The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-03
HOW A PUBLIC SPIRITED
CITIZEN VIEWS JASPER.
what's the Matter and the
Remedy.

What's the Matter and the
Remedy. d
\
Something for our People 20
/ Consider.
\ To THE EDITOR OF THE COURIER =
Your efforts 10 secure competent and
enterprisiDc tow board At the next 81 Aay
election oucht 10 be endorsed by every
citizen. who desires to look with an eye,
of candor and pride al the well-being
and steady progress Of our town. All
honor to those who now are placed at
the head Of our towns affairs, for they
are men. who are certainly interested ~
the manufacturing aud mercantile posi-
ton OF Jasper.
\ That there is something wrong, how
, ever. In the working Of our towns pro-
, melting forces, (if 1t has sny.) no Que
will hesitate t. believe. Jasper IL . slow
slow for her own welfare
I She Il inert. inactive. feeble and voice
: lesa even rourd about her Activity
, was evidently omitted in her dictionary
3 OF English words. u,
J Certain il Is, none Of mans efforts will
: produce the much desired perpetual
I motion: equaiiy certain Is il that man
r will ever efecfuate perpetual quietus
! or nop-motion but il longed TO see
Z the nearest approach to perpetual Quie'us
y or everlasting sbserce Of motion ana
: energy, could not CRAFTY my longing
J. senses more pleasantly than BY observ-
) ING the ridiculous and Iethargic mono
Il tony of Jasper
n Were we suddenly to be buried BY
a. some mighty upheaval OF our nilis, @
m uch so that all trace OF our existence
a. " ere inferred from the eyes OF the resi-
Al Of mankind, aud we should. q Thousand
4. : ears hence. he revealed 70 the light Q
~ ihe world by mesns Of the archaolaglst
a. shade. scientific men would speak an,
q argue OF Jasper IS another Pompell
- however with this peculiarity Of bistor'
III search. that our streets and sidewalk
rv and street-lsmps and other appliance
I led A. the time OF the upheaval " woul
y, indic,te that our town must have bee
! destroyed sonsewhers in the neigb0oI
an hood az A. ID 1852 For, thus wou'
AZ those scieitific excavators reason. oihs
~ towns of later centuries were iaF InoF
nv advanced IL all comforts aud IN civil'z'
NJ ,on than tie Gown on the Paicka prove
es- TO have been.
N. la-pcr Il really q reliquary o! the ca
toms and principles In vogue 20 ,ea
,,olayo. Now. with the resources, acvart
w, gss aud natural wesith that We posses
49, there ought 10 be . stop. or rather,
~ iu,eosc force applied to this bad meth'
be. Of conducting atow ne sfalrs.
I'M ~T.s ~ssh our judgments our watches.
~. sone ~ iasi alike YET each believes eis c~ Nv
|, - i ,he poeiical way OF Remaining 70
',,;- uot ali os US will agree upon certa
I. manner Of i'm provement One approx
- ~ tl,is. another approves OF that, and
l';. third corden.ns them botn and appros
! I. az Nothing. Thus il happens. that
proiect after another is conceived, n
IA culed. snd then dropped.--all IN
-. breath. Says A to b, I'VE want elect
80 lights mo. sir - retorts b. "our nj
'ne az streets and chuckboles will DO motto
IN. 100 well. il we have thsm." Well. v
.s. not In the 4 ame Of all that is just
n. light. have light enough. so that ped
4. trians can notice vonr Chuckboies
svoid them. thereby insnrirg the sai
n,a of their lives from drowning
- Now. right here are two impro
\. ", menfs We need. aud need badly.
n - thjs he said and reiterated With emp
''n.. sis bv you. Mr.. Editor. We need
go csdemized streets, 1T least ~ certain
.l,iors ~ the town. snd we need be-
liobt Than oil will afford Our trafii'
I, ~. most lainentably impedel BY bad sire'
- ihorses and mules form most plies
r.. r. sights when seen trudging along fhrc
- -. the deep mud; crossings, even, zoe
ever 50 stony in their esscnce) no ion
~ serve their purpose, owing 10 the
=. that covers them the eyes OF chl1
and strangers alike refrain from LOOK
I, Il disgusting thoroughfares, such
r.ru- those OF Jasper.
Our street lamps are insufficient
sway out or date Electric ligh'
s'sy cheaper. cleaner, and less troubles
X than lamp light Let our town oiilt
s'ou. : investigate the economy OF electric
ie1 = aud be assured Of its cheapness and
cheney.
note, .Ohl these Improvements would
aDcnt TO much; why, think Of IL, we sh'
4 and run into debt, we should. indeed n
y is Now. this Is Jasper talk 70 perfect
.nsy Go where we will aud we sIsll dice
.slo1 that every city and town oi enterpn
nuu in debt. Cities there arc, not ipr
NJ - tant. with eli Indebtedness cf from
60 and 75 million dollars; snd her
old Jasper with 5000 ia the treas
he i-Debts are 10 themselves 70 ev'I,
Mis- when they become 4 necessity - .
Ell OF way. let us With good sense ua''
I that course to them. a business man !,
doing ures his " weal,h by his resources ann
whobi,itIes. Liabilities are d :bts, and
"A not contracts them with the purpose Q
] over creasipg his resources and Income,
III thc wiser and richer. too, scI y
The H. order 10 possess macsdsmizec y
h lcss ana an electric pi-nl, wc shon1d csF
III. asly be obliged 10 increase she creds'
our .ccouuts. bul, since mAc@nsn
streets aud electric light imptvvrn
rsctice src real property, and, therefore
- ~. source or Income, would not th.sy
rl -oflarue the debts On equal hna
,A4rar. greater amouns than ne credits N
a every debit points 70 rssoGsse
every credit to liability o. ueo'
r4s ns "a