San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-04
SOUTH A STREET.

"hAN NOlldb ollCClSs lie
the worst thOrOughfare in the city
1T is now and for ten years has
been a standing disgrace to the
authorities of the municipality
1t is a menace to the safety of eve
ry light vehicle that is driven
upon it. 1t is as full of water holes
after every slight shower as an
Irish bog in November. 1t is so
narrow that it is not possible for
two carriages to pass each other
on either side of the car tracks, and
this narrOwness is made the excuse
for neglecting to keep it in condi-
ton, Notwithstanding that it is as
much travelled as either Houston
or Commerce street, and on ac-
count OF its pent up condition
should be kept in perfect repair.
Its extreme narrowness only eX-
tends for three blocks, and it is a
living shame that so short a street
should remain in such a terrible
and dangerous condition in the very
heart of the city. Stand in the
front of the baker shop at the head
of Market street and look at it,.
The carriage that turns out of
Market street into South Alamo
drops over a rough ledge of stone
or concrete fully six inches down,
Earring the occupants as it is to be
hoped this article will Jar
the city dads to a sense of their
duties in the premises. Should
the driver of the vehicle attempt
to cross the rails at this point he
will find it as much as his carri-
age is worth, for the center of the
road bed is at least eight inches
lower than the crown of the rails.
Should the carriage turn into
North street it will find "a first
class mud hole at the turn, ap-
parently planted there for the ex-
press purpose of splashing the
dresses of the ladies who happen
upon the crOsswalk at the time.
The narrOwness of the street COM
pels the wheeled vehicles of all
classes to hug the sidewalk in or
der to avoid the a track, and the
Superabundance of mudhOles that
line all the length of those three
blocks will insure pedestrians a
generous coat of mud at the city's
expense, but for which the city re-
ceiVeS no thanks. The residents on
the streets that debOuche into
Alamo have borne with the
disgraceful neglect of this street
until fOrbearance ceases to be a
virtue. The aldermen of the ward
have the lOckjaw about the mat
ter before the council. The LIGHT
mas been impOrtuned again and
again to call attention to the mat
ter, and has so done, but without
avail. The people in that
ward pay taxes as well as
those in other sections of
the city, and it is a burning injus-
tice that their rights are so little
respected. Again the LIGHT calls
the attention of the city dads to
Alamo street, as the one
street of all others in the city in
immediate need Of being put in
travelling condition. AS it now is
it is a menace to. the safety and
comfort of every One who walks or
drives through it. 1t is as narrow
as the policy that perpetuates it in
its present condition, as uneven as
the path Of a ward politician, as
unequal as the injustice of the ac-
ton that has left it as it is for six
teen years, as rough as a ward
striker, as much in need of
thorough repair as the committee
of twenty-five are of Christ's
charity.
THE drOuth in Paris or the raw
ages of la grippe have set the city