Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-10-22
OBSERVATIONS.
THINGS BROUGHT TO VIEW SINCE
THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN.
improvements Going On-The Colleges as
Feeders of the Town-A Little More
Light Wanted At the o.
v. Depot


of Darkest Africa" is the neighbor.
hood of the o. V. passenger depot
when the moon is not shining. Just
why the Council has permitted this
state Of affairs for so long is hard tc
understand. The nearest light Of
any kind is the electric light at Ninth
and Main, but the glare from that
distance only serves to intensity the
pitch darkness beyond. There used
to be be an oil lamp at the end of the
platform, but even that has fallen
into innocuous desuetude, and moth.
ing but blackness that can be sliced
with knife remains on the platform
side of the depot. Even the hack.
men have to carry lanterns when they
go to meet trains. But for the fact
that the trains carry their own head
lights, there would be imminent and
constant danger of running over
somebody every night. This state of
affairs ought to be remedied. If it is
the fault of the city let the Council
drop an electric light where it will do
the most good. If it is the fault of
the railroad, let the officials be forced
to do their duty. Strangers coming
into the city have to grope their way
in the absence of light, and in more
than one instance people have tum-
bled off the edges of the platform
and landed on the rough stones
three feet below. Maybe after some
body breaks leg or a neck it will
occur to the railroad people that a
little better accommodations are re-
quired here than at Gracey and
Woodville. This happens to be the
terminal point of the system and not
a small way station. 1t is getting
too cold for lightning bugs and some
thing ought to be done.
Did you ever stop to think how
much Hopkinsviue is benefited by
her educational institutions in com
mercial way. 1t is, of course, under
stood that the public schools are con-
stantly bringing people to town to
educate their children, but the col
leges are doing a work not to be over
looked from business standpoint.
There are now about 125 young men
and young ladies from other places
attending the two colleges and Major
Ferrells High School. Putting the
school expenses of these pupils at
$500 each, they bring to the city $685.
600 year that finds its way into the
channels of trade. But this is not
all. These young people buy their
clothing and other supplies here, and
it is safe to estimate that they spend
many thousands of dollars in the
course of year. The teachers, as a
rule, ere from a distance, ard they
also contribute to the prosperity.
Our schools are all good ones, and
business men should never lose a
chance to give them every encourage
ment. They are helping to make
Hopkinsville prosperous city.
There are indications that the
young men of Hopkinsville will
present pretty clean docket when
the Leap Year court convenes in
about ten weeks from the present
time. Most of those who have been
on the ragged edge of matrimony for
some time, are showing disposition
to hurry up matters and get them
selves into the harness before the
girls again take their turn at court
ing. After one or two more couples
are tied up this fall, there will be no
very aggravated cases of courtship
to be carried over to the docket of
1896. By-the-waY, next year is the
only leap year we will have until 1904.
The year 1900 happens to be one that
cannot be divided by 4 or 400 and
consequently it will not be leap
year,
The Mcpherson homestead on 18th
street is undergoing extensive repairs
and will soon look like new house.
1t is being overhauled and remodeled
and painted anew with light color
that will very much change the APP
pearance of the house and its sur
roundings.
O.
Mr. r. M. Conway, who has stirred
up the real estate business in Hop
kinsville with a series of auction
sales, left Saturday for Bowling
Green to be gone all of this week.
He will return next Monday.
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All over town the streets are now
torn up by the workmen laying pipes
for the waterworks. This is work
that causes some Inconvenience, but
we have heard of no one who is not