Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-09-23

resented On It's shelves. But the
best of II is that it is free to all,
the expenses being met by direct
taxation, that is, an appropriation
per capita is allowed the Library |
Association every year by the city |
council. The system of catalog
ueing is so complete that every
book is known by serial number
as Ii l440, Z 960, q l43. etc. So
correct and simple Is this system
that on locking in the catalogue
ard giving the number of the book
| sou desire, the clerk at once goes
| to the section. Ii, +, G, as the
case may be, and picks out the
volume in moment. As the Lii
brary buys very few duplicates,
ent ant es the value of this sys-
tenn, and obviates any necessity
for changing the lists. Once num-
bered under it's alphabetical sec
ton, a book always retains its
place on the shelf until lost or
worn out. 1t is either then re-
placed (if purchassble) or can
celled. The Library directory
have purchased site in the lake
front and are building a large,
handsome, commodlous structure.
The present quarters on the top
floor of the City Hall are much
too cramped for Its present needs
to say nothing Of its further in
crease, which is likely to be as
iapid in the future as in the past,
| Another institution which
Chicago may we'll be proud of, is
its system of parks and boule-
Yards. Nowhere else in the world,
perhaps, can you drive so far on
an asphalt or macadamized road
way and always within sight of
green trees and grass. A Gordon
of these parks and roadwsys sur
rounds the city, and everything
possible is done in Chicago for
the bea!thful pleasure of It's citi-
zens in this way.
But while parks ard boule-
Yards are kept in a neat condition
the city elsewhere is neglected,
Perhaps no other city in the Un-
ion at this time, offers so grand
an opportunity for the growth
and spread of cholera, and should
no prompt and thorough action be
taken before next spring, we may
have the Epidemic in its worst
form. This Will be not only a
death blow to the Worlds Fair,
but a blight on all business in this
prosperous city. For every 100
miles OF street there are Is miles,
more or less, Of narrow alleys, and
the most of these are left TO accu-
mulate garbage, manure and ash
es ad libitum. Not only this, but
the principal streets are also neg
lected and everywhere one cen see
pools of dirty water standing in
the cutters or in holes in the mid
die of the roadway and mud is
every where. The wooden base
ments, SO numerous here, are
harder 10 keep clean than the Bel
gium blocks Of New York, and
there seems to be no sufficient ap-
preparation made at any time of
year for this purpose. 1t is not
an exaggeration to say that Chica-
go is at present in a villainously
filthy condition, and no one here
seems to realize the danger which
turks within our borders. Quar-
antine precautions Will not stop
the spread of disease SO we'll as
prompt sanitary measures, and it
is to be hoped that the authorities
will awake TO the necessities of
the occasion before it is too late.
Every one is looking for a big
boom next year, and as conse-
quence building is now overdone
and general business is dull. A
great many stores are for rent
and numerous places of business
of all kinds are for sale; princi-
pally hotels, lodging houses and
saloons. Ii would pay anyone
having capital, who can afford to
remain comparatively idle for six
months, to come to Chicago and
secure Worlds Fair lease.
which can be had now at moder-
ate rate. There Will be no doubt
of remuneration next yeer, pro-
vided, of course, that the cholera
does not come to stay.
GEO. CUMMINGS.