The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
City Regulator
Some Further
suggestions are Made.


It IS a peculiar state OF affairs. speak
ing OF electric lights. gas. etc, that a
single firm can run their own steam en-
CINE. hire an engineer. furnish their dy-
namo and lighting plant cheaper than
they can purchase the lights from a bis
central plant There is something mighty
out OF skew somewhere.
I would appoint from each club 4
standing committee for corporation in
the promotion of al schemes proposed for
the interests Of the city IN this way the
two committees can soon be in harmon
ioUs working order and prepared TO take
up questions at once ana report upon. The
appointment OF q new committee when
ever a question comes up Involves the loss
Of time ana creates confusion.
When you vote for your councilman,
man make him agree TO stand for an
ordinance that viii forbid tieing teams
on Main street and Douglas avenue be-
tween Second street and tbs Santa Fe
railroad
Don't think because you get little
touch OF spring coming and get ont and
rake up a few leaves from your lawn
that had been there all winter and burned
them that you have done something. You
haven't. Try again. Clean up.
A combination of Hamilton Park
grounds connected with the grounds east
OF the city building BY oondemning and
closing the alley for an auditorium is an
ideal spot and most eminently practical
BILE
One policeman by getting out at {
o'clock in the morning. a little early ]
know. can sally out IN almost any direc-
ton in the city and arrest from thirty to
fifty bicycle riders in an hours time.
The little iron safe that stands about in
public places for your extra pennies be-
longs to the Wichita Orphans home. Any
contributions going in 10 these boxes
goes direct 70 the support and main
tainance Of the orphans. None of it IS
used for the maintenance of secretaries.
district superintendents, etc.
7 do not think it good form and show
ing a proper respect for the man or the
Office TO speak of President Roosevelt as
Teddy. lie should be spoken of as Pres
ident Roosevelt.
I would organize a company OF local
capitalists and get a franchise from the
city agreeing to furnish s1.0o gas. TO
commence by January 1st, 1903. A COM
pany that viii furnish s100 gas. and do
it's banking business in this city. making
home affair. can get 50 per cent OF the
business. From what 1 hear from bust
ness men there would be no trouble in
organizing a company.
It is almost time for the sanitary po-
liceman. like the ground hog. to appear
once a year with a small printed notice
TO clean up. I would clean up this city.
getting it in good sanitary condition if
it took five hundred men and a month TO
do it. Better stop all park and street i'm
provements and clean this city.
would stop the digging up Of the
asphalt streets. The parties who dig them
up have stopped repairing them when
they jig them up. VIII the parties who
are supposed TO have charge Of this mat
ter take a trip up Main street,
Miss Fay created quite a futter in the
city last week. mind reading. Abou5 one
half of the audience each evening wanted
to know about stolen diamonds and stolen
property Of different kinds. Her answers
seemed TO be entirely satisfactory, at
lesat TO the audience at the time. But
viii some one who has found stolen
property located BY her. please repe.-t
She did tel something that had harreu>i
but not a single thing did happen that
she said would.
Wanted. an experienced townsite pro-
moter. one who has had experience in
connection with the voting Of bonds for a
railroad. Opportunity first-class. Address
the clerk Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Wichita.
Poor old city Library: T. IS attacked
gain by two Kansas City fellows who
first work the school board and then the
merchant. with no thought OF the effect
that their stuff viii have on the chill
dren. They propose 10 furnish a walnut
bookcase STAINED walnut I presumed
and 100 books Of travel and fiction for the
privilege Of using a certain amount II IL
for advertising space. They purpose 70
work the merchants OF Wichita for ad-
vertising. can buy 100 cloth-hound
books of fiction by the best authors. liv-
ing and dead for $3.50. You may put
your own price on the book case. guess
~ st. The two men will work the mer-
chants Of this town. spend one week
and the library WIZ have-nobody TIP 20
this date knows what the books viii be-
a dinlzy bookcase. the men roll u bills
and the merchants and school board the
laugh.
7 would call divine services in al the
churches in tho city on Easter morning.
thirty minutes earlier tnan usual give
the different congrega tons ample time 70
see. inspect ana pass price paid % tho
new bonne,s aud ~ the beEinrins 81
regular sargice request che ladies' - take
thrir bonnets OK Tor tho rest ~ the SER
vices.
7 would appo,at q committee frcm the
Chamber ~ Commerce Oh gas. wits t1r
Instructions that thss use every sf'rl
possible ~ eeerre one dollar gas "a
penny sawed Is 80 good as tao earned
lvichua pegs uese lor gss tnan anr
other toan n r state end cons mes
uo-e Tier, ere i.so F-s stove D. fh-1