The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-09-16
i1unicipai Improveme eats.
Editor Sea Coast Echo:

! Editor Sea Coast Echo;
! You will allow me a small space
of your progressive journal 10 OK
press a few timely ideas, which,
as my old friend William would
say. Taken at the tide leads 10
fortune, let Us say prosperity in
this instance. 1t Is a truth not
to we'll known that Bay -. Louis
is pre-emincntly the virgin garden
spot OF the world; this is the YER
dict of those who have travelled
extensively, not necessarily mine.
1t devolycs upon Us Ia make II
cultivated garden spot. That the
quarantine tiasco is in lis last stage
is apparent to all who do not wear
colored eve glasses Having full
confidence that we are soon 70
reach the old level of prosperity
and values of some few wears back
would it not be well for our city
administration to anticipate the
same and in a measure help its t.
storation? As a taxpayer / claim
the privilege of being heard aad
ask the indulgence of the gentle
men composing the board. That
the people of Bay st, Louis have
full confidence in the honesty, IN
tegrity and executive ability of the
present city administration, a. Il
body, none will conscjenciously
deny. Having this assurance,
would it not be timely Cas- we know
not who their successor, viii he)
for this administration to borrow
or issue bonds tomake all ncgess-
airy improvements. The old Sys-
tenn of paving in discount paper
has been and is still very cNpcn-
siye. 1t Is unjust and un2casonr-
ble to expect days labor per
formed at three quarter compen-
sation, it is morallywrong As we'll.
To await full treasury from fu-
ture collection of taxes would be
injudiciOus, really no advance up
on old methods. Weshould keep
apace with the commercial world
in city affairs. Momentous enter
prises have been and are still be
ing launched and with best re-
suits with borrowed capital. Pro-
per economical management Is the
only key that opens the / * of
success. The benefits to rrue
from judicious cxpendit,t e of
money in embeIlishing on. city,
of new streets, tn. wild
ening of old alley ways, whign have
been an eyc-sore for geuer. ions,
the opening of II street r. ming
parallel to Front or Bcac.. be-
ginning on Main, somewhere about
the center, between Fr>.t and
Second streets, and continuing to
the property of Dir. Won Gohren
on further if feasible, and the
of like street if practi-
cable on the south side Of ne rail
road: the building of a welI-shad-
ed city park, giving the public
more police protection, if practi-
cable, affording bathing facilities
to our visiting eXcursionists, clec-
trio lights for next summer by all
means, and later water works and
other improvements in other lines
would be manifold. The raise in
assessed values where new streets
are opened and the saving to
the city by employing cash labor
would more than pay the interest
on loan, and it would be but a
few years before the loan would
be liquidated, thus the hire Of la
Dor wouldgive the town some coin
circulation, the benefits from which
would be general and this being
later merged into the subsequent
stimulus peace, plenty and pros
pcrIty would be assured.
.IOUS OS0INtCH.