The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
OLD KICKER KICKS,
John 7. YuIe Takes a Fall Out of the
City Administration on the Paving
Question.
GoNDoLAs FOR CHICAGO ST
Recent Excavations on the Street Have
Made 1t impossible and the Old Kicker
Says That Something Will Have to be
Done to Give the People Entrance to Their
PropertV-Other Matters Which the Club
of Kickers Condemn.

of Kickers Condemn.
Mr.. Editor of EVENING NEws:-I
notice in your issue of Dec. 10th you
say that South Chicago and Deming
street pavements were turned over to
the travelling public. Well, yes. and is
it not time? for want to say right
here that West Deming street has been
closed to the public ever since early in
last June-nore than six months.
First the sewer contractors had it torn
up long time; then the CASEY fellows
puttered and rooted a still longer
time; then the bi1in' water fellows
came along and they had dig at it,
but I must say that they rushed it
through; then came along John Jones
with his gang of PAYERS and they have
had possession of this and West Chi
cago street ever since early in the fall
and would still hold possession had
not the city fathers taken compassion
on us and accepted the job, bad as it
is lin my opinion). There is only
about one-quarter of an inch of fine
crushed rotten lime stone on top, but
there is no use of kicking or grum bling
now, for the powers that be say it is
O. X, and that settles it. But what l
want to say is that this particular
piece of macadam mot paving), is not
yet thrown open to the public, for one
of our city fathers has a pontoon or
corduroy bridge thrown across Denning
street at the intersection of South Chi
cago street for his own private benefit,
while he, the said dad, is excavating
said South Chicago street for a deep
water way or canal. Now, Mr.. News,
if they succeed in making a canal of
this said street, would it be asking too
much of our fathers to purchase ION
time of course) for us poor devils who
are compelled to use that particular
street, a couple dozen ,gandOOLGS. But
maybe after considering the low con-
dition of the public treasury, we can
only really expect two gamd0oIaS, a
male and a female, and if our neck of
the woods is as prolific in raising these
air things as it is in raising feas and
killing trees, then two will be sufficient
for all practicable purposes; for I am
sure that as soon as the frost is out of
the bottom of this canal next spring
the water will Immediately disappear
into the drain built last summer.
Now, just think of it, what beauti-
full sight them air things will be, sail
ing around to and fro with their tail
feathers spread to the ba1my breezes
waited to them from the sink holes in
the adjacent barn yards, for remember
ali along one side of this street are
barns, still itsmust be paved because it
don't cost the city damn cent. That
is the argument used in favor of paw
ing: Don't make any difference how
much or hows hard it bears on the poor
taxpayer and property owner, If it
don't cost the city much then, it's go.
Now want to ask by what authority
this street is torn up and left in such
horrible condition. There is, can
see, an object for all this, for the worse
condition the street is left in, the more
anxious we will be tos'have it paved.
Now it would have been all right to
have removed the91oose sand and sur
plus earth from the street, which stuff
should have been removed by the sewer
contractor according to his specifica-
ton in contract, but to pillow it up and
leave it full of pitch-ho1es is not right
as see it. But then you know I am
a kicker; yes, and I am not afraid to
say what 1 think. This South Chicago
street may be paved next spring, and
then again it may not be. think
see retrenchment in our next election;
hope so at least.
Now it has always seemed to me
that our system of street paving is all
wrong. The AUDITING property should
not pay in full; the city should pay
one-third and the AUDITING property
two-thirds, because every foot of paw
ing done benefits the whole city. Look
if you please, at the property south
and west of this Chicago street. Why,
sir, they are HozOLin for this paving
because it don't scostssthem anything
and will be a great benefit to them.
They can go long distance on paved
streets and not cost them cent. But
I must stop for this time.
J. T. Y, P. p. A. K. G.