Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-17
A CITIZENS VIEWS.
D. A. LindIey Has Few Words to Say
on the Subject.

d. A. LindIey Has a Few Words to Say
on the Subject.
A reporter of the RECORD UNION met D.
A. Lindley yesterday and asked him what
he thought of the result of last Monday s
meeting. Mr.. Lindley replied:
II find a great many who do not seem to
think it accomplished all it could, and in a
measure l sgree with them Still, it did
accomplish great DEAL when all the facts
are taken into consideration. There was
one wrong impression abroad, and that was
that the meeting was called for the purpose
of having Mr.. Ray explain his plan for i'm
proving streets, and some were disap-
pointed because he did not have more to
say about it. But the meeting had been
called for more general purpose, and was
the result of suggestion made by me at
the last meeting of the Improvement Asso-
citation for general meeting to discuss the
feasibility of narrowing the streets
and thus overcome the expense of
improving them. l did expect that Mr..
Ray would be prepared to present for
signatures an agreement to form grading
company, and will see that one is presented
at the next meeting. My idea is to organ
ize a company next Monday night, and let
ii levy its first assessme nt for the purpose
of securing estimates as to the cost of paw
ing and to determine the kind of pavement
to be used"
Reporter-"Then you do think there will
be good results follow the present sgita-
ton Pr
Mr.. Lindley-"I do, if well-directed per-
sistency can accomplish anything. The
main obstacles will be the same as in the
Improvement Association. A few are will
ing to do something that may result in
GOOD, but they get discouraged when they
are in hopeless minority, and are work
ing for people too prone TO looking a gift
horse in the mouth. Membership in the
improvement Association is open to every
good citizen who feels enough interest to
come and plank down (for only once So
It's meeting are open to all members. Now
instead of putting up this little old S. and
giving little time to the public, there are
many who have preferred to sit outside on
the fence and throw rocks at those who
were working on the inside; while if ter
ortwenty of these kickers would only ge
inside the fence they could out-vote those
inside two to one"
Reporter-"Don't some who go to meet
ings such as was held on Monday nigh
ge: disguised because so little is accom-
plished ?n
Mr.. Lindley-"Yes, there were no doub
some people there last Monday who ex
pected to come out of thsmeeting and wall
home on paved streets. They should re
member that it will take several such meet
ings before we can unite on some one gen
eral plan. A good many draw out becaus
they can't carry out their own ideas, or car
not do all they think should be done
They should be willing to accomplish wha
they can now, and wait patiently till time
are ripe for what they want. Why, sine
the meeting, several have told me that Mr.
Smith and myself were foolish for trying t.
get bituminous rock with concrete founda
ton all over town. l hope no one vii
think we are foolish enough to waste on
time in trying it. We are, however, goin
to make an effort to get as much bituminou
rock (by the aid of narrow streets) as posi-
BILE, and will try for at least two streets L
run out to Thirty-first street. One on tn
north side, and one on the south side o
town. Rest assured that if we fail IN this
but get gravel over goodly Ddmher
streets, we are going tobe jubilant."