Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-08-23
ALIVE TO PUBLIC INTERESTS
County JUDGES AIDING THE SYSTEM
ARC PAVING OF TIiE CITY.
Arc setting Good Example TO tho Council
and Board OF Public Works-Mr.
y. 4. Coates In Favor OF
Municipal Progress.

Tho members ~ Tho county court were
congratulated by many progressive citi-
a. a.. - d, .bs .,,,,,tr,. i.aiine "a ,he
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city. Inat acuon server 70 can h'teHll'h
to the greater need OF the city keeping It's
uork co,,,, en- that ,s rho good roads of
,t. so1,,,,, r-,.h ,b, ,+u, tho streets NAV
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be paved continuously ann "hll'IWN'
Every business man In the city was Inn
press.d win .bs buainess tact and wisdom
Il'',S..1 SI.,' m 49,. nj, ,., 100, ,,,5s ie,4.
tN''t"Vt" III ,''e "''N ''i '''.-' '''''
ing to ne eity' ...
rourt rave another evidence of their desire
for better me,hods and rermancnt inn.
pioN'meh's IN the city oN signing a ptu-
ttion for tirst-class paving on Missouri
avenue, along the street In front Of the
Court house They are anxious to have
ilrst-class roads and also are willing 70
Join with the progressive citizens in their
well directed, efforts to have the city streets
The action Of the county court yesterday
IN doing what 1t did VIII meet with the
adopted IN city or county management that
mate ana proper improvemcnts. There are
many people who believe that among tho
are mono higber tbSr tx i 60 gbonse noIiSv
that there shall be permanent progress
FOR more a & mo citV grovvs my
The sentiment rnnidIv crvstalIizirr
arouud ,bo Far, ,L,. tbrr,' G sbo,,iI bo r,
vtori 'tI nhi, .''aa N M S'u'u , u ~ ~,
~ n ot a punlg nature dohe eNcept IN IN
tu tue tihanhrr that "GuId pe zone Tor catefu.
t,gS WvS'nsSs U,n n IN the 0tuhaty ] ]atlalrs or
eXpedients should be forever barred. Tax
PAYERS nave been Wen convinced that such
practices are costly and mproydent and
can only result in great waste of cash and
loss to the property owners at last
twenty. years ago. when the city was
first beginning to discuss the matter of
paving. Colonel Kersey Coates was one who
stood out and advocated the plan of doing
well that which was done, and he was un-
compromising in his night against cheap
paving being put down When it was decid-
cd 10 pave West Fifth street Colonel Coates
was The champion Of per,nanent having
and despite the object6ns Of others, who
haye tbot tbornusb faro iI,,nd Nt,b rpani,e
binl,, ~ % ] sJade FaNua WIN ~,
stpcst has bangrdS tb 2i nrtt'r n tSs
mon depot. NO other street except Blur
mas had harder wear on it, nor has the
stream stream Of travel failed to increase from
The wisdom of the fight made by Colonel
TrG6ates r6a 5, has has been proven with each year.
wa s eSed eTd SS m repar be a Lass vns and elr the m
| blocks have recently been turned and set
again and the street is again in just as
good condition as when It was first paved
manency has been shown every day in
that street. Streets with cheap paving
then and are still in poor condition and
must he improved again
| Mr.. j. l.. Coates, manager Of the Coates
9gse WAS s asked M yest%rday for his ge%s
and after referring to the Fifth street
paving and the part his father had in Sc. Sc.
suFles strGet snd snhi Speh'ia iof 'na'
The city should have adopted the plans
advocated by the Journal len years ago
and held to it in all Of the work done