Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-11
CITIZENS MASS MEETING
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people.
Any great thing can be accomplish
ed only by putting yourselves into I
Bryan ia reported to be a city G
wealthy people. But large private fol-
tunes are often curse to n commu
nifty. II is public spirit that build
cities. Faction is curse.--there cal
be no prosperity where II prevails
Bryan ought TO have strong. active
business league TO look out for and
go after everything In sight
The reputation OF a town or city,
like the reputation OF an individual,
is valuable asset The reputation
OF a town depends largely on what
drummers say about II. II II has good
hotels. public buildings. streets and
sidewalks. the drummers tell Il every.
where. and every travelling man tries
to arrange to spend Sunday there.
DIR. Barton commended Bryan high
ly for its schools and churches. re.
marking incidentally that the city had
not done It's whole duty TO the Baptist
Academy. He then spoke more par
ticularly OF the bad condition Of the
streets and sidewalks In a walk out
TO Allen Academy he had TO travel
most OF the way In the middle OF the
street and had hard dine in picking
his way through the mad puddles. The
city council should promote Sidewalk
building by every possible means and
every property owner should builf a
sidewalk where his property abutued
on a street.
In a beautiful peroratiun, Dr. Tar.
ton emphasized the fast. that every !
like every individual. Is
the architect OF It's own fortune. and
that the more one does for itself rhe
more help II gets from Others.
Col. James Hays Quarles. Librarian
u A. and NJ. College. responded 10
4 call in his peculiar happy site. !.
keeping the sober busirsss men snil- |
ng aloud most of the nmc- He sind
he interurban would wipe out the
dividing line between Bryan and col
eye. Several amusing instances were
related OF students already looking out
Tor places for their dsddies. nam.
mics and sisters to say when they
come 10 commencement next summer.
and how the colless boys we've Just
dying for n better chance to come to
Bryan to court the hundreds Of pref
ty girls in town. In the midst OF
these curruscatiors Of wit. Col. NH
ner heard the whistle OF the locoue,
tive and made a break for the door
calling Col. Quaries 10 come on.
The latter rushed after the disappear
ing president, shouting back IA he
went down the stairs, that II the troll
ley line had been In operation he
shouldn't have had to cut short his
speech,
President Ed Hall. OF the executive
committee stated the committee would
like for the mass meeting to vote on
the proposition for them 10 turn over
the bonus to the contractor upon bond
ed security. and upon motion the
question was put and carried unani
mously.
Relative TO the citizens OF Bryan
subscribing 5000 in stock. severa
volunteered to take stock and stated
they thought that amount could easily
be raised by popular subscription u
shares OF 800 each. II is desired b!
the contractor that the citizens herr
own some OF the stock 80 as local ID
rectorate can be elected to operate II
and also to create more general In
!! terest in the road and It's welfare
! On motion II was left to Mr. Malone
and the contractor TO solicit stock SUI
| scriptlons to raise the $4,000
The mass meeting then adjourned
The work of closing up the detail
has gone right along today and Their