The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-04
City Regulator
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How to Build q Wichita.


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To the Editor of the Eagle:
| If 1 were street commissioner I would
keep the downtown street crossings
clean. Why not?
| 1 would designate the drive in the old
park as a speedway and allow, encourage
and protect persons in the right to drive
at full speed in that part OF the park
If owned those nice new business
houses that are being built in the city I
! would not allow wires from the electric
| light or telephone plants to enter them
| from the front, to deface and disfigure
| them. They should come in from the
alley. / wish all the owners of property
| in the city would order them changed
| to the rear of the buildings.
/ would organize humane society now
and appoint a committee TO correspond
| with the parent organization and get a
| copy of the laws that have been passed
| in some of the states that are the most
satisfactory to the organization and see
that they are passed by our next legis-
| lature. A call from the poor dumb
| brutes on our streets can be heard and
witnessed every day. For example. man
| driving a horse with carriage top up
so that he could not see what was coming
ran into wagon crossing his route. After
disentangling his carriage he commenced
beating his horse numerically. as if the
poor half-starved beast was to blame.
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he would be sent to a stall beside the
poor old horse, chained up and fed bread
and water for week.
1t is remarkable what thirty-five cent
lunch and a ten-cent cigar will accom-
plish in inducing a Wichita institution to
give a Topeka outfit an order for work
when the same work can be done in
Wichita at the same price, saving the
freight, but not the meal. 1T is long
lane that has no turn in it" If our peo-
pie must send their work away l suggest
that they send it to Guthrie or Okla
homa City, Ell Reno-and not to a town
whose citizens standard of loyalty to
their town is rated by the extent of their
hatred TO Wichita.
1 think that Y NJ C. A organization
of Wichita is the finest equipped organi-
cation of this state. All it lacks is a
building. secretary and board of directors
that will act.
Now that gaspipe for two or three
weeks has been distributed, of course
trenches can't be dug in frozen ground.
it being winter time but there is no frost
in the soil: yet this winter would it not be
a good idea to hand paint the pipes. as
they will have to lie there until spring
to thaw.
Notice to property owners-You are re-
quested to use only one-half Of the alley
for manure piles-enough room must be
left for coal wagons to pass.
Wanted-One hundred teams to haul
rubbish from the alleys of the city. A
months work guaranteed. Apply to the
health officers
An officer will be perfectly justified to
arrest any gang of boys from Il to 16
years old black and white. mixed or I'M
mixed, seen creeping up the alleys. for
they are intent on stealing from the barns
and back yards
We have a great number of beautiful
homes in the city and they are increasing
rapidly in number. Don't forget in plan
ring to have one handsomely arranged
little nook for small library and fill it
with the choicest literature.
/ would forbid the mail carriers walk
ing on the blue grass.
Thanks to one street car conductor who
announces the names of the streets. 1t is
to be hoped that the company will not dis
charge him.
would have an ali night electric light
service
If / was mayor OF this city would Of
fer valuable prize to be given to the
occupants of the residences of the city
who would cultivate the square in which
they live nearest to the idea of civic or
der and beauty-to begin as soon as prac-
ticable and to continue until November !.
j would place two large and artistic !
drinking fountains In the park for ami
mails.
If / was a yaung man collecting bills |
would not at the same time / thrust a
bill under a gentleman's nose puff a lot |
OF two-for cigar smoke under his nose |
with it
What queer mortals We be- When the |
city was enjoying that ramshackle old /
street car system, what a roar was con- |
stantly going up-justly. tOo-about il. !
Then We get a new system, new rails. !
cars. power house. lines TO Paramount, /
Friends University. packing houses. with /
a five and ten-minute service, and now |
dissatisfaction is being expressed because |
of single tracks on side streets Cars /
have to wait sometimes on switches
find there is one class of people who l
do not complain about the insusiciency OF 1
gas-the fellows who don't have to turn it 4
down when they go sparkling.
! would sprinkle sand on tire SIDE
walks to scour of the tobacco spit that
floats about on them The ordinance
seems 70 be Intellectual.