The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1894-09-01
ON TO THE FRONT.
TEXARKANA TAKES ANOTHER
GIANT STEP FORWARD.
The Long Coveted Boon of City Sew
erage Secured---A New Era of
Internal Improvement
Marked.

After long, patient and persist
ent effort on the part of her citi-
zens and public officials, Texarkana
has secured the long coveted sewer
age system, for Improvement Dis
trict No, l.
To the aid and encouragement of
numerous citizens of the East Side
is due in a measure the consuma-
ton of this important project. Es-
pecially is this true of the three
men, who took it upon themselves
to secure a majority of property
interests and ownership, in said dis
trict, in favor thereof, in the per-
sons of Mayor ]. c. Edwards, E. N,
Maxwell, and the editor of this
paper, ]. W. Gardner. How well
these gentlemen performed the
self imposed task subsequent figures
will show,
According to assessment, legally
made, as shown upon books of rec
ord, the property values of I'm
provement District No. l, of Texar-
kama, Ark, as defined hereafter,
are shown to be 1903, 900, a MAORI
ty vote of which was necessary to
secure the desired action of the
city council in favor of the sewer
age project. After weeks of tire
less and answering labor, on the
part of Mayor Edwards and the
two assistants mentioned above, a
petition favoring same was, on yes
terday, presented to the East side
council, bearing the signatures of
property owners, representing
$278, 900 of the taxable values of
said district, or, in round numbers,
$4,000 more than the required
amount,
Immediately upon presentation
of said petition, the council, con-
forming to the requirements ex-
pressed in improvement ordinance
heretofore passed by the council
and published in this paper, pro-
ceeded to the appointment of three
sewerage commissioners, towit: ].
f. Smith, T. E. Weber and r. ].
ODwyer, who are to have power of
awarding contract for performance
of work, experimenting same, and
having general control thereof
throughout, the said commissioners
serving without remuneration In
the hands of such men adequate
sewerage facilities for the district
named will be afforded the people
thereof at the earliest possible day,
with additional assurance of good
work at reasonable cost, and the
best possible sewer system for the
money expended thereon.
The territory embraced in I'm
provement District No. 1, as defin-
ed by the Council, is as follows.
From Front Street up State Line
to 18th, out 18th to Hazel, down Hazel
to 9Th, out 9Th to Beech, South on
Beech to Forest, thence West on
Forest to Laurel, thence on Laurel
to Broad, thence on Broad to Wal
nut, thence South on Walnut to
Front and thence to place Of begin
ming on State Line Avenue. 1t
may be stated here that securing
sewerage for this district is the first
step toward complete system for
the entire city, as other districts Of
the East Side may follow, at will,
and the West Side, we think, will
not long remain idle on this impor-
tant subject, of local improvement.
We do not seek public commenda-
tion in mentioning fact that, aside
from the individual effort of it's ed
itor, Mr., Gardner, this paper has,
for three years past, urged, almost
increasingly, the necessity for city
sewerage, never failing to push for
ward any organized effort looking