Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-02
4 PRACTICAL sUGGEsTlOH
ByL. M. HEWITT.


was very much interested In all OF
the talks made at the Woman's Club
meeting yesterday afternoon. The la
dies of Bryan can create sentiment |
In favor of cleaner city which will
engender the necessary force not only
to clean up but keep clean. There Is
no use cleaning up unless practical
methods are outlined whereby the
work once done may be made per-
manent.
There is no profit in complaining at
our city officials for not doing some
thing that the citizens refuse or OBJ
| ject to giving them the means to do
with. The situation in Bryan is that
the property owners persist in such
a ridiculously low taxable valuation
that the revenues will not meet the
demands OF so large population and
so extended a territory. The assessed
valuation of this city is $1,95O,0OO, and
In will venture the assertion that the
real property values are over $4.OO0's
loco. | have made a careful study OF
1.-The assessed and real value OF large
number Of properties and believe the
above estimate is low.
1t can be readily seen that the ex-
. pense Of properly caring FOR city OF
this class is greater than for country
'. territory, yet we object to paying the
! price. and in so doing handicap oul
lcaretakers and then censure them be
! cause they do not give us up-to-dat'
|, lconyeniences. We should be fair II
8 our demands--that is, We should D.
= willing to take just what We pay Tor
Temporarily, there is remedy blu
o the real remedy must finally com
d Through just rendition OF propert
values. and If just rendition can no
E be secured let the board OF equalizs
!. ltion do its duty and put the VALUATION
d upon a more equitable footing. TIL
a. would put the city Of Bryan in finaI
d cial condition to give the people col
/. lyeniences and comforts commensurate
Is to the city that Bryan really is.
o. AS to a temporary relief from tn
d unenyiable condition into which "
~ have brought ourselves, let can
paign Of cleaning be inaugurated .
n dividing the city into four WARD
or using Main street and Mosely stre'
- as the division lines Let trash gat
Sc lerer for each ward be licensed by II
ty council. authorized to collect from
ny ery householder a reasonable fee 4
a. each lob of cleaning, and he be J
structed to visit every home every tS
of weeks and empty the trash can in
his wagon and haul it to the trash va
to be there burned. Let the coun
pass an ordinance compelling all ira
OF every nature to be deposited
trash cans or barrels and be ne
lowered. This will care for the prese
m surplus II the work is lnagurateu
d? once and pushed with vigor, and tn
he the regular gathering would Ike
ny Bryan clean. As the condition now
I'D il would cost each property owner
trip to the trash yard each two wee
en n he we're to endeavor TO keep
yard respectable, but If everyone IL
rs block knows that the trash wagon v
,at be at their back gate every OIL
ct Wednesday or Thursday, or WIN
ever day it is scheduled, the ira
barrel will be carefully kept and
expense trifllng. This should be dc
~ by the city, but with present reven'
arc It is impossible AS to who sno
The start this movement, believe the
ted council can do it with the least POI
md BILE delay to secure results desired.