Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-03
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Sew Street transportation FaoIllsis.
JuIY 10. 1862.
The county OF st, Louis is rich ma
productive, but 1t hasn't the polica ,,rsS
lection the farmers want The paIie.
system OF the city Is very efltcIenA
one and, knowing that, the people ~
the county are moving 10 have thass
villages guarded by detachment :,
the foros here. The State law estah'
lishiRgiRg the metropolitan polIea
force IA ~ Louis provides for tho aisS
tTibation of patrolmen la the ceAAntv
and It viii not be long before they %,
the twenty coppers they have asked
for cat there.
Some odd and original ideas have
been carried into effect in putting m
new buildings In St Louis lately
Thsre is no other city in the eoantyv
proba bly,. that has large bulldin, M.
voted entirely 10 the nse OF physisians
and Ia no way connected with a nadi.
cal college There Is one OF thai klna
here. on the corner OF Jefferson ayenns
aud Locsss street II was creeS.A a.
the solo borposs OF giving the doctors
the kind OF offices they need and there
a nobody disc in ii except the janttoF
There = another building here which
Is given ap 70 tho atudies OF artists. h
is on the corner of beaumont street
and Locust Both buildings were put
up by men who were doubtful, at Rfst
Of the success OF their projects, bat
each has proved tho owner man AZ
foresight by becoming u profitable "a.
vestmeht from the first,
Fred NJ Crnnden, the manager az
the Public Library, showed himself a
man % advanced ideas when, ia A.
ranging the plans OF che new building
or Locust street, he provided Tor 4
large room 70 DO used exclusively by
women studying Or reading. Ia
Europe that IN done but there q no
library on this side OF the water where
~ Is sonAid1red necessary IA pay this
attention 10 tho woman students AN
women who have 10 90 much 70 librar.
les Aay that they cannot work Ut ease
while they are stared az by the u.sn
who como In. and many OF them com.
plain that they are often annoyed "
people who walk np behind them and
look orer their shoulder
There arc Two big camp meetings that
every year attract large numbers 81
people from - Louis. Oue Is the camp
meeting ~ piasa hluns, aud tho other
u Camp Aarvtn. Tho bluff are a
score ot miles away and are reached
BY boats Hundreds Of men from here
Take their fansllcs up there. and leave
them IN the cottages while tile camp
meeting lasts, running up from tic
city every dgY or 40 - see them The
Marvin camp ground j. only a short
distance away from the city, aud 2
reached 81 vehicles There arc 10
houses On tho grounds, and thnss who
81 oat thurU live tn trnta till the meet.
ing u orsr The grounds. with their
lines ~ ,ru.A, and their religious ser.
yteSh under pine topped sheds Aro !
unique sight, aud thr road between
hers and shc busy city Il covered every
day with baggica and carriages fall IL
psoplc gong unt 10 luUk on. ANN Mar
sin + 10 be opened about the lAAt Of
this month. aad The meeting al PISA
Blatfa will bssin rs soou az the Marvin
meeting ends
onc million passengers have % ride
on strcet-ear before the company
takes Ia $50. 10l. perhaps more. Tor some
o. The pcopio ride on passes. and some
~ them arc children aud pay only hAlf
fare. Yet. some - the lines here have
not only received Tint much lnoasy In
the paEt year. bat have increased .li0ir
receipts by that much, since they gave
M Their horse power aud adopted nlut-
trictiy 70 propsl the cars. II Is no
wonder that when tho reports Of tho
Wy register show such results from
tue change 70 electricity that all the
lines arc grnspiug at thc trolley. So
many have given mp this cable and the
horses that tho electrical magazines
say ~. Louis Is ahead 81 every cisy Ia
the nitcd states on It's fast transit
mileage. Only four 81 the twenty Ave
lLheh IN the city are now using horses.
Two q these have already bought their
material for putting up the overhead
wires, aud by tho time the crowds
begin to pour into the city 10 sco tho
IAN festivities only two slow lines will
Dc lett These arc short, and tho via
itors wil be more Interested In them
as curiosity than Inconvenience.