The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
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Street improvements, 6enoh MarN5.
Editor Of The Bulletin read
with no little interest the mayors
message particularly those portions
whore he speaks Of street improve
ments, but why not get ont Of the old
rut and make improvements in the
future conform to wolf known prln.
oiples as layed down BY the best
writer's on the subject?
Why not take st forward and
10 away entirely with the proposed
loop lcyeo} This, in my opinion.
would never be permitted in any otn
ca city but this when canal lock
gates would answer a better purpose
uot only because the FIRST cost viii dc
considerable, but keeping it in r..
pair, proper drainage etc, etc, will
be continued ana enormous drain
upon the city's finances, besides tie
unnecessary cost to every man. eth.
or from country or town, who has to
pun oYar It, Lock gates. properly
constructed, at eth eni would as
| said before, answer d better ppr
pose, cost but little, repairs nothing,
comparatively, and they cffar q lsyel
way to Tho city and might not have
to he closed for years should nc
cessity arise Tor their being CLOSED it
could ia done in ali hour
Alderman Frascrs resolution did
NOT I'D tar enough by hall The benen
marhs are III property of tho people
and THO elevation Of each should be
made known. also all monuments
should be described and their loca-
tion stated, IN such way that any
on Interested could Gnj them, they
arc as much the property 81 the pro,
pic as the q IT. s ana much more lin
portant, as from them ALL street ana
lot lines are 4 tcrmined, which many
times IL not done moss Mn Thrupp
win not Live nor hold Office forever
ana ho Will give out mo information
now. Some enc els win come after
him and as Il protection 70 the pr01
aty owners an monuments should be
recorded, those placed nv Ar Thgupp
ats W. Il as the originals otherwise
mistakes will be made and the cost
for surveying lot b. greater than il
should bc by far
Why should not his city get out
nf tho rui Of throwing MP .hanellcl"
streets? The proper cross section
for a street or road has long since
Ucea determined and Is easily follow.
ad rhs is what an writer's say o.:
the subject | quot enc:
Excessive night ann couyeXity of
cross section contract the width Of
the uhcelway, by concentrating the
traffic At the center that being tae
only part wbero q vehicle can. run
upright. The force required to haul
vehicles over such cross sections is
increased. because an unduc proper
lion Of the load Is thrown upon two
wheels instead of four Tho aonJu.
ned tread 81 horses feet in one track
soon forms a depression which holds
water. and continuous travel Of VIZ
hicics in one track soon wears rats
which retain wafer etc" add lurth.
err me wlsbing from the streets If
Cairo. biz reason Of the cony kitty Of
cross section is carried into the sew.
crs, and the street itself cut up by
the velocity Of the water acquired N
running DOWN the slopes TO the gut
tors. For Illustration, look at Com
mercial avenue This brings me to
ask, why the city continues to use
what ii y call cleo gravel, a very in,
ferior street covering. instead Of the
red. bill gravel?
Why does the city cobtiuu to per
nit distractions 10 be plant i ID the
cutters? What an i1o1, where else
but IL Cairo would it be permitted?
Al original monuments now far be.
lew the surface should be raised up
50 as 10 prevent the necessity of dig
cling down for them 10 start survey
Of lot Il. ]. S.