Us nature, especially on the enumer-
alton question, each claiming that the
/ other has gwen IN the names Of the
/ dead, visiting trends. and those who
aad 10 children have supplied their
/ places by giving the names or their
/ horses, their birds, aud their dogs and
eats a. members OF the families. Tney
| have called Tor al armistlce, appointed
= committee, sent them On 20 Washing
ton 10 argue their gTieyence at the feet
OF the Nation, which has resulted ina
remuneration for both cltles, which is
/ 10 begin tlIs week. These two cities
| have been growing towards each other,
| not ia 4 peaceful bat rather waTlike
! splrt. Some thought that they would
| IN .lme consolidate into one. aud IN
TINS case a new name must be gwen
them. What the happy JOINT name vas
TO be, 40 one was able 20 guess, but
( things do come about IN an unlocked
tOr-myster!ous way. They Were called
twin cities very appropriately, but they
| now dlsclalm this should be happy
| close relationship. -. Paul re-
baptized its sister. and called her
I Pad City-or PadWlle-and IN re-
turn M.nnea oohs called st. Paul
y. Pad-these two names have sug-
/ gested the short and halfway between
name, which the writer proposed to the
| editor Of the pioneer press for consd-
Grafton IN case of future consolidation.
/ The new name TOR the tTO cities as sug-
| gtsJed is "St. Pat City" TINS gives ST.
| Paul her pet name, which is st. Pat.
leaving the original saint, and gives 20
/ Mlnr nreapolis her pet name, Pad City,
| Pad being divided IN tins case between
! the two. one-half OF it beng given 10
each. TINS seems certainly a fair and
equitable division. But TINS is merely
a suggestion for future action and adop-
ton IN case il pleases all.
Great imprOv ments are being made
| IN both cities. Pubic buildings, costly,
| high and strong are being erected.
Business blocks, grand and massive,
| private residences of the latest archl-
tectural beauty, opera houses, boule-
| wards, parks, streets, sidewalks, street
railways, all of which are Of such sym-
metrical construction as e. attract
strangers and home seekers at once,
this IS what brings capital and a desir-
| able class of people, be they poor or
/ rich, which Will elevate any community
/ and thus do credit 10 themselves and
l any city IN the world-iust what Grand
i Rapids needs. These blocks and public
| buildings range from six to fourteen
/ stories high, with massive foundations
underneath them. People are ia no
wise peuur.Ous IN the laying of fOunda-
ton walls, as are some OF our own citi-
zens. Here, thev believe in q future,
while in Grand L pIds II IS self, Tor the
/ present only. 1ney care nothing for
surroundings nor the depreciation OF
the surrounding property, which their
shells wall cause % bring about.
Blocks put up here cost from $780,,
% 81 600 900. and attract capital from
the East, which would NOS locate here
/ only for the enterprise shown by the
citizens. Many fine, substantial i'm
pTOvemeuts are made along the river
bluffs, by the building OF massive stone
walls. costing millions Of dollars, large
iron bridges across the Mississippi and
across tne valleys, hills aud dales.
Aqueducts ard viaducts arecoasuucted
at great cost, tile money being invested
here among laboring men. Yet Grand
Rapids, the scco1d city IA Michigan,
Eas not spirit or enterprise enough to
wall . is sliay river balks; no, 10 VIII
not even permit % lettuc prop rtyOwu-
ers along tho banks pay for 81; tae
green-eved monster and the .pliish-
natured individual would prefer the
destruction of the cI,y rather thaa to
see one dollars worth ~ improvements
. IN
OK it come back direct into their own
pockets. but tins Il not tho way to
b0ild up ac.ty. aud the people Of Grand
Rapids VII realize their many m stakes
when too late. Citizens tnat viii ne
eject the heart of the city in which
thev live. are apt 20 neglect their own
hearts. and when ihe heart - neglected
the body must follow. We ought not
neglect that which might 90 easily be
made attractive beautiful, hsaithful
aud useful To- the inhabitants. aud 60
tho stranger which visits WItalu our
T gates, some vino G0 NOT see more than
( the heart Of thC city. and VIII tht leave
with a bad imuressloa. It seems tnat
some 0f our aldermen prefer % live iu
/ the lst of unslgEtly. hltby slime,
among fostering sl0uEEs. pools Of stag
nation, refuse of rot. q .oase- breeding
/ pestilence. II tncy so prefer thsy nave
no moral nor lawful gat 60 sub
NIT the c,tlzls 90 the same
way Of living. We are pleased 20 say
tnst We have some aldermen uho Gre
Intelligent enough 90 know Ur0n- fr0n
right. they know trer duty and 90 %.
they try 60 keep up With The tme of
progress. bat there sre 0facrs wao
couneract all tbo Eooj done by tie
former. We would sueg 20 chat o4r
city have az appointing committee.
who 20 atoutaud ascertain what man
ner If men we want ior aldcfneu.
then rs-sc a furd. snd send she new