The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-17
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How to Build a Wichita.


Makes Suggestions as TO
How to Build a Wichita.
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To the Editor Of the Eagle:
1 would not grant franchise to any
company for anything in this city with
out the most positive assurance that it
should not be bonded until consent should
be given by the city.
I would not give any more orders for
electric blinkers. The gasoline blinkers
are far more preferable and give a bet
ter light.
If the construction company of the
telephone systems men come along and
commence mutilating your trees just take
an ak and chop down their poles They
have no rights in the premises, they have
no franchise; they are simply contractors
putting in the line for the company and
the line is in the construction company's
hands until completed and accepted by
the Telephone company, who have the
franchise.
I would try and persuade the owners
of property along Little river facing the
park to tear away their barns, outhouses,
coal sheds and pig pens-grade the bank,
SOW in blue grass and beautify the
grounds. What a fine opportunity is Of
fered the owners of property south Of
Murdoch avenue to enhance the value OF
their property by a move of that kind
and so all the way to the Woodman
bridge.
I see the railroads are making special
or some concessions in the freight line
for Wichita That is, are giving it in
some lines the same rates that they are
giving smaller towns around. But let it
be announced that the Railroad Commits
sion have postponed indefinitely their
meeting in this city, and see how quick
they viii raise the rates-higher than
ever before. I would gather statistics,
compile and condense, and produce such
an array of facts as do exist that
would be unanswerable, and insist on the
meeting of the Commission as soon as
possible.
When they get two telephone systems
in full operation, L imagine there will
be a decided change IN the manner in
which the average customer viii be treat
ed by central The point will have been
passed when you will be told that you
can't help yourself
I see the city viii be put to an extra
expense of lowering the manholes TO
comply with its last grade. Next year
they viii probably have 10 raise them.
a short time since the telephone COM
pany was given the grade for their man
holes, and now in some places they stick
up since the last grade from six to ten
inches higher than the street.
would have a city auditor and pub
lish every bill allowed, to whom allowed |
and for what purpose and the amount.
When the franchise was given the street |
company it was expressly under |
stood that the relaying of the granite |
blocks should be done in a workmanlike |
manner. Theywere simply thrown in, s-A
I see we have a patent-right burial as
ISOLATION. Mark Hanna says: There are
no trusts, save the companies or corpora
tons who have patents. Now, won't
some one get out a patent on dying and |
stop this promiscuous way of shutting off |
this mortal coil without paying some one
for it? What bonanzai The profits of
the steel trust will pale into insignifi-
canoe.
Yes, the electric blinkers are burning
these nights. OF course when the moon
passes the quarter they don't show, but
turing the dark of the moon you win be
able to find them.
If 1 was a married woman would buy
ny husband a pair Of heavily-stained
goggles and lock them on him with
Yale lock while the women are wearing
socks.
Walking down street to town yesterday
morning. saw two young girls about or
o years old sitting on the parking, gazing
ntently on a pamphlet with pictures in
t. I engaged with them in conversation
ong enough TO examine the matter. 1t
vas one Of those miserable quack medi-
inc pamphlets containing illustrations
nd printed matter that would make the
Inhabitants of hades tired. 1t can be
stopped.
When a company has a franchise, with
signed contract. to perform certain
pecihed things mentioned in the con-
ract, and they fail to perform them. it
Gems to me that the contract becomes
.uu and void. When the gas pressure
uring the noon hour and sometimes dur
ng the morning hours is so weak that
he housewife cannot poach an egg, then
vhat9
You have no right to couple or turn on
our hose and throw water on the side
-alk or across 1t and compel pedestrians
o walk out in the street to get by. :
It's all right to pave West Douglas ave-
ne. bat it would be better to build a
ew bridge and make it twice as wide,
nth a solid asphalt or concrete floor.
Murdoch avenue bridge ought TO be
-idened TO conform with the arch at the
ntrauce :
I would have five park commissioners
ne for Riverside. one for Mckinley one 9
Or Hyde enc for the other small parks.
nd one at large I think in this way
here would be a more equitable distrihu-
on Of funds AMI work. and a greater
sriety of ideas and more people inter- !
sted. CITY REGULATOR.