The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-10-11
GOOD CITY COUNCIL.
Good Water-dood Streets-Efficient and
Faithful Offlcers-Prosperous, Healthy
and Happy People.

Within the last few years Abbeville has
made greater strides along the paths OF pro.
gress than she had made In q hundred years
10 the good days OF former times. This pro
gress came from the fact that young and able
men we're placed In power, where their good
Judgment and their energetic efforts have
brought the best results to the people who
had contided the city government to their
way, but their way is too often antiquated
and ont OF date. Some OF us would still bal
ance the corn sack by putting rock In the
other end.
Young men built the fine school house OF
which we are all now 80 proud.
Young men put In the electric lights, which
are now indispensable to our comfort and
happiness.
no man can do without.
Young men put In the sewerage system
which Is necessity.
Young men put IN the telephone which is
now almost part Of our existence.
Young men paved our side. walks and made
the public square beautiful.
Young men are now improving our streets
until by next winter a mud hole could not be
fonnd within the corporate limits.
An efficient police In charge Of Chief Riley
keep perfect order, and the people walk In
the day and night without fear OF molesta-
tion.
In seeing the necessity for improved streets
also at the same time saw the necessity for
improved methods Of transporting the ebert
from the mines to the thoroughfares where
Mayor il. Mcmillan and council determined
10 buy q traction engine which hauls the
ebert a. q coat OF about Is cents cubic yard.
The lowest bid to haul II BY mule teams was
one dollar cubic yard. For the engine and
1t now seems thai, II good streets are desir-
able, better Investment could not have been
made. At first there was considerable trouble
that Engineer A. B. Perry has discovered the
secret drumming our steam wagons. One Of
his cars or wagons Is out OF tx and is not
running, but he is making three trips daily
two and half miles. He brings at each load
ten cubic yards, or thirty cubic yards for s.
HIS train does not run quite az fast eH those
OF Capt Williams and Engineer McFhear.
son on the Southern:road, but they come and
60 with almost the same regularity-three
times day. II anybody objects to his spir-
ited stopper or 70 his slow plodding horse
getting scared at the engine, let him sympa.
blinded as is the horse. and If he heard the
engine coming, the probability Is that be-,
like the horse, would be scared. Scared
horses and old fogy men must clear the track
Q Mr.. Mcmillan and his associates have de.
veloped or perfected q most satisfactory sys.
tenn OF water works. Last Spring somebody
said that some OF the physicians had pro,
fever germs and other disagreeable things.
Some Of us were 30 badly scared that we
haven't had good sized drink Of water all
Summer. In day time the spectre OF disease
followedIour footstepsin the day light, and In
the darkness from dreamland came the most
fearful Bpectres that ever disturbed the sleep
Of innocent childhood or we'll scared old age.
After suffering untold men tai anguish for all
these hot days, we cast about to learn some
thing OF the typhoid fever which was to deci.
mate our ranke. The fact, so far as we can
learn, is that this has been the healthiest
year ever known TO the city of Abbcville.
As far as We are informed, there haB not origi-
mated q case OF typhoid fever in town. The
mental anguish and the fear which
was spread abroad last Spring, II not 30 fatal,
was certain ly not much less painful than the
pestience which waIketh abroad. AS tele-
graph people must pay for mental anguish,
ought not the physicians TO pay for the same?
The supply Of healthful and life preserving
fluid WAS never as great as now. The reser.
voir holda $4,000 gallons and. the standpipe
holds $50 .00) gallons. making e total Of hall
million gallons. All this water is In waiting
10 satisfy your consuming thirst or to extin.
guish the fire whioh wonld consume your
property. The reservoir and the stand pipe
are full, and powerful engine and pump
are ready for business. A big boiler is full OF
steam TO send the water 10 your thirsty stom.
ach or to scatter 1t over your burning build.
ings. Here are some figures for the month oi
September which may intesest you,