The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-31

he lapses and our last condition is worse than the first. Candidates are mentioned, thought off Slated" and rumors are rife, but who has the cour-
 age to "select" a competent man and state his experience, his ability, his fearless discharge of duties and pay
 him his price to pull us out-to demand
 and get his demands accomplished.
 We pay money enough now to have
 first class results in all city depart
 ments and a government we'll executed
 would leave a surplus for extras not
 available now. We might even be set-
 ting out half grown trees where we re- move the corpses of neglected mon-
 archs of our streets, instead of plant
 ing saplings that 1t will take two gen. erations to make presentable by the side of their few stately neighbors. It is just to posterity to anticipate their conditions and make them foot their
 share of the bill.
 Our public parks must be planned,
 secured and beautlfied now, to be here for the future occupants of our city.
 More should be added to the already goodly number. One of the finest any
 city in the union could command could be planned, extending from Tonlinson bridge, so-called, to Fort Hale park-a
 shore front with sea wall and drives for miles along the harbor would add inestimable value to our city for future
 generations. To delay such extensions and layouts, means added expense
 more than the interest, and would cre- ate valuable asset from what is now
 an almost idle waste.
 Our, so-called boulevard, the insight ly dumping ground, should be hastened to completion instead of being an eye sore and disgrace. In conjunction with the great changes the. Consolidated is | making in our city, many ugly features and 1nconveniences should be eliminat- ed, and can be done more economically now than later. as real estate values i increase.
 It is certain the railroad corporation i would cooperate in many of these 1 Orange street should be extended to the new station. Personal interests, if paid well for their damages will give way
 to the betterment of our streets. The i first impression we get when we ap- proach residence stamps the charae- i ter of its occupants. It is equally true of a city, Intended new citizens find
 our back yard at our front door. | Our harbor can be at reasonable cost made a beautiful feature of our city
 and the foul smelling mud flats made to furnish material for filling our mos i quito breeding meadows, and add
 wealth, to our grand list far greater 1 than the cost
 New industries of wealth and import I ance would gladly come here if we would as we surely can, furnish suita- ble locations.
 1 As a railroad center no eastern city l can furnish equal facilities. The pres i ent policy of our railroad system is broad and farseeing, and we should | take advantageof it the same as other progressive trade centers are ready to.
 The time is now ripe for man to be ! selected and elected as Mayor with keen perception as to the possibilities of city not greater in area, but
 greater in civilization, in wealth, in cul- ture, in beauty of form and excellence of maintenance. Such man is otEain- able if we seek him and urge upon | him the importance of positive action and assure him of our hearty support along absolute progressive lines, and 1 the change would quickly be wrought ] This is what a mayor should be in
 the opinion of one of our taxpaying cit
 izens.
 | A TAXPAYER.