The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-04-29

as Imperial Paving" and which has
been for several years and is now
being used to a great extent in Kan
sas City, Missouri, and as sooa as
such information as 1 desire is secur-
ed, 1 will lay it before your honora-
BILE body for it's consideration and
further investigation.
Parks and Parking.
Roswell has more park property
and less parks than any city of it's
size III the Southwest. 7. therefore,
would recommend to you that some
action be taken by you looking to
the establishment of some parks or
breathing spots within easy reach
and accessible to the business center.
The park properties we have, with
possibly the exception of one, are too
center. but from the residence por-
tion of the town, and are not conven-
lent to the people of this city. With
the aid of the Park Commission of
Council should endeavor to Improve
our park conditions. l realize, as
you do. the shortage of funds for this
purpose, but l believe special effort
is warranted in this direction.
Many of our citizens are disposed
to park the front of their premises on
various streets and avenues of this
city, and 1 would recommend to you
that every encouragement should be
given to the enterprise of our citi-
zens in this direction, and If possible
water for the purpose of irrigating
the portion of streets which may be
parked by the various residents of
Roswell, and such other steps should
be taken by your honorable body to
increase and influence this most COM
mendable step of our people to beau
tify the city, thereby reducing the
cost of care of streets and adding to
people.
Sprinkiing and Care of Streets.
Upon investigation by the proper
committee of your honorable body
you may determine, and l think it
worth the investigation, that the pres
ent expense of sprink:ing and main
tanning our public highways il the
City of Roswell could be reduced by
asking for bids upon the work and
contracting it to the lowest and best
bidder for the period of one year. 1t
occurs to me that if the proposition
is not too much entangled and far
reaching in its requirements, that
some money might be saved to the
city by this system. I would, at least,
recommend a careful consideration
of it.
Safety in the Erection and Manage.
ment of Public Buildings.
The burning of the Collinwood
public school building, near Cleve-
land Ohio, should be sufficient to
call the attention of the whole world
rs I believe it has, to the carelessness
n the erection and management of
public buildings il our cities. A COM
mittee of the Council should join
with the Board of Education OF this
city and examine the public school
buildings and see if they would be
considered safe in event of panic
resulting from a fire alarm in the
building. 1t is my recollection that
the Central school building Of Ros-
we'll has no fire escapes from its sec
ond or upper floor and should a fire
occur dn a certain portion of the
building I think it would be practi-
cally impossible to rescue the occu-
pants thereof, or that they might es-
cape without accident. Large fire es-
capes from the west windows of the
Central building would doubtless save
many lives should such an accident
as I have Indicated occur. The other
school building should all be exam
body the Board of Education of the
| City should be requested, IL they are
| not safe at this time, to put them
| in as safe condition as possible for
the protection of life in the event
| of fire or excitement from any cause
There is but one small theatre in
the City of Roswell. aid l have fre
quently complained that it was not
safe for the women and children oi
| this town. Some Improvements have
been made, and it is much safer than
it formerly was: but I feel that addi
i tional precautions should be taken
and the City Council should see that
the managers put this and Other
places of amusement in the safes
possible condition to protect the lives
of our citizens and their families