The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-23
A MODEL CHICAGO ALDERMAN.
Mr.. Patterson Of the Twentieth Look
eth Well to Ways of His Ward,


eth Well to Ways of His Ward.
CChicago Record-Herald:1
From nearly every public place in the
Twentieth ward, Alderman Patterson
has caused the following notice, in the
form of neatly printed card to be
displayed.
IT the streets and alleys and re-
mOVaI OF garbage in your neIShDor-
hood are neglected nOufy me IN WtlI-
ing and viii see that IT has lmInedl-
ate attention. AT the same time re-
quest your neighbors 10 help keep our
ward clean by burning as much rub
Dish, old paper, etc, as possible. III
You Yvill get the boys to clean any va
cant lots in your immediate vicinity, i
VIII have the rubbish hauled away,
thereby creating a playground 1or
them during the summer months, and
a skating rink during the winter
In view Of these Things it VIII cause
mo WOndernent to the reader when he
/ is told that Alderman Patterson IS q
busy man and that the streets and al
Ieys of the Twentieth ward are among
the cleanest to be found anywhere in
Chicago. The WOnderment may be why
such an ul-aldeTman-lIlSe notice is
posted anywhere in the city, until it is
explained just how Mr.. Patterson be-
came an alderman.
Mr.. PaHtersOn's home is at 70 Camp
bell. park. Its environment naturally
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ways has been to make II pretter.
Several years ago he began the work
of beauGfylng as a private citizen, and
through his work and influence Oakley
! avenue was added 10 the chain of bOu-
/ ieVafds connecting the parks. one day
of a fellow for alderman and the re-
suit Was his nomination. and election
from the Old Twelfth ward more than
Two years age AT the recent election
he was returned to the city council, but
/ from the new twentieth ward, which
/ largely had been cut from the old
/ TWe6th's territory. Ninety. per cent Of
I this new ward lies between Washing
lston boulevard on the north, West Tay-
/ lor on the south, LOOMS on the east
and Western avenue on the west. Still,
much that the alderman has accom-
/ plished lies Between Western avenue
! and kedzie avenue, the western bound
/ airy of the old Twelfth ward.
10 see Alderman Patterson in COM
/ pany with Ward Superintendent t. G.
| Ryan, making the rounds Of the ward
/ with an eye to the needs of Cleanliness.
/ paving and lighting, one sees how he
! must be busy. BE. knows nearly every
/ man ia the district On Wednesday
( Improvement club ,Nas organized, and
/ next week the MarshfeId Avenue I'M
/ prOVement club viii be formed. AL
/ READY ne has a. regiment of small boys
/ cooperating with him in cleaning up
! vacant lois and in preventing the over
running of alleys with garbage.
/ How does he do it2 Through being a
! mixer fiEsts and TO this are added
] earnestness, Judgment tact and method.
B His Office is at his home, and he is
In II every morning unUl 8 O'Clock.
From home, at 9 o'clock he starts to
the city yards at So Madison street,
where he meets Superintendent Ryan.
( and where they discuss the work that
IS going on. From the yards they drive
/ two or three times "a, week together to
look at the work gOf Improvement 1t
I paving, at some bit of park work, at
/ the laying of some electric wire con-
dult. or to advise with a handful OF
! small boys who are cleaning up some
! vacant lots for a playground
From the yards. or from some scene
| of labor last visited. the alderman
I starts down town. He goes by rransit
1 lines, choosing as many different routes
/ as possible, never Tea ding q, paper as he
sion by the same line. In this way,
/ II from no other, he keeps in touch
( with the general outside needs of his
/ ward, while the solicited complaints of
residents as to garbage and paving
/ needs keep him informed of nearly
/ every detail of city work in the ward.
Alderman Patterson gets home from
4 the cIty each week day at 4.30 O'Clock
/ and from that time till 1870 O'Clock he
| IS available to his constituents on
! whatever mission they may call
| But street cleaning Is by no means
/ al OF Alderman PattersOn's accom-
] pil5hmenIs. An alarming number of
1 asphaiC pavementS have been laid
I through his activities