The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-15
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATTERS
NORTH LAWRENCE PROTESTS
Answers Pro Bono on Street Railway
Question.

Question.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
In this mornings Eagle some one who
Is evidently not a resident OF Nor'n Law
rance avenue, writes in favor Of streei
railway line on that avenue. The lacs
sloue that he writes "for the public gooo
Is proof conclusive that he is not WITH
ing in the interest of Lawrence avenue
Because nine out OF every ten OF tle
nropery owners of North Lawrence aV-
hnue are opposed TO that street being oc-
rvnid by a street railway line, and De-
PAUSE they do not think as he does ne
cenominates them the suoJects u
orange freaks" Come 10 think OF II, Is II
not barely possible that nine-tentnss OF
ali the property owners OF Norm Law
renee avenue know pretty nearly what Is
For their best interest and comfort as
well as PRO Bono Puolico?" ls nos THIS
analogous 20 the juror who sad una- IL
IL had not been for the ignorance ana
stupidity OF the other eleven jurors tney
would have agreed long ago? May not
these phantoms and visions Of strange
freaks" be subjective instead OF object
i've? Be this as ii may, the citizens Of
North Lawrence avenue, or Of any other
avenue, ought to know and understand
their comforts and best interests better
than any one else, and since the proper
" owners are of adult age and good ana
legal voters and taxpayers, they nave a
right 20 petition their servants, the city
council, and make known their wants
and desires. This they have done. They
have expressed in plain and unmistaka-
Die terms that they do not wish North
Lawrence avenue to De cuc up oy a street
railway line, and their request should
receive proper recognition. They do not
wish the street railway car 20 cut up
North Lawrence avenue for the same
reason thai. property owners south OF
Thirteenth street 10 Douglas avenue OBJ
ject ID il.
Pro Bono Publico is a rifle zoo sweep
ing and general in his statements con-
corning the comforts. annoyance and VIII
ingness 20 give up the street railway by
the residents Of Topeka avenue. He says
Strange as il may seem. The residents
OF Topeka avenue do not suffer any an
noyance from the old fiat wheel, rattle
etc. tLC-, anu ia!clt - llpb q
property owner on that street tina. would
be willing 10 give up the railway" The
writer has spoken 70 quite a number OF
residents and property owners OF Tope-
ka avenue, and he finds that many are
very much annoyed by the Topeka ave-
nue. "rattle-traps" and that many of
them much prefer a street on which
there rs no street railway. Al all events
having one on Topeka avenue. just one
block from Lawrence. the residents OF
Lawrence avenue prefer - walk block
when they wish to take a car rather than
have the railway on their street. Pro
Bono Publico. il is possible. is also mis-
taken when ne attributes the improve
ment Of Topeka avenue 10 the fact that
a street railway runs through it's street.
That Will do very We'll as a boom argu-
ment, but ii does not hold good today.
The residents and property owners of a
street are the men who make improve
ments and beautify their homes, and not
the street railway company. neither The
fact that ii is using their street. SUCH
energetic and hOme-loving citizens as re-
eide from Oak street to Thirteenth on
Topeka avenue have. In spite Of the Old
'rattle-traps" improved and made beau
tiful their homes. They would improve
any street. NORTH LAWRENCE.