Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-11
MUH|C|PA PROBLEM
Several Matters / hat Promise
Soon to Be Agitated.
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The Business Mems Association will
hold its monthly meeting in its room.
on Queen street. Monday night. and Will
discuss matters OF vital Importance to
the present welfare and future ad-
vancemcnt or the town. The organiza-
ton is one which can accomplish a great
deal for the town, and which. as its
membership increases. advances in I'M
portance and influence. Already some
II the most progressive and influential
citizens OF the to-:n are numbered
among the membership.
Among the matters that will engage
the attnction OF Monday nights meet
ing. Is the proposition to extend the
corporate limits OF the town. a move
ment that always meets with strong
opposition from those outside the limits
but who enjoy all the actual privilege.
or citizenship In a. town. without hay
ing to bear a share OF all the burdens
still. the extension advocates ultimately
the town limits inclose hardly more
than half the actual town. and the
town thereby Is regarded by strangers
as much smaller than it actually is.
Any discussion OF the question may
seem to be premature at this time
since a legislative enactment is q ne
cesrary preliminary to an election on
the question. and the Legislature does
not meet for year hence. However
the matter i. to be thoroughly ventl-
lated and discussed. and the advanta ges
NJ extending the limits agitated, IL the
election is to be carried. With the first
sign OF spring the attention OF the
people will be ensroesed with the con
test for county and town officers: lit
vel later on the influx OF summer visit
ors. the various destinations Of the
season and the short evenings and the
warm weather that makes indoor meet
inEs practically impossible. and with
the early autumn the contest for mem
bers OF the Legislature Will overshad-
ow everything else. So, it will be seen,
IT Is necessary, II this question and kin
dred ones In the nature Of public i'm
provements are to be thoroughly dis
cussed, to begin the agitation even thus
early.
The question of Issuing bonds, the
proceeds OF which are to go toward
paving the principal streets and laying
sewer and drainage pipes through the
city. is another issue that promises to
become a burning one before the new
year is many months old. In this mat
ter, too, legislative enactment is an es-
sential preliminary. even to popular
ature is the last OF the century, and
II Hampton. which boasts two and a
half centuries OF existence, Is to begin
the new century with paved streets
and thorough sanitation. the Legsla-
turc of lSo9-1s0o is the last chance to
even inauEurate the movement. 1t Is
now quite generally understood that
the bill authorizing the isntsoaaid coy b
the bill authorizing an issue OF bonds
for paving and sewerage was beaten in
the last Legislature purely because OF a
misrepresentation OF the proposed meas
ure by Its opponents. Several progress
i've citizens with whom the reporter has
talked have expressed the belief that q
similar bill would now meet with little
opposition. Az
These three matters will not be allow
ed TO slumber for they protrude them
selves upon public attention. They will
never be finally disposed OF until they
are settled. and they will never be set
tied until they are decided for the best
interests OF the town.