The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-04
1e1O.1911.

business VIII snow Similar gain, Dtl
the year 1910 was not all that W.
might have made it. During the yea
Denison marked time to a large eN
tent. There was no great civic i'm
provements, no new factories, no neN
private OF public improvements of
notable character.
The truth is that Denison rather eA
hausted it's resources of public spiri
when the new hotel was built and tn
hospital was remodeled. There ha
been a considerable breathing spell
however, and we believe the time ha
come for a new onward movement.
The business streets of Denisol
should be paved.
There is not a property owner IL
the business district who cannot at
ford to pay his share for paving anC
there are very few who would object
to it.
There is but one way to pave anC
that is to pave. If the city council
would take the necessary steps this
month, bids could be received this
spring and by midsummer the pay
ing would be completed.
At the same time our street light
ing system should be improved. In
the evening the business streets of
Denison look just about as cosmopoli-
tan as the streets Of Deloit or any
other small village. A good lighting
system is the best preventative
against burglary and other forms Of
lawlessness. Well lighted business
ness of many of our shops and stores
and places of amusement. A dozen
such lights as that put in by the
Crawford County State bank would
light our business streets almost per-
fectIy and would be a splendid adver-
tisement for Denison.
The city council has labored long,
if not very successfully, with the wa
ter problem. The water famine has
been a source of great annoyance to
our people and has held a menace of
much danger. 1t has meant a regal
harvest for the insurance companies,
however. We trust the new year will
see this problem satisfactorily dis
posed Of.
A man and team should be en-
ployed by the city. The team should
be housed in the city hall at night,
ready for any fire call During the
day the team could be proftably en-
ployed by the city. working on the
roads, using the King drag, sprinkling
the streets, hauling refuse and in the
winter in cleaning the streets and
sidewalks with snow pillow. We be-
lieve a man and team could be en-
ployed for the entire year for little
more than is now paid out for emer
gency labor in the lines above sug
gested
The boy scout organization should
not be allowed to languish. The pre-
liminaries have been inexpensive, but
if the movement grows and thrives
some cash will be required and this
should be cheerfully contributed
There is no better cause.
1t will be some time before Denison
has federal building, but in the
meantime the opera house ought not
to be allowed to go by default. We
believe nearly all the subscriptions
made to that fund can still be col
Iected. We believe there are sutii-
cient funds that can be realized from
this subscription to remodel the old
Nielsen house into a first-class opera
an effort be made to dispose of that
building and the proceeds used for
the erection of an opera house.
The movement for a gymnasium has
fallen by the wayside, although ii had
most suspicious birth. This was a
move in the right direction and should
be revived.
Incidental to the new paving the
public utility companies which use
our streets should be required to
place their wires underground wher
ever the paving is put in.
All of the above are things which
Denison can easily accomplish during
the coming year if there is a deter
mined effort and revival of interest
IL pubiic affairs. We have not spok
en- OF new factories or suburban rail
roads or Of anything for which We
90 not think the time is ripe.
We wish Our city administration and
our commercial club could be galyan-
ICED into more life and effectiveness.
The annual meeting of the CONNER
cial club is near at hand and this