The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-03-31
New City Building.

{ room is needed let the Council rem
/ room for the Library and remov,
the Court room and Council cham
Der TO the room now occupied by thu
Library and remodel the room USED
for purposes needed. The erection o.
new building at this time would bt
in our opinion an expenditure of the
peoples money, that would not mee
their approval in any way and mis-.
take in the present Council which ha,
so far managed the business of the
city in most satisfactory manner.
We have many prospective debts
which might come on us at time
when we could lily afford to meet
them, and let US not incur an unneces-
sary expense in these hard times that
would be likely to be regretted in the
future. We may have to paw in the
neighborhood of $4,000 to refund
taxes to the Banks collected under a
law the Court of Appeals have said
was unconstitutional. If the Water
Works are built it will take another
SO, 600 year to meet the expenses of
hydrant rental, to say uothing of the
expense of constructing system OF
sewerage that will necessarily follow.
We must have water works if we ever
expect to become city. Let us be in
condition financially to get them when
we have the opportunity and not ham
per ourselves with spending money we
can well dispense with.
When the Water Works are built
there will be more room in the city
building as the engines one or both
may be dispensed with. A new and
imposing building would be decidedly
ornamental but under the load we
have been carrying in the way of Bank
failures and general hard times we
want cheap homes and cheap lots
to induce people from other places
to come into the city and build
homes and increase the taxable prop
erty OF the city.
Let us improve the streets and build |
new ones and open out and extend |
those we have. One can't ride 400
yards from the Court House without
returning on the same turnpike,-with |
width of about 30 feet-and no
chance to construct sidewalks with !
out condemning land to place them on,
aud for the city to get a sidewalk in
any direction along these highways
means a suit by the city. The Pixies
are owned by the various Corpora
tons that bnilt them W it'll their right
OF way. Let us be independant ofthem
make them pay the taxes on all the
roads in the city; open up some new
streets and give the city a chance to
grow. We would suggest the extern
ton of Sycamore street both north
and south. Run street from the
Electric Light Plant intersecting with
the southern extension of Sycamore
and continuing to the intersection of
an extension of Maysville street on
the south, thence to the Carmargo
pike, thence TO point on the Coal
Road, thence Northwardly to the Spen-
Ger pike Immediately east of the Gem
etery to the Owtngsville Pike, thence
IN a northweSterly direction to the old
dirt road, thence in the same direction
10 point intersecting an extension of
Winn street eastwardly, thence to the
Hinkston pike and to point back Of
Mr.. Il. X. Barnes dwelling, thence
Westwardly to the MaysviIle pike,
thence west to point intersecting
with an extension of Sycamore street
1orthwardly, thence west to corner,
hence southwsrdly to point between
he residences of Mrs. HALEY Smith /;
and Mrs. M. A. Gibson, thence on
'outhwardly to the Grassy Lick pike,
hence south through the property of
D. Laughlin to Lexington pike, thence
south through the property of Judge
Peters and others to the newly con-
'tructed road of j. M. Daniel and {
near the residence of Mrs. Mary And {
,rson, thence eastwardly to the Levee
bike, thence eastwardly to a point
ntersecting with the southern extern
hon OF Sycamore street.
An improvement of this kind would
Dc immensely and UNNECESSARILY bene- ,
icial to the city, would open up terri
DRY to persons who are anxious to
'uy lots and acreage property and
Enable them to buy lot and build
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