Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-28
A Plea To Beautify Eastport

Now that Spring viii soon be here
and nature viii put on her prettiest
dress. Let the residents of Eastport see
that 1T. too shall put on a prettier
dress This need not Involve a great
expenditure OF money, though that
would not be ct all out of place, but
only thoughJ aud care. Eastport is
beautifully sitUeted from almost
every point one has n fine vir~ OF the
blue Severn or the C.c e.Al Jay:
it has several beautifully shaded ave-
nues, long rows uf tttes almcst over
arching many of them Ii has many
pretty an well-kopt residences, some
OF them with very attractive yards
aud surroundings. Now if we could
only get rid of and prevent some Of
those things that make q place unat-
tractive
Let the residents, instead of throw.
ing refuse ia different places, thus
creating uusightly dumps III very
short time, dispose of this in some
other way Everybody knows that
there are other ways of disposing of
refuse than TO throw it in one some
vacant lot to the public gaze 4 fill
ing in process is beginning in several
places in Eastport aud couldn't the
men who are having refuse brought
over from Annapolis TO fill up-could
not they get refuse from tho various
tin can and bottle dumps that are
quite numerous IL Eastport? Anoth-
or good way of disposiug of refuse
would be to dig a deep hole on the
premises and throw the refuse mot
water into this, and when filed to
within foot or two below the surface,
to be filled with earth, and another
dug This takes. probably a little
time aud trouble. but the satisfaction
of seeing the place where one lives at
tractive ought to be enough recon-
pense.
Another serious problem in the viii
lage is the drainage, or rather the
lack of drainage. The village is be-
coming thickly inhabited and very
little has been uone by the county
towards a bettermeut of conditions
In many cases the water cannot flow
Off, and stagnant pool have been thus
formed, menace to health. The
bitches that are dug by. the county are
OF very little use, as the rain washes
down the sides. soon filling them up.
There is crying need for proper
drainage
On some of the various dumps on the
shores of Eastport, one can often see
on walk, dead animals Of various
kinds living there instead of being
buried. IL does not take very much
more time and trouble TO bury an ami
NAL than to drag il to some shore.
People like to walk to the shores and
get the beautiful view of the water
that PASSPORT commands, but can hard
ly enjoy this, when nauseatinR odors
and ugly dumps greet one.
The waste paper blowing about the
streets aud lying around in heaps, also
adds TO the unsightliness of our streets.
Parents, train your children to feel a
pride in their village and let them
help you in making it attractive: they
can, in few minutes. clean the streets
OF every scrap of paper, and get lot
OF fun out of it too, and they can be
trained not to throw paper around
at all, but TO put it away to be burned
later.
And now that the time for sewing
and planting is coming, let everybody
expend few cents on seeds and plants
aud make tho yards attractive with
flower beds. and keep the yards sur
rounded by neat locking fences, nicely
painted or white washed Ifsyou can't
afford a new fence, fix up the old
ones. In short, let the residents all
do little, in whatever way they can,
to make this village as beautiful and
attractive as its natural situation in.
tended it to be.
One Interested.