The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-05-26

for our people 10 praise r"'"''
the action OF tue Iou"o''
in providing for street and o'ner III
~ and while we believe the
dissatisfied element Is very largely /"
the minority, vet We would Il sucn "
thing is possible in any community,
600 al ~ onr citizens doing their best
to approve what is being eo''S''e"
tiouslv done for the betterme0t ana
wellareof the city, in which "e"'' 'ee'
n deem, sincere andcordial.interest- 1t
i. yerv easy to mud fault and there
are Outlines good reasons Tor so 40
inc but we must say 10 all candid
ness shat SO far as we are ao'' /"
discern there is absolutely no rea-
SON for grumbliug at the present
time We affirm as an unaeh'ao'e
tart tbatioryears aud wears there has
hson q strong sentiment m treaer-
;olshnrg for better and more up-to-
aa,o s,raets and there were times IN
rho mast when many OF US deSpaired
81 secnripr them. but popular sen1'-
man, reaches occas.ona'lythat point
,.ror. resistance II, ono Of the ques-
,ion and a year or SO ago this fact
wos e,emplihed in fredericksburg
At,be time referred to the demand
Co.. ho,,ar STREETS was overwhelming
snd had there been d disposition ON
tbe mart If the Council 70 resist tins
demand which there was not II
wonld have been impossible to have
done 50 and in tire end snch resist
ance would have proved absolutely
and entirely useless The people
wsre determined So have street Inn
movement and -he Council very
HAffht AAAN+ar
properlv carried ou' the wishes oil
the people Wien the time arrived
for the choice 90 bemade oimaterlal
there was a uil4difiereuce of opinion
Some Of Us wanted brick. some Bel
,,ium bloeks some spalls and some
,oacaaam The committee was call
81 pnon 70 make the decision ana
their choice ie.l upon the material be-
inc used at present We are perfect
" aware that this choice did not
meet sheappro,aioi all oiour people
I'm, weiranklybelieye that the streets
when completed vii. be In hrst-c.aSs
condition and We suggest Tor the
haneef Of the city at large that our
,aonle follow the well-known. sue
rsssiul practice Of the Republican
party and gel together. Time aud
again when differences oil OPINION
have threatened TO work irreparable
injury to that organization there has
been some potent influence which
has welded the divided factions into
one compa union and success has
been the result. Now instead of cry
ing over split milk. if you will have
it thatway. lot Us get together and
90 forward firmly believing in the
future of the old town. We can help
ourselves much more in this way
than We can by Constantly knocking
as it were at this thing and that
thing. Such knocking does not iav-
orally impress the stranger; 1t does
not furnish an incentive for the IN
vestment OF bis money here and 1t
does the city incalculable harm. In
view of these facts. which are indis-
putable, why not resolve 10 90 OuI
utmost towards advancing the IN
terests Of our community? Think
you this can be done by constant
fault finding liyou do, then you
never made a bigger mistake in your
life. For ourselves We rejoice in the
marked improvement visible in Fred
sricksburg. and We believe 10 the
'uture. To an who think with us,
and in this category We do not hest
tate to place nearly our entire poPu
alton, W. say again, let US spend our
lime in praisine our city 80 that
progress and prosperity may dwell
among Us forever and aye.