Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-15
COMMUNICATIONS N,
HOW TO BOOM THE CITY OF
BEVERLY.
Mr.. EDITOR

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criptive and commendatory, of the
push, enterprise and growth of cities
md towns elsewhere. And it has been
suggested to me, to write a letter or
,wo, concerning our own town.
There are various reasons, why some
towns do not progress rapidly. Many
are badly located. Not so with Bev-
erly.
Many towns are far from navigation
waters, and perhaps railroads. Not so
with Beverly.
Sometimes there are no manufacture
ing establishments. This is a serious
to the progress Of any town.
has a few manufacturing in
terests, but nothing like what she
might have.
The principal reason, however, why
some places do not progress may gener-
ally be found in the character OF the
people themselves.
In all places there are men without
a spark of progress in their souls, men
who are by some means well-to-do, and
who care for nothing beyond. Beverly
has a number of them. They are salts
fed with their own lot, sit down, fold
their hands and let the rest of the
community hustle as best they can.
They have some money, but neither
build, manufacture, nor invite or en-
courage those who would build or
manufacture to come among them.
Towns and cities are not built up by
one man. 1t takes good many to do
that. They must work together, and
not selfshly, each for himself If you
want business to come along, encourage
those who would make business. Don't
try to sit down on them, by asking
double prices for your building lots.
Welcome a wide awake, progressive
man, whenever he comes along. Show
that you appreciate his energy, and
pluck, and lend him helping hand
when occasion offers.
Don't be eternally discussing why
your town is so slow. Take off your
coat, and do a little something towards
making it otherwise. 1t takes number
of people to make town prosperous
Be one Of those yourself, instead Of
watching to see how your neighbors
are going to accomplish it. 1t can't be
done by sitting down. 1t can't be done
by keeping out of new enterprises, but
by taking a hand in them yourself.
When you have anything to buy
don't 90 to Philadelphia to get it, il
you can get it here. Beverly has some
merchants and dealers, who will keeT
everything that they can sell, every
thing that they have calls for, and very
generally at prices no higher than yor
will have to pay for the same goods IL
Philadelphia.
Time should be of some importance
to you, and, considering this fact, if tim,
is of vaIue to you, and the further fact
that of making purchases in Philadel
phia, involves some expense, but little
of anything is saved. Again, the
money we pay to merchants and deal
ers at home, adds to the prosperity Of
Beverly and surroundings, and re
bounds to the prosperity and interes
of all Of the sojourners, or residents
hereabouts.
Again, don't be continually finding
fault with your town, with the improve
ments that haze been made. and witt
the fact, that other improvements have
not been made.
Three elements are at warfare In oul
midst: The spirit of the dead past, the
spirit Of the living present, the spirit
Of the progressive future. One OF these
spirits must become dominant. One
will. Which is best?
Who would "like crab 60 back
ward ?" Who would, so far as public
improvements are concerned, in Bev
erly, cry out, like the Silver King, ii
the drama, ooh God, roll back the
Universe, and give me yesterday? In
other words, who among our citizens
would desire Beverly to be what she
was, simply 6 years ago, or over.
What parent, who values his chill
dren's health would wish our public
schools, with the poorly heated and
general sanitary condition that they
were in a few years ago, nothwithstand-
ing the fact, that their improved con-
dition now, has cost the taxpayers
something to place them on par with
the public school buildings Of other
wide awake and progressive cities and
boroughs.
Who among our citizens would de-
sire our energetic and live fire depart
ment to become disbanded, or in the
same condition, as it was few years
ago, and be at the mercy Of a possible
confagration, that then stared us in
the faces? Who among our citizens
would now prefer our city to be with
out the water works? Even supposing
the requirement of the water works was
not as well or as economically managed
as some claim, and condemn.
Suppose the Telford pavement has
cost the city more money than expec-
ted has not Beverly at least, one hand
somely and well paved street, that
renders more and more conspicuous the
of other streets, that appealing
ly cry out like the heather, Come
over and help us" Notwithstanding the
ready and oft uttered remark of the
chronic grumblers, that Beverly is
dead, dull, lifeless, etc. Has she not
great deal during the past
five or six years, as witness her many
rods of curling, her water works, her
fire department, her school building
improvements, her military organiza-
tons, etc. A number of new dwellings
three new manufacturing es-
adjustments, to say nothing of the
improvements and alterations that
have made with many private resi-
lences, and grounds surrounding them.
Is not the spirit of the living present,