The morning times., 1895-12-01
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homes and resorts elsewhere than
In the woods OF the District.
Therefore, neither the health of
the District nor the alleged trend
OF settlement call for the street eX-
tensions as called for In the several
acts on this subject. with these ar
guments gone hing remains.
Granting that, In the course Of the
years, there VIII be IL greater Wash
ingtOn, the argument appears to be
almost irresisti Dle that the extension
of the streets ought to be at lenst IN
proportion to the ont ward expansion
of the city. The Times has argued,
a MI recently Gov. Shepherd has IA adOpted
the view, that an extension concur
rent with the enla cement of the
city would be the proper method Of
procedure.
An example of this was given re-
Gently in the completion OF the great
sewer, which begins ut the waters
edge in the southwest and, for the
present, ends at Fifteenth street and
PennsyI vania avenue. In time 10
come IL IL proposed toext g nd iiisgreaf
artery up Fifteenth 10 and thence
down that street to intercept other
sewers from the north. Had all the
sewers contemplated been begun and
bonds issued for their completion,
there would have been an annual TAX
which would have been fntOlera BILE
So with the street extensions. If
the city, unde stress of a job, must
pay for the streets pro ject ed into the
suburbs IL should be done expert
mental Iy. 1t II claimed & hat the
Increased value of la nds along he I'M
proved streets VIII In time pay for
the expense of the improvements. This
* capabf. of demonstration by the
method advocated by Gov. shepherd.
Construct one or two streets Mt II
time. BY this procedure but a small
part of the bonds VIII be floated
during any one year, and the taxation
TO meet the interest will DE felt, il is
true, but almost insensibly. 1t would
make n difference of S25G,00O an
nually.
The laborers of Washington and all
its craftsmen have an interest in
whatever Is To be done under he Hight
way act. Ii IL manifestly against
their interest that large sums of
money shall be spent every year in
the mad haste to open nstreetsthrough
the remote sections Of the District;
and yet this is the cry of all those who
have advocated the bill.
Tie committee last year for
want of a better argument for haste
said that last year was the accepted
time for the floating OF bonds, be-
cause they could be pnt on the market
at 3 per cent interest. The Medical
Society cried for haste on the ground
that typhoid fever and other disorders
were menaciDg the city, and the
spectators urged haste possibly that
agricultural lands should rise IN one
night in value equal TO that of met
! ropol itan lots.
The laboring man, however. knows
hat IL all this money be at once en-
iloyed in labor, even granting that
there was the slightest warrant for
such a thing, he would get small
share OF the money expended He
IL aware that II Is proposed to do In
one cor wOyears w hat II has been shown
there VIII he no necessity for for AT
least twenty years. II the work Is
done in II rational manner and in ac-
corda nee with the needs of the times
the Iaborer of Washington Will have
plenty TO do for the next quarter of
II century-the brickIayer, the mason
and the ordinary IaboriDR man of the
lower grades.
when you vote, vote for city i'm
provcmentS for city taxpayers.
when you vote, vote gain>t every
thing that smacks Of the lobby or per
Soual interest.