Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-29
EAGLES MERE.

Neither expense trOuDie nor ihui'
vidual preferences will be allowed te
stand in the way of the improve
ments of our town. The engineer
ing department of the city has sci
for itself very high standard
Nothing is to good and We are te
have the best.
1t has been decided to do away
with all the rustic bridges and the
last one is doomed. The foolish SEN
timental idea of catering to so called
artistic taste is to be abandoned and
the permanent and useful alone is to
be considered The outlet of the
Lake into the Lilly Pond is to be
damned and the bridge to he super
seded by a sewer pipe so as to dry
up the Pond Lilies that would per-
sist in growing for the amusement
of enthusiastic Young people. Then
it has been thought wise to secure
the discontinuence Of rowing under
the bridge and collecting toll by the
young folks. 1t is true that some OF
them may complain but that is to be
expected, and it is said that we have
no business to be young and sentt-
mental anyhow, that the old people
have been through it all and know
all about it and pronounce it all fool
ishness. Your correspondent pre-
fers little fo0lishness and paying
toll.
Beside all this what grand inn
provement it will be to the people on
the pOrches of Crestmont to get rid
of Sunrise Bay and have a piece of
solid land in uniformity with the
miles and miles of similar land to
be seen in the sweep of the eyes
from that elevation. Then how
much more interesting it will he to
have a dam -sewerpipe than two. or
three rustic bridges in the foreground
furnishing practice place for
sketching classes and kodak fiends.
Who knows but thatthe engineering
skill of the work may strike some of
our experienced civil engineer visi-
tors and lead to the establishment of
a Polytechnic Institute at Eagles
Mere. Let the council hurry down
with the bridges and get in the sew
erpipe-dam before any of the fanat-
les get here to protest.
The beautiful effects of the dam
might be extended all around the
Lake, and would strike every one as
a decidedly novel attraction. Let
the good work go on.
The Land Co. in the persons of j.
X. T. Ryan, VIM. Emery and De-
witt Bodine made there annual
spring visit on Friday to look over
the ground and the Lake and lay out
system of liberal expenditures for
the season as they always do about
this time in the year. They have
not yet advised your correspondent
Just what is to be done as conclusions
have not been reached. OF course
they will desire to advise the read
ers of the Item of all that is in con-
temptation after it is fully decided.
Mr.. Kirk and his family have ar
rived and are setting things to rights
for that peculiar, homelike charm
that Lakeside always has had for its
guests that brings them here year af-
ter wear in an ever increasing Glen
tage.
1t is expected that an early meet
ing will be called of 'The Eagles
improvement League to take act
ion on an invasion of its prerOga-
tives in a very peculiar and intOler.
able manner. 1t has charge of all
questions of Improvement and devel.
opment in and around this city and,
while it is true that during the two
or three years of its life 1t has not set
been able to do anything but NEE,
in solemn conslave and "rcsoloot'
it is out of all reason that after II
has talked about sidewalks and no
vet issued its ultimatum, an attract
i've little business woman just con
cluded that she wanted sidewalk
SO she prepared petition, wen
around and obtained the necessar'
signers, pr sented the petition t
co ,ncil and now has her sidewalk
1t is simply an outrage that sue