The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-13

twenty i've should be idle. II 1t Be true
that lshorvrs are paid 81 1xy the city Is
sr'sading - Fnoney en- o faw and letting
ma2y 60 hungry, whiae hat little work q
done true raan. Belonging 20 rhe party
that woald help tbs people. ought 20 be
ready 70 tndorss that doctrine.
We bciseve in the consolidation Of the
charitable work OF the ctr. The Associ-
ated Charities, so-c2sied, IL m institution
entirely unabse 70 adminissrr assistance 20
anybody, unless somebody happens 80
leave ec1Esh or m Cd coat In is of7ice
30 far - sppears there f. no association
and less charity. The city goes one way.
the eouafy another. and the spSsmodic
contributions Of the people q third Be-
tween the three deserving person might
starve. or die. or lose purity. or steal. Ii
tnsre 80 little common sense among rs
fhat We can not combine car charifi<sg
believe better things Of this intelligent
city. One Office, open day and might, hay-
ing tai powers and . disposition both 20
look ~ and assist applicants i ali that
We ask
We believe that the police onghf 20 be
administered I'm the interests OF the Law In
Al cases, and that promptly. IL should be
Told the police. since they do not seem to
know II, that IL Is their duty 70 arrest
every person found selling liquor on sun
day. IL makes no difference whether q
packed jury conyicts or not II vioiators
o. social law were arrested on sight and
the so-calied respectable yisitauss Of inde-
cent resorts were taken before the courts
and the men fined. there would be good
oeal more public conscience manifest.
ny not publish the names Of the men
IhsT, y 10 esrtain, do not wish TO be adj
yertIsed.
I'VE believe that all officials oughtsy
appointed because they are both capable
nj frxn 49, 80 . AL 49,
We should not have the farce Of surveying
the same street forr or more times. at the
city's expense. We should not have cuI-
yerts placed under crossings so that the
outlet 10 eighteen inches higher than the
intake. on the opposite side of the same
street. thing that was done only = block
from my home. We should not have
streets surveyed without any apparent
attempt 70 meet the grade Of other streets,
sometimes going into . hole in the ground.
sonetimes rising into thin air. / heard of
man who shoveled over pile OF sand
for exercise daily. IL this city were i'm
ished il might not be sin TO hire men To
dig holes and I'LL them mp. Bat any one
who has attempted to cut across lots in
this city has noticed that il is NOT quite
finished Therefore public waste Is some
body's private sin.
And some evenings when quarrels are
resting for the time, the city government
might name the streets. There are seven
Lake streets or avenues. three Lake Views,
tao Oaks and three Oranges. three VIII
lards, three Washingtons and four Waters,
three Blaines and two Bismarcks, four
Cedars and three Depots, but only one
Hillside avenue. II this town il as hard
no for money IS IL is for names, the case is
worse than we feared. In short, We want
business administration. conducted by
business men who have been successful in
their own business, and who seek no
position in order to ind something TO do,
or In order to lift themselves, By means OF
their henchmen, into the next higher
place.
Tho fiscal officers will watch the treas
ury, policemen viii not be more than q
half hour going mile with q burglar at
the end of it. and in general the city will
be beautihed. made healthful and as safe,
physically and morally. as possible.