The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-03
THE MAYORS ADDRESS.


dress is brief. No fault can be found
with the suggestions and recon-
mendations he makes, If they will on
ly be carried out. IL is one thing to
make recommendations and another
to carry them out. 1t is to be hoped,
however, that the mayors recon-
mendation for "a continuance of the
street improvements already begun, ="
does not mean a repetition of the need
less and shameful extravaganza that
resulted in $1,000 having been
wasted on the streets during the past
four years. The Sun has always been
IN favor ofigood streets, but does not
believe that they can be had with the
gravel that has been used in the past,
nor the methods adopted in making
street improvement. II contractor
could keep the streets IN repair for
$1,000 year there is no reason why
the city could not do it. 1t might not
do it now, because there are more
streets now than there were then, but
the increase in streets and the amount
of work to be done. has not increased
il such a proportion as to justify
cost of S25, 900 year.
The recommendation Of a law re-
quiring permits from the clerk to ex-
cavate streets and various corporations
to replace them after excavations, is
superfluous. and shows that the mayor
is not familiar with the city laws.
There is now an ordinance requiring a
permit from the clerk, and requiring
every person or corporation to replace
the streets IN the condition in which
they were found. There is no reason
why the water company, gas COM
pany, street car company or any other
company should be permitted to i'm
pair the streets. There is a law against
1t, and it is the fault of the officers
given positions by the Democrats that
il has not been enforced. The officers
claim that they do not enforce the
law, because they have tried il ard
can't make any Of the cases stick.
This may serve as a pointer to the
rewly installed chief executive.
The recommendations for new mar
ket house and new city hospital are
in keeping with the recommendations
made by The Sun for the past several
years, and the SUI is glad to see that
the new mayor realizes the necessity
for something it has been fighting for
for sometime. The same may be said of
his recommendation that the streets
b. opened to the suburbs in various
localities. The mail delivery service
had been handicapped for some time
on account of the lack of proper out
lies in the more remote districts, and
ingress and egress greatly hampered.
No fault can be found with the
recommendation relative to better
water. That there is any practical
way to secure it, however, is doubt
full. at least any way WITHIN the means
of the city Of Paducah. Louisville
has lust put in a liberation plant at
cost Of over a million dollars, and
there is no assurance that it will prove
a success, even az this cost St. Louis
aud many other cities are troubled
with the same thing, and st. Louis
would De willing to pay millions for
some successful plan If iiltering the
water
The changes in regulations govern
ing the police force have been suggest
ed by the papers OF Paducah, among
them The san, but his recommenda-
ton for an increase in salary was fore
stalled by tie outgoing council, which
m'1o the increase.
The paragraph stating that ION ac-