San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-26
THE NEW COUNCIL.

II
ever hush the declaration that the
Callaghan administrations have
been the only ones that have ever
done anything for the city. There
is enough room for the energies and
wisdom of the present Council to
expend itself on to satisfy the de-
mand Of the most am bilious. There
is not a department Of the NUM-
cipal service that does not need
overhauling, particularly the street
forces. This town is dirty, very
dirty, and it is not necessary that
it should continue to be so. a
radical change in the attempts at
street cleaning in the paved Sec
tions is in order. At present it is
an alienation between mud and
dust during the entire twenty-four
hours Of the day. The attempts at
night sweeping are an abortion and
the dust and efiluvia thus raised
is almost unbearable. 1t would be
great improvement to do this
work by hand force and do it
thoroughly, not do at it, leaving
the dirt along the sides Of the
streets and piled up against the
curb to be washed out in the morn
ing by the sprinklers and turned
into mud and liquid manure. The
hand process would cost little if
any more, would give employment
to men who are now charge upon
the city, for the calaboose gang
could be made to do the work if
necessary to economic, while it is
certain that it would be an infinite
gain to cleanliness and comfort.
The Immediate paving Of so
much of South Alamo street as lies
between Commerce and Nueva
streets is also rendered imperative
by the conditions Of that thorough
fare. All that can be done there in
the way Of repairs has been done
again and again, only to demon
strate that such repairs are worse
than useless. Worse, because they
render the street almost impassa-
BILE while the repairs are in pro-
gress and do not amount to any
thing when done, for the street is
in as bad condition three
weeks after the work is done as
it was before. Complete surface
drainage for that street and paw
ing are the only remedies, as the
LIGHT has again and again pointed
out. The work on this street is
only sample OF the work that is
needed elsewhere. In fact the
work OF the next two years, most
nearly lying to the hand Of the
present Council, is that OF street
improvement. To this they are
committed by every consideration
Of the comfort, cleanliness and pro-
gress Of the city. Her streets and
alleys are her arteries and unless
these are in a good condition the
municipal system cannot be con-
sidered healthy. The LIGHT Is
we'll aware that it will take time
to get matters into shape, but it
also knows that this work Of street
improvement is imperative and
that out of it and by it. if properly
attended to, will come the greatest
measures OF good to the people,
and this is the great consideration
after all.
Texas is not suffering from the
law max ers in the legislature, but
from the law thinkers in that body
WHO are too largely under the law
less direction of the law makers on
the outside. 1t is these outside law.
givers who are so dangerous to the
peace and good government OF the
| state.
The New Orleans States is !hot,
hotter, hottest, because the legisla'
tlre Of North Carolina, after refus
ing to adjourn out Of respect to the
memory Of Lee on his anniversary
voted to adjourn out Of respect tt