The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-08
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How 70 Build 4 Wichita.


To the Editor of the Eagle:
If 1 was going to dig canal from Lit
tie river to Big river I would extend 1t
to Cowskfn or Minnesota and then give
il TO the Choctaw extension from An
thony That little overflow of water
from little river did much more good
than damage. We have been painting and
praying for water and fighting Colorado
for stealing our water and built dam to
hold the water that does run by our door.
And it has been so long since we had too
much water that the oldest inhabtant
cannot tell a straight story about it
There were parts Of the city overflowed
almost twenty-five years ago. but dozen
canals as proposed would not have pre-
vented the water from running through
the town at that time because it ran all
over the valley. For the past week it
would be necessary 10 have had a gate
in the canal to have kept the big river
from running into the little river
I would organize gentiemen's riding
club, which would soon develop a ladies'
auxiliary, a troop Of riders Of ladies and
gentlemen. What an celebrating, health
ful. pleasant hour could be had from 4:S0
to $50 these beautiful mornings. in
dashing ride over our prairie. Some one
start it; just put me down for one
don't see any of the enthusiastic Coun-
try club or Braeburn members on the
links at 5 o'clock in the morning. That
is the time to play golf if you are in
quest Of health.
would have every family, business
house. school house. factory and public
building swing Old Glory at sunrise next
Saturday morning. June the 14th. I hope
the mayor Of the city Will officially call
upon his fellow citizen TO take part in the
celebration in some way or other.
The Eagle made a typographical error
in the Frisco coal and slack case It was
fifteen cents per ton instead of FIVE, which
makes a vast amount of difference. One
hundred 30-ton cars a week on slack is
quite an item in the interest Of Nichita's
manufacturers.
I would settle the question as to what
was a permanent sidewalk Soft brick
refused by builders can hardly be called
should not be allowed TO be sandwiched
between nice cement walks.
This city needs a professional baseball
club to put up for just about as much
as she needs a windmill. Three colleges
and a high school club can furnish amuse-
ment for each other and all the towns
within radius of a hundred miles.
Mr. Bailey is a 45-year-dld bachelor.
He can secure his election by a large
majority by agreeing to marry the Kan
sas girl who viii secure for him the great
est number of votes.
What fine opportunity is offered in
this city to open a school and give walk
ing lessons. If ] had a girl would much
rather she would larn to walk gracefully
than TO waltz divinely.
I would not complain because the
streets are INSTRUCTED with building ma
terial nor of the alleys being dug up for
underground telephone wires. We don't
want "A finished town. The more Of that
kind Of work that is going on. the bet
ter. 1t furnishes labor and payrolls-and
no one wants 10 I've IN d nnlShed town
until they take up their residence in the
Golden City"
To trim hedge fence successfully in a
city is TO take a grubting hoe and cut it
about two feet under ground
To prevent cottonwood trees from de-
posting cotton over the lawns. prune
the tree about four feet under ground.
! would extend the pavement on the
west end Of Douglas avenue to the bridge
making test of crushed stone-frst a
base of large stone and then smaller.
then crushed stone rolled down-the ma
terial that was used on one of the park
drives.
would require the Missouri Pacific
railroad to hl in their entire track across
West Douglas with oak plank
I would run an open car on each line
OF evenings. so that patrons could take
an evening outing and enjoy smoke.
CITY REGULATOR.