Semi=weekly graphic., 1895-10-12
DESERVES ATTENTION.
Communication That Brings Out Facts as They Exist.--Read and
 Ponder.
To the Daily Graphic:

To the Daily Graphic:
 A government that does not pro- tect her subjects is a fraud. A pri- vate enterprise that don't give value received, should not be patronized, and if 1t stands in the way of public interests md public comforts, 1t should be removed.
 claim that the city is notprotect- ing the interests of her citizens in the sidewalk question because she is fail- ing to enforce the law which provides that there shall be sidewalks in cer- tain localities, and built by the owners of the property which fronts on them.
 also claim that the street-car sys- tenn, as 1t is now run, does not give value received, and is really in the way of public interests. 1 wish it un- derstood that individually, I am a friend to all our city officials, and also of the street-car owners, and if 1 am wrong will gladly make it right; but do think thecitizens, who are directly effected, are entitled to an explanation on the following facts-facts as I conceive them to be:
 The street-car matter has grown from bad to worse for a good, long time until now you can't go much of any place on time, for when they do come along, it is only to pass through the business part of the city and the near residence portion -start out Main street. for instance, and they take your money, but dump you out on the Lake Bridge, which is only start to the hundreds of homes for a mile or moro beyond there, and, too, where they have the streets damaged by q street-car track. In good weather they some times run out on Main street to Jones' Park and down Seventeenth avenue for one, and sometimes two blocks, but on rainy days they stop and start from the Lake Bridge. inquired why it was, and the answer came, "we have no driver today" A little later met Lakeside man and inquired of him why it was they didn't get a driver. and he stopped in the rain and mud long enough to say: "The driver who drives on this end is an expert, and he is sick. and there are no brakes of any conse- quence on the car and no ordinary person can manage it." We Lake, siders are naturally sympathetic, and will admit of extraordinary con- cern about the man who can drive a street-car without a brake. We hope for him aspeedy recovery.
 Several days ago I signaled the driver to stop on the crossing, as I wished to get on. He did not stop, and jumped on anyhow, but slipped and came near falling. When l got in asked him why he didn't stop. He said: Don't jump on me, but jump on the company, for there are no brakes on this car and I can't stop it.''
 This forces a fellow who don't own a closed carriage or a horse and buggy, to walk through mud oI dust, one or the other, nearly all the time. The taxpayers, who have compiled with thelaw and putdown l sidewalks, have right to demand oi the city to force their neighbors to do so. What Is the good of walking on a good walk in front of one mans property and then take the mud foI d whole block, and sometimes more This state of affairs will certainly depreciate the value of property, and be not only a discomfort to the pub. l lie, but loss to the property owners
 l have lived about seven years in Pine Bluff, and the sidewalk matter has been ill constant agitation, but never have heard of the city mak- ing an example by enforcing the law -I can't say that l blame many good citizens who have failed to do their duty, because they see that the city is not disposed to make the fel- low do who won't; and walk at their front and at the other distance none, would be of little service. Then again, the very muddiest walks l that we have to contend with are those where the city has condemned | i ha iJ cfih its obstrucing the streets, and an 1 eye-sore the individual who walks it. ] G. N. HART.