The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-19
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How to Build a Wichita.
To the Editor of the Eagle;

10 the Editor Oh the EdSlS.
Some people don't seem TO understand
that their nickle only pays for one seat
in a street car. Remember there are
| other passengers.
Wanted-Some one to steal and carry
away the signs that were taken down
from the sidewalks and piled up in the
stairways and halls. They are still in
the way and look bad.
Financial statement of the Highland
Cemetery Improvement Association.
presume it is the intention OF the asso-
citation TO plant flowers and sprinkle
water on the grass of each contributor to
the association, from the neat balance
spoken Of. In the last three years and up
TO July LIST of the current year, there has
been expended for labor $3.50; for neces-
sary implements and a tool house, $50;
for flowers, SIS and for charter, s.. At
the end of each year there has been a
neat balance which, according to the
association, becomes a part of a sinking
fund which il is the intention to pro-
vide. SO that when the members who
have worked and planned, and solicited
for it, shall put aside the unwelcome
burden and take their last drive out to
Highland Cemetery, there will be means
provided to pay for cutting the grass
and watering the flowers planted by low
ing and appreciative hands.
If 1 was mayor of the city next to the
street commissioner street would have
the road to my home kept in good order.
West Douglas avenue is dangerous to
life and limb and the pursuit OF hap
piness.
1 would certainly remove the 1000 ami
mails in the park TO more secluded spot,
especially the deer Why not fence part
of the jungle nest of the street car
track-severaI acres-and put all the ami
mails in it, so that they could hide from
the sight of man. While the males are
moulting. When they have their free
dom they leave the herbs and so into
seclusion until their antlers have hard
ened.
1t is sad but true that when the dog
with business, and marriages about
cease.
/ would warn the farmers against buy
ing groceries of these travelling traders
who take orders and deliver in car load
lots. They have an oily story to tell yet
1t fails to be as rank as the baking pow
der, iavoring extracts, syrup sugars,
teas. coffees. etc, that they manufacture
and sell. If their goods are what they
represent them 10 be why is it that they
have row with almost every customer
when they come to deliver the goods?
The papers all over the country are Civ
ing accounts of the frauds perpetrated
on the farmers by train grocery order
men. Farmers ought to know that If
there was any bargains in their goods,
and that they were what they represent
ed them to be that the town people would
buy their goods but these fellows are too
sharp and shrewd TO try to take orders
in the towns. It's the farmers that they
are taking.
I would lay the floor of the Douglas
avenue bridge with asphalt. 1t must have
a new floor at once of some kind.
There are two hundred members in the
Country club These two hundred MEM
bers represent wives. children, members.
of the families five hundred. From June
until October one-half of these people
would visit the club house on an average
Of three evenings in the week if they
could reach the club house on the street
cars Some of them would so every even
4 10 VT N n "a
members go to the club house in their
own conveyances but would go in the
cars if they were not compelled TO walk
some distance. l would extend the street
car line to the new club house.
A message came in over the grape vine
telegraph just before going to press to
send a man down on South Emporia
avenue to see a beautiful spite fence.
Parties riding on the street car lines
coming in to the avenue from Topeka or
Emporia should be allowed to transfer
to College Hill or Fairmount wherever
they could catch a car on the avenue
and not be required to go TO Main street
and wait when they had just passed
the car they wanted.
1 am convinced that many owners or
teams do not know that after they have
retired at night that their rigs are be-
ing driven at rapid rate on the streets
and especially on the county roads by
their coachmen.
This city must make up its mind that If
the southwest road is built, It will be
done with the opposition Of all the rail-
roads now entering the city; and IL Will
be a combined fight, meaning a great
deal. and Will cut a big figure in the
money markets. They each want the
road badly II it was in their system. but
by an agreement they propose to cut ii
out as long as possible.
IF the interurban railroad knockers be-
Iieye as they say that it won't pay. that
il will be a losing investment, then why
knock? # it won't pay It can't live Can
any one tell Of a single interurban rail-
road that has been abandoned7 On the
contrary. they are being built and ex-
tended in Ohio. Indiana. Michigan and
other eastern states as fast as material
can be had to build them with.