Telegram-herald., 1891-04-28
TALKS BY THE WAY.

GRApIsS- - 8 Before Nonroe-st. a
paved AGAIN hope - see some import
ant changes made n the grade Inc,
remarked 4 we.i-knOwn business mau
last evening. What's the matter plth
tie present grade the trouble 4
rot 80 much IA t8e roadway as ~ the
sldewzlks- Just notice the blil0wy flse
and fall Of the walks Ga tue south eide
OF the street. At the cCIner by t1e
Tower tie walk Is all ght. but IA front
If stadley's store there : = regular
Boston dip and TIE sag continues toi
quite a distance up The street. In front
OF Foster, Stevens 4 Go. anu the Bostoa
store the walk = lower than the street.
Just below the WiddicomO building i
takes a sudden upshoot. and at the cor
ner of Monroe and Naterloo-sts. TIE
walk sticks up IN tie ar Ike tae gable
end OF "A p.g pen. / VI seen ~ eniy coat
tails bite TIA dust within one hour IN
front Of the Widd.eomb building. When
the smooth stone Is Vet or icy II VIII ny
the equIllb rIum of well trained ny.
4 say the lower corner OF the walk al
this crossing should tic let down about
eighteen inches. then u would not be
necessary to build a bridge on Monroe
81. 10 reach no 10 the walk. Down be-
low, the walks should be raised SO rs 10
conform TO the grade OF the street. Al
the crossing OF Ottawa-st. there is a
hummock III the driveway that should
be reduced, SO as 10 make the grade
even and easy all the way up 10 the
Morton House. l hope the Board OF
Public Works viii attend TO this matter
before the street Is paved.
ALpERMAxIc.-"fee present council
will have another week of II" remarked
a city politician last evening. "and then
we shall have new one. The retiring
council has spent eleven-twelfths OF us
sessions IN halr-spllttlng and Jangling
over upimportant details. Taking It's
record as whole il has been decidedly
waverlng and uncertain. IL has had TO
do over the second time, and in many
cases the third time, important matters
OF city legislation. lcan't help but say
that IN my opinion the present council
has not been as efficient as the city has
right 10 expect. | dc not know how
the new members will behave, but / am
satisfied that they will bring greater ex-
perience IN business matters and there
fore become more efficient. The conn.,
mlttees will he recognized and the new
members WILDE assigned. by the mayor,
no doubt, IN such a manner as to put
the most practical men in the majority.
A great deal depends on the commit
tees. Mayor Uhl will have the benefit
OF experience in making up his commit
tees and presume that neither favor
itism nor party will take precedence, of
utility and ability. If good men, intel
ligent, discriminating men are put on
the committees, the work Of the new
council will proceed in business like
manner instead of like country de-
batting school,"
LUcKLEssNEss-"Itis strange fatal
ity that seems to pursue some men,"
said a physician, yesterday. snow
there goes u man." pointing to q passer-
by, whose arm was done up in a sling,
"whom the goddess of misfortune
seems to adore. have attended him
ever since he was q child, and he is
always falling up against hard luck.
When he was a boy, he was always the
one OF n skating party who broke
through the ice. He has broken both
arms by falling from trees, and last fall
he broke his leg by falling down stairs.
Ii he we're to 60 cOoning watermelons
he was always the victim of the irate
farmers shotgun and twice he has been
the recipient Of savage favors from his
best girls bull dog. He is always
getting left by the trains. losing his
pocket book, or getting hurt"