The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-15
City Regulator
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Makes Suggestions as TO
How to Build, a Wichita.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
All Kansas is interested in the defeat
of Bailie Waggoner, the solicitor for the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company in
Kansas for the legislature. The reason
| the fact that he has always succeeded
in defeating or doctoring all railroad leg
islation heretofore passed OF attempted
to be passed by the legislature.
The suggestion that our merchants ship
their goods from New York via ocean TO
! Galveston is a good one-a splendid one,
indeed-but We happen to have had an ex-
perience in that line q few years since.
We bought paper and envelopes in Mas
sachusetts and taking advantage of that
proposition, our goods were shipped TO
/ New York by boat. then transferred TO
the Mallory line and shipped to Calves
| ton, and via Santa Fe to Wichita. We
| got our goods laid down cheaper than
Kansas City and st. Louis could sell
them. but alas. one day we were held up
on shipment rate-advanced TO higher
rate than was charged the entire dis
tance by rail- We were told that the
Pennsylvania railroad had entered a pro-
working the same scheme, shipping the
| goods from Galveston over the Denver
and Galveston road, but they, too, We're
called down. and what the Santa Fe lost
from Wichita and intermediate points she
more than made UP in the Denver haul.
Will the Santa Fe and Rock Island pro-
! tect us in the trial again?
First Corinthians, eighth chapter and
| thirteenth verse: Paul says. Wherefore
if meat make my brother to offend, l Will
eat no flesh while the world standeth.
lest l make my brother to Offend This
verse is respectfully commended to the
gentleman who roars, groans and gives
the prayer and class meeting church yell
every few minutes at the public services
Sunday mornings. very much to the dis
comfort of a congregation of from four to
five hundred people.
If 1 were the county commissioners
would build a freproof vault in the court
house such as stood the test in the Balti-
more fire and place the records in it. and
when parties had occasion TO examine the
records have them first obtain an order
and If any records were removed from
the vault check them back again.
] would encourage park picnics. All
conveniences possible should he provided
and families should be encouraged to go
to the parks as often as possible. Parks
are for use as we'll as to be admired.
/ would name the new drive along the
river that will soon be finished Mclean
Highway, in honor of our mayor.
While driving down the avenue one day
this week l saw three boys with beam
snappers hunting for birds I suggest
that the teachers of the city schools give
their respective rooms at least once
week a short talk on Boys, Birds and
Bean-Snappers." There are some who
will take no heed, but majority will IL
the subject is properly presented to them.
The enforcing Of the ordinance by arrest
and fine on a few will take care OF the
balance.
The gruesomeness of that exhibition in
the window of a boy dressed in prison
garb. with chains. strap and ball. with
badly written. misspened stuff on paste
board placed about him as an advertise
ment. ought 20 deter anyone from attend
ing such an uncanny sensational enter
tainnent. The firm that rented the win
dow should have completed the scene by
furnishing the siIly-Iooking boy-for he
must be thoughtleSs. at least, and his
parents silly to allow it-with a cigarette
or one OF their cigars to smoke
] would forbid the contingent that
swarms in fremont avenue from ap-
pearing on the streets OF the city at any
hour in the day or night
Cail of the dogs. Mr.. Morton said In I
his talk-gave notice rather-that Wichita
need not expect 10 get any recognition I
from the Santa Fe road through politics. I
In face OF the fact that every possible or /
probable action OF the state convention /
touching the interests of the railroads /
roads
The reason your buggy has TO be wash
ed every time you drive down OF Main .
street or the Avenue is that the d-op2ings
are left living on the street all day and I
wet down into muck at night By the
new system. Whereas. IL the sh!te
wings were AZ work the streets vdeid Re
clean all day-no muck ard stencil and
filth
For Reat-Privileges on the sidewalk.
in any part OF the city. o, any street;
call on the owner cf the property or ths
OF the building. who can guar
antee the right and freedom from -1eiss-
,atioa as long as the booth on South Ma
kst is allowed to remain
II r1sn moves TO town rents. builds or
buys home: rents o. buys 4 business
room. PAYS tzxes, Insurance saG contrib
stes to puolic be1efacrions. Is he lot eu-
itled TO a greater consideration and 4
protection in hts retail S1s40eSz than
irm in sorne far-suay town. who hires 4
nan 20 60 frosn house 80 house ard can
Fss or take orders. IL he Is. then. the