The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-19


! las and Waco are concerned. but II
local talk" isn't all wind canned
J lightning" comes awfully high in
this part Of the moral vineyard. :"
With the exception of the public
square Waxahachie is lighted by a
| system of "phosphorescent glows
that would suffer in comparison to
| lightning bugs or glow worms, and
even this system of lighting keeps
the city's exchequer in constant
state of "bustedness," so we are
! told For four years, to our certain
knowledge, there has been continu-
Gus complaint along this line, and 1t
is a generally accepted fact that
moonlight nights have grown to
mean more to the citizens of Waxa-
hachie than they do to the people
of any other place of like size and
Importance in the whole civilized
world. And during these four years,
along with continuous complaint
there have been sporadic outbreaks
of talk of something better" Sug-
gestions have often been made that,
in connection with its waterworks
plant, the city operate its own cleo
trio street lighting system, it being
shown that the money now spent
| for mo lights, would, in ten
years nearly pay the expense of in
stalling and operating sure
enough" light system, and that af-
| ter that time we could have all the
! lights needed at a mere minimum
cost But these suggestions have al
ways been "closeted' by the stereo-
typed cry, I'VE haven't got the mon
ey' When people pay their taxes
and freely contribute to the various
charity funds it is but natural that
this old cry of haven't got the mon
! ey' finally grows to gaggy proper
tons. Every business man knows
that he would not retain as manager
of a business enterprise man who
always kept him scared TO death
with the cry of lack of funds Oc-
casional outburst of this kind might
be excused on the basis of bust
ness caution" but when these out
bursts come to be chronic the bust
ness man would naturally conclude
! that his interests were suffering
from an overdose of business eau.
| ton" If. as we say in the caption of
| this article, ''live wires mean light
/ wires" there is no possible ground
for doubling, in the face of condi-
tions as they exist, that WaXaha-
chie's administration is badly
grounded" somewhere The con-
nection is broken and we are ''in the
dark" 1t is time to patch up" put
on steam and force the Juice
through the circuit. If the ''old
wires" are past "Iivening up" then
in the interest of our city and every
one in it, it is time to test out
some new material,
But it is not the lack of proper
lighting alone that is handicapping
Waxahachie in her efforts to at least
"show" in the progressive race.
| Waxahachie is twenty-five years be-
hind the times when it comes to
streets, sidewalks, and public condi-
tons generally. Responsibility for
this is traceable to some source;
find the source and give earned
credit. Grieving over what we have
failed to do will not mend condi-
tons. This is the time to get busy
with your head. The progress OF
Waxahachie means dollars in your
ipocket and above dollars it means
something to live for. Give to the
city an administration that is in ia
vor of doing something and we will
wager dollars to cat tracks that
something will be done. Waxahachie
needs haircut, a shave and shine
and it's up to the voters to deter
mine who is the man to officiate III
these ceremonies. We are not camp
ling on anybody's trail but we are
pulling first, last and all the time fol
those things which will give us &
! brighter. cleaner and better town