The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1907-08-03
SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
To the Editor of the Sea Coast Echo

| Dear Sir:
| Please inform the writer in your next
edition of The Echo Questions and ans
wers column1 the few "fool'' questions
named below:
1st. To whom does the beautiful yel-
low painted water wagon that adorns
the city hall grounds belong? If to the
city, what was it purchased for?
End. Has the city of Bay st. Louis
any policemen employed ? If SO, how
many, and what are their duties? Dc
the city officials experience. any diff
Guilty in locating them-pay day? How
on earth do they manage to keep track
of them?
3rd. Has the city an ordinance pro-
hibiting bicycle riding on the side
walks If so, to whom does the ordi-
nance apply? horses or cows ? 1t GER
tainly does not apply to people; for
they are to be seen riding on the ban
quets daily.
4th. Is there law existing in our
city, where it says: "No baseball games
shall be allowed on the Sabbath ?" Ii
SO, why do the city police allow a
gang of Sabbath breakers, with their
hideous y els and howls, to congregate
on the college grounds, right in the
heart of the city, every Sunday after
noon and play ball until nearly every
resident in the neighborhood is ready
to take to the woods, in order to get a
few minutes rest.
9Th. Why is it that when the citizens
and tax payers of a city or town ask to
have the city ordinances enforced, and
town officials do their duty, the former
are classed as CHECKERS?
Now, Mr.. Editor, the writer does not
expect that you will be able to give alb
solutely correct replys to all of these
''fool" questions, especially question
No. Q; for he has already asked this
same question of no less taan a dozen
business men and citizens and, to date,
has found no one in position to give
a correct reply.
Trusting that you will succeed in
gathering all the data necessary to re-
ply to the above in the columns of the
next issue of your valuable paper, and
thanking you in advance for the infor-
nation asked, beg to remain
Yours truly,
IGNoRAMUs.
Answer No. 1.-The yellow wagon, a
necessity which no administration ever
seemed able to purchase until the pres
ent one took charge, belongs to the city
and has been paid for, Itwas purchased
to be used, but the valuation of property
in Bay ST. Louis is generally under
rated, and the result is too little revenue
is derived to run the "water wagon"
regularly.
Answer No. 2.-The immense terri
tory and scattered population of the
city of Bay St. Louis make the sub
ject of police protection a difficult prob
lClus 1uC pICSOlu lIuIIlOCi 10 CltlISIy
Inadequate, and no complete results,
under these conditions, can reasonably
be expected. An adequate force is i'm
possible; the salaries for the number
and for efficient services would bank
rupt the city. By way of comment this
department would say that Chief of Po-
lice Carver's election to the sheriff's
Office this week is an endorsement of his
work. Under the various existing con-
ditions the chief and his assistant have
done exceptionally well.
Answer No. 3.-Yes; there is an ordi
nance which regulates the running of
bicycles the same as any other vehicle.
Answer No. 4.-There is State stat
ute prohibiting baseball playing on the
Sabbath, but there is no law against
sshideous yells and howls''.
Answer No. g. This question does
not come within our province.