The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How to Build a Wichita.


To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Speaking OF the planting of trees on
the townsite and along this valley, those
of you who lived here in June, 1877. when
the rivers overfiowed their banks, that
It occurred In June. when the cotton
wood trees were dropping their seed
cotton. Immediately following the re-
ceding of the waters millions of cotton
woods sprouted. Many of them were
allowed to grow.
Since the vote was taken In Salem
township on the interurban railroad prop
osition, the kicking by residents living
in the township on either side was for g
purpose. for they have already proposed
to not only vote a subsidy. but to give
right of way. Some people know good
thing when they see Il, while others do
not know 1t when presented to them on
a silver platter. Some men seem to prefer
hitching up a team and driving ten or
twelve miles, and be all day making
trip to town rather than pay cent
mile to ride on a car, reach the city in a
few minutes, transact their business and
return home in time for dinner, avoiding
the wear and tear on horses ard wagon,
the unpleasantness of the hot sun and
dusty roads. or the rainy, muddy and in
clement weather. One good healthy hen
will lay enough eggs each year TO pay
the extra taxes assessed per annum or
q farm In the township through which
the road is constructed, not to say any
thing about the possible dividend
~ ir,Cv C0d
valuation accruing on the farm. The
village merchant is lead to believe by the
argument of the drummer that his bust
ness will be ruined by the building Of
the road, and he, with the farmer who
IS not fortunate enough TO have the
road built along the road in front Of his
house, knock. I presume there is not
a farmer in Sedgwick or any other
county in the state but what would sup
port enthusiastically a proposition and
give a right of way along their farm
for an interurban railroad.
The public will no doubt be startled
one of these mornings by the announce
nent in the Eagle that some French or
German or college scientist has discov-
cred that the sun is nothing more than
q ball of radium
I see that the manufacturing interests
of our city has been given another boost
by the railroad commissioners who have
ordered the reduction of freight rates on
coal OF 10 cents per ton.
what have you been sellIng?" I asked
CITY Col h. 49,
his wares, after the crowd had left him.
He replied that he had been selling out
a crowd of yaps more than anything else.
think there are several more business
concerns in this city that ought to have
more than one telephone.
And now the doctors have started after
new graft to examine the school chill
dren to see if they have good eyes, ears
and noses-a state law compelling par
ents TO have their children examined.
suppose the school board will have to
make provision for the payment of that
examination. Let's see: In the Wichita
public schools there are five thousand
children. If you have a child that is
ailing, eyes or ears-more especially the
eye-it is taken TO an oculist. He is the
only person fit to examine eyes. You
will pay him not less than ten dollars
Fifty thousand dollars for examining the
school children of Wichita-for what?
For graft Has anyone a right to ex-
anime a child by force of law that is
known by its parents to have no all
nent of any kind?
CITY REGULATOR