Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-31
CARSON AND HER STREETS.
A General Agitation of the Subje is
Going the Rounds.

the center OF the street N order 70
make g better passage for the water
that runs off during the rain and
storm and to repair the winter dam
age, as could best be done with Inc
iax amount of cash in the treasury.
The one days work resulted in con-
siderable good being done and the
streets, will, without doubt, be in bet
ter condition for the fixing"
At the V. & T. depot the same fever
has set in, only in a more thorough
and malignant form. Instead of a mere
scraping Of them to the center Of
th@ street. the street YVES filled II
with leads of dirt which is to be fol
lowed by generous covering OF quart
from the Comstock. This will make
one block of street that viii be AL
that can be desired. Mr.. Brougher has ,
also made arrangements for several !
carloads of quartz and will round up !
the street in front of the Arlington !
with the same good quality Of filing, !
and this will be another block Of good |
street This work is cOmmendable as It
shows what can be done.
As the work progressed during the
day, the natives of this city had many
warm arguments over the effect OF the
work and the outcome OF it. Some con
tended that the present mode OF Oper-
alton was simply a rank waste OF mo-
ney. while others believed that what
was done was within the limits OF the
cash in the treasury. However, the
work has been performed and it will
do some little good, while it is not
lasting.
The Appeal has been agitating the
movement for good roads for some
time and still believes that the invest
ment is the best this city can go into.
A good road is a criterion of the pros
perity of the community and bespeaks
it's financial as well as its social sta
tus Among the improvements and adj
ditions that the Appeal advocates and
as one or two of the Commissioners
agree with, is the ownership OF team
for the work that is done by hand.
Yesterday one team and one man scrap
ed al the dirt that was piled in front
Of the Arlington block. 1t was only
half a days work, but it sufficed and
certainly placed that bit of road in
good order. Should Ormsby county and
the City of Carson own team with
scraper and a wagon, many block
of road could be righted before this
summer has passed.
The writer can remember when this
city did own it's own team, and in fact
nearly every street that is graded in
this city was done by the work OF {
team that was owned by the city. If We
remembr rightly it was under the mai
agement of old man Butts, and he did
good job, as the streets or some Ct
they have never had full days worr
done on them since.
If the streets of Carson were origt
nally graded by the team in the owner
for the same condition to exist again
as the streets need general overhaul
ing and in many places it is case q
almost build a new street.
The News of last evening goes int
a plan that is worth considering. Tha
OF taking vote on the proposition @
bonding this city for sum of money
the vote to be taken in order to gaii
the consent Of the taxpayers and the
, submit the proposition to the Legislt
ture 1t is first rate plan and shout
at least be given the tryout.
Through the action Of the Newland
law { a misplaced and unnecessar
measure) the County Commissioner
were not able to levy road tax, on
in consequence that part of the Pr
gram was overthrow. The next -
islature will make short shift 81
obnoxious law and then the :. i
can get into the hands of the >-
missioners and the tax payers d -
The good read movement has start
in Ormsby and every city and townsh
in the Stat should be in line. Washe
count, that l. I-eno, is going into tt
business with vengeance and befo,
this summcr passes, Reno will boa
of some roads that will be pleasu
for the Carsonite to take examp
from. 1t is too far in the age of il
provements to let a street become
mire hole or to let community depl
ciate it's property by streets that q
grass grown and people who are mo
backed.
John Wood the Folsom convict W
escaped and was captured at Re
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