Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-20
MASS MEETING.
TIE Doings At the Ice Harbor Lot
Meeting Thursday Night.


ment Society in open session, as it
were
There was a very fair gathering at
=, meeting; but Ii was by no means
rs large as it should have been, con-
slderlng the cause which brought the
peop.e together and the general good
toward which the meeting pointed.
After a soul-stlrring selection was
played by Che band, the chairman,
Hon. C. S. Dana, stated the object of
the meeting, and set matters in motion
by introducing as the first speaker DR..
Lambert, who represented the City
Council. The Doctor talked to the
point, and showed by his earnestness
what was his temper and that of the
Council with respect to the improve
ment. 1t should have the Councils
aid so far as that body was able to
render assistance.
Mr.. Ellenwocd follcw0l DR.. Lam
bert and that very cap.5'e gentleman
gave the meeting his comforting adj
vice that there was absolutely nothing
in the way of improving the place, so
far as any legal embarrassments aris-
ing that might entangle the propo
sltion.
Mrs. Charles H. Turner was next an
ncunced, and she read in a most
agreeable manner the following paper
which expresses not little wit and
W sdom:
am not a member of the Park Com
mittee, but the question, as | under
stand it, seems to be-quadrupeds ver-
sus bipeds, or horses versus men,
women and children.
On general principles, prefer talk
ing for horses, because the hungrier,
the more thirsty, the more abused a
horse, the more detected his mein, the
lower he hangs his head the more for
lorn the droop Of his tail and the less
1t says.
While with a man, the more adver-
] SllS DtStlS ullll, ullt lllOIt ne ldlhS.
But in this case, the man is the long
sufferer. Our forefathers surely never
expected us to be using this garden
spot for a barn-yard during all these
years, and unless something is done
speedily the twentieth century will
still find us mapping.
me improvement of the Ice HORROR
lot has now become an imperative nee
essity, as $4,000 people cannot pass
along one narrow sidewalk through
the busiest street of our town. And
when medicine man comes and
stands on the tail of his wagon to cry
his cures, or a dancing bear visits us,
the street is gorged beyond its capac-
ity
Only ten days ago when Pawnee
Bill was expected, the people came
from far and near and stood for hours,
waiting for the parade. AS early as
nine o'clock l noticed a feeble old man
with pale young girl, and an hour
and half later l passed them again,
the old man was perched up on some
sort of a high block, while the young
girl stood beside him a picture of pa
tient weariness. Hundreds of other
stood aLout equally tired; not a place
to sit for moment and even crowded
for standing room.
Just across the way was plenty of
room, but so filthy and unsightly that
no one thought of going there. Humid
reds of our citizens pass this ugly spot
from four to eight times a day, six
days in the week. A large number do
business and live opposite it and have
to look at it three hundred and sixty
five days in the year, and yet after en-
during this sight for a hundred years,
we still are sowing our annual crop
of cans and gathering our annual crop
of discomfort.
1t gives the whole town a down at
Jhe-hoels appearance, lie house
with a hat stuck in a broken window
pane.
Let us call halt Inc horses and
garbage man have possessed the gar
den spot of Marietta business street
tLelr full time. Let us now plant it in
grass and trees, turn this barren
waste into a beautiful park like the
one above the bridge. Have in it a
fountain OF drinking water and many,
many seats for dhe weary crowds who
come to -elp u3 make merry Show the
| people we want them by providing
plenty of room, aGd not subject them
to the discomfort of being jostled and
crowded for hours together on a ten
| foot sidewalk. 1t will furnish a pleas
ane walk for the downtown business
men and shoppers, beside removing a
blot that greets all strangers as soon
as tney enter our town.
Now as TO the humanity of our
horses Horses do not enjoy bands,
Galliopes. tin whistles nor fire works.
lhey truly would be much happier in
more retired situation. On the Ice
Harbor lot they suffer the extreme
heat of summer all day, and the cold
winds from the two rivers all winter
For ten cents, | am told, they can be
left at livery stable, and surely could
be no worse off in less public part OF
our city.
So let us take our horses away from
the din and discomforts Of this place
and give it to our farmers wives and