The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-12-13
Street Paving.

just littlc promise OF what II VII
be when bad weather sets in
We toot our own trombone in Cha
mute good deal, and VIII n we ar,
way from home tell Strangers What "
beautiful town We nave; how prosper
pus our gas and oil have made Us, and
how up 10 date We are.
Thai all sounds very well to u
Stranger who is not likely to he here
and see what hog-wallow of "A place
we have.
These days the sun goes down about
the middle of the afternoon and il
grows dark about an hour before sun
down. From that time on ii is slmp-
ly ~plasn, splash, Gown our dark
streets through the filth and mud
Strangers coming in on the night
trains simply stand on the corner,
and kuss, If they are profane men, till
they get up courage TO tackle the
great pools of mud. If they are the
other kind, they pray the good Lord
to help them out of this scrape, and
make a earlfeit pledge meyer to be
caught in such situation again.
BY the way, what has become OF
that paving proposition on Main st?
4 councilman, some time back, took
rs into his confidence and unraveled a
scheme that was being worked to get
paving begun on this street, which he |
said was bound to work. We were |
pledged to silence aud have kept our
lips closed on the paving question
ever since. But the weeks have glided
by, and we don't even hear the mat.
Jer Oh pdNl0B mentioned.
We hage beer Informed that the
like Barcus, is "willin'," but
that the property owners object.
That seems to be the trouble with the
paving question. These big property
owners on Main street, who have
grown rich and are growing richer
every day from the fact of the i'm.
Of the town, point with
pride to what they have done for the
upof the place, and refer you
10 the business houses they have erect
ID and the tenant houses they own
III bringing them a handsome income,
With few exceptions-but hold up
heir hands in holy horror If sugges-
ion is made calling on them to invest
! few dollars, which the growth Of the
Ity has made fur them, in public i'm
Gentlemen of means who stand in
he way of the city's improvement
re standing in their own light, Ev-
ny dollar judiciously expended now
n public improvements is simply an
Investment that will bring ample re-
urns.
We are also sadly in need of street
ights, There is hardly another town
+ our size anywhere but has some
ystem OF lighting at least its princi
al streets. 1t may be well enough,
however, to keep the town dark for
while; it helps to hide the mud holes.
l stranger arriving in the night and
topping into one Of the cesspools on
dain street will simply think he has
missed the crossing.
Greatness has been thrust upon us; :
Ve did our best to keep it away, bat it
rould come and we could not help it.
1t might be well for us to put our
elves in shape now to enjoy some few
4 the comforts Of city life and quit ;
FLASHING around in the mud, and
roping around in the dark, since the :
ates have decreed that we shall be a
ity, and we find ourselves unable, !
ouch longer, to stave the matter Off. .
As to reciprocity treaties, those
hat come within the limits of the
lefnition of reciprocity as fixed by
resident Mckinley can we'll be
stified by congress, but not other
rise. That definition embraces
UGH treaties as will not harm a sin {
lie American industry, or cause the
oss of days work to any Ameri- j
an. Treaties that do not CONFIRM