The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

/ wonder why some people wait or will
not obey ordinances until they are COM
PEELED, 70 take. for instance, the hedge
fence ordinance.
I would move the Williams and Market
street electric blinIer TO opposite the al
ley-north of the Government building
see our Presbyterian brethren are
building an addition 10 their little
church around the corner" by topping out
the chimney. The older residents Of the
city will remember in ZIG or maybe it
was 1876 on the 4th day OF July, a tent
! was spread on that corner and the choirs
and preachers of the different congrega-
tons Of the town, with the balance Of
the good, Christian people, gathered there
and sang and prayed and talked and
| layed the cornerstone of that edifce IL
was great day for Presbyterianism in
this city and valley-meant great deal
more for the church and Christianity
| then than a similar occasion now. But
that little church has served its time
| When 1 drive along the avenues with
/ visiting friend I take pride in pointing
! out our churches to them save when
| come to the Presbyterian. I try TO direct
their attention to the immense piles Of
/ lumber and the tall stacks of shingles in
! the Pratt lumber yards on the opposite
! side Of the streets. The trustees of that
| church ought TO raze that building to the
ground and build in its stead a well ap-
pointed stone building with audience
room, Christian Endeavor rooms. Sunday
school rooms, pastors reception room,
md or1o in
elegant pipe organ, and make another
great day for Presbyterianism in Wichita
and the state. Can they afford to do
anything less.
certain governor of this state once
said he would make Wichita come to his
terms or he would make the grass grow
in the principal streets 1 wonder if he
was thinking about the street car lines
crop Of grass?
I would stop livery stables from put
ting their carriages and hacks in the
street and on the sidewalks. The view of
the city building and South Main street
was INSTRUCTED entirely to visitors on the
avenue. They have just as much right to
build stalls and keep horses in them as
to occupy with vehicles.
heard a minister admonish the
brethren of his congregation to let other
mems wives alone. 1 wondered at the
time If the admonition was not just as
trite to the sisters to let other women's |
husbands alone.
I read of burglaries i'm the city from |
time to time. of houses being entered in 4
the daytime and ransacked. l wonder |
how many women leave their homes /
time and again, walk out the front door, I
lock it and slip the key under a mat. or /
even hang it on nail beside the door. /
while the sneak thief stands on the other
side of the street watching you; and
only waits for you to turn the corner be-
fore he unlocks the door again, passes
the house, arranges to make
hasty exit and then panders your house |
One-half dozen more lots on Douglas
avenue between The Missouri Pacific de-
pot and Santa Fe depot left. on which
can be erected, and the oppor-
tunity for erecting business houses are
gone, and the avenue viii be filled with
two-story buildings Who ever saw the
principal street of a city occupied with
two-story buildings?
There are very few people attending oc-
casions like the one which the city has
passed through this last week, who at
tend to their own knitting and keep
sober, who get touched or faxed. And
If I got touched l would charge il up TO
having a good time and keep mum. II
Is most always the fellow who thinks he
knows it all and tries to show 1t, who
earns 10 regret that there Is someone
Else who is smarter than he is.
I would buy that plot Of ground lying
along the west branch of the river from
the Missouri Pacific railroad north TO
Seneca street across the Big river. grade
i up and plant it to trees and make
park OF it. It can be purchased for
small sum. Also. purchase Ackerman's
Island, build two bridges onto the island.
me for the West Side and one for the
East Side. clean up the island and make
t also a part Of the park system OF the
,ity. That plot OF ground If allowed to
'emain in private hands. viii be a dump
ng ground for generations 10 come It
would make a pretty park.
think the time is past in this city
when two business men meet by appoint ]
nent and take lunch together that I
some greengizzard Of fellow shall get ]
Ip and point his finger. wag his empty ]
read and charge THAT 2 job is being put :
ID. II the business men Of the city would
meet oftener together at lunch hour. and
pend it in a social way. they would {
earn TO know each other better and find !
Tut that there are others" q
One can come very near telling the ex- ]
sting state Of anarchy in the household ,
f man who drives a horse along the !
treets covered with welts from a whip. {
{ is in these homes that the children =
watch for his coming-and when he ap- ,
ears in sight they hide out and don't +
how Up until they discover the present z
Of his temper. !
7 would stop the sidewalk and eurbisg >
unding for this fail The streets where q
has been ordered put down cannot :
egin to b finished before 1t VIII be too r
old and putting two or three along IN
block simply makes dams and mud %
oles and a "a gged Ugly affair CT il 5
Il told you So VIII be worn thread 3
are this week about the fair and carni- s
al Wen. you could not have done any g
ettsr You had the opportunity why =
idnt you do IT. And then TIE lot n hot I,