The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18
MAKING A MODEL CITY"
(ConcTuSled fr0m Fifth Pa~eO

Works which, if adopted, would Increase the
efficiency of any method. These were: First,
all-day hitching on the streets should be
stopped; the streets are not stables and no
one has the right to use them as such;
second, sprinkling improved strets should be
stopped, except in extreme cases ana un-
der proper regulations: third, sweeping dirt
from stores and houses into the streets
should be stopped: fourth throwing papers,
dirt or rubbish into the streets should be
prohibited. Sprinkling business streets that
are paved with asphalt is failure be-
cause if wet they cannot be cleaned proper
ly and a nasty, Shiny paste is almost con-
stantly on our principal business. streets.
The constituents of this paste. are water
and hlth spread over the SURFACE OF the
streets. And yet the people are so absorbed
in their affairs that no effort is made 70
correct this nuisance If the business men
a few times and find the floors of their
porches and halls in this condition they
would make as big a kick as Admiral Brown
would have made had he found the deck
of one of his war ships in the same con-
dition. Street cleaning must be done WELL
otherwise the money is spent In vain.
THE first question then that comes on
U.s. should the work be done by the city
or by private contract. II the service, can
care, it can be done as we'll and cheaper
than by contract. But you must have an
able man at the head. Wh9t 3 saved ed is Is
that this city would make mistake IL 1t
abandoned the present system Of cleaning
the streets by contract. Cleaning the streets
of great cities cannot be accomplished on
exactly the same plan and for the same
cost Each presents problems peculiar TO
itself. The traffic Is greater in New YORK
and it costs $500 mile per annum TO ciean
the city, but 1t is well done. The pave
ments are bad In Chicago. The streets are
cago is filthy, because they will not consent
to pay enough to clean the streets. The
traffic is not so heavy in indianapolis. the
pavements are better and the present cost
is less than $500 mile for cleaning In my
opinion the city is not kept as clean as II
should be- and 1t is not kept as clean as
taxpayers are willing to pay for AS IS
often the case when vigilance Is rela1ed
the efficiency of any service, whetner pubic
or private, drops back and do not mean mean
by this to criticize the city officials What
has been lost in efficiency they nave Iost
in nv opinion, Is bad policy. Keep the
standard high; make the cost as low as
possible compatible with good work some
need sweeping oftener. 1t may be economy
to use the steel scraper, but 1t IS not EN-
cient. 1t leaves a tran OF me og5oppinSSS
spread out on the pavement to ory ana
blow into your faces. The city, should re-
quire the use of the broom and wheelbar-
row The business of the eye, nose and
throat specialist may fall off some on that
account, but the money saved to the cltizSn
will more than pay the extra cost or enl-
cient cleaning with the broom, not to speak
of more healthful conditions and pleasanter
surroundings. -
Above all, the sprinkling of Washington,
PENNSYLVANIA and Illinois streets should pc
stopped The dust can be kept down WITH
out it. I think If the pneumatic sweeper
should go over them three or iUgr Jii
not, add a few extra orderlles. II can pe
done / repeat, all-day hitching should be
ah0ish ED don fon Streets in which to
place paper rubbish and the tricky banana
peel 1t should be punishable ON pnea insect 70
Let the citizen be upscathing in his criti-
cism Of inefficiency and eXtraVance, put lei
it be known that low cost wltnoTt f e[eleIf
these things are done it will not be long pc
fore we have our streets cleaned as tney
should be in model city.
DIR HAINES SPEAKS.
DIR. Flames was the last speaker, and one
of the best In the course of his remarks
Mr. Haines said:
1.-THE Good Book enjoins us to give hon
or to whom honor is due. i do not UNI
derstand that means that we are 10 wait
until the man we honor is dead and then
put up the flag at half-mast, toll the peil
and set forth his virtues in memorial ad-
dress AS a clergyman l have more tnan
unique privilege given me this evening OF
furnishing beforehand to these o.stln-
guished gentlemen who are our s1Tehs a Ga q
casion for them is peculiar. II mlsht ntly
be described in the words which good
Irish friend of mine GA Long fslan I, apPHhTie a
to the funeral observances or some OF ms
countrymen. After telling me now MS
friends thought it necessary always 70 stop
at a rOadhOuSe near the cemetery Edte anu
enjoy some stimulating refreshments ne
added: In fact, with my countrymen, III
neral is a sort of an obituary picnic. mat
l understand is what we are enjoying mere
this evening-a sort of ante-mortem picnic
| like to see such gatherings as TINS, pe-
cause 1t bears witness to the TACT tnat we
men of Indianapolis do not propose 10 wait
until our prominent citizens who nave been
faithful to high trusts are dead before we
give them the tribute OF our es'e so o we
ously afraid of fiattery that we otten go 50
far as to speak of an honest, deserved COM
pliment as taffy MY convlct0nt Is t tasy az IL
worth hundred weight OF post-mortem ep-
itaphy. GO +bo+ q 4.
divided into two parts as members etner
one Of which furnishes a splenuld supJecl
for long discourse. But in addressing
myself directly to the two members OF the
text I am somewhat embarrassed. For
find that not only am looking at one
Both of them, however, have been under
fire before. One with high sense OF pup
lie duty and pronounced political col aviSy.
tions, as the editor of metropolitan daly
paper and the other as the able ana ne
in time of war. | hardly think they will
now shrink when an ecclesiastical cannon OF
rather small bore fires at them rev pia i
cartridges. Putting aside anything that
might have even the flavor OF hattery or
of empty conventional compliment, am
sure / voice the feelings or Ihe
eieht hundred members of this commercial
club when l say to you two gentlemen
who have honored us with your presence
as our guests that with all our hearts we
welcome you back to our capital city. We
are proud to know that once again your are
enrolled among us as fellow-toWnsmen and
neighbors.
"It is no easy matter for a man to go
from this inland place and as consul gem
eral in such a city as the magnificent cap
ital of France and so discharge all the
difficult duties of the Office as to win UNI
reserved and universal commentator.
find in the testimonies of men who differ
from you in political views very striking
evidence of the honesty, efficiency and dig
nifty which characterized your administra-
ton of the consulate. l see that TO you be-
longs much of the credit of organizing the
American Chamber of Commerce in Paris,
and that when you laid down the office of
consul general the members of that COM
mercial association in token OF their high
appreciation of your character and services,
presented you with a handsome testimonial
in the shape of costly Neptune loving cup.
The man who can go to Paris. that splendid
Vanity Fair of our nineteenth century, see
it's glories, mingle in it's life, and then be
glad to come back and proud to re-enroll
himself among the citizens of our HoOsier
capital pays our city very high tribute.
Paris is not only the glory, but Is and al
excitable masses needing ever and again to
be held down with bayonets from the prov
inces We shall expect your cooperation
to make our capital city even more than
ii is now-the glory of our commonwealth
of Indiana and the guard and promoter of
it's best life.
Long ago Socrates, in Athens made the
declaration that he a citizen of tina
world We welcome tonight as one of our
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