Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-23
NOTES N PASSING.
Why Stir up the Germs and Menace
Health by Sweeping the Streets
During the Day Timef


During the Day TimeH
A man who thinks and man whose
opinion is not to be set aside lightly
asked the Dreamer the other day why
it was that the City Fathers had the
streets swept during the day instead
OF the night? The Dreamer couldn't
answer offhand, for the Dreamer didn't
know In the midst of the busy rush
| the Dreamer pauses a moment now to
consider the matter of sweeping the
streets during the day time, for the
mans question set a wave of thought
in motion and the Dreamer hopes the
wave Of thought may reach you.~Dur-
ing the business hours scores of peo-
Ple are constantly passing and re-
passing along the streets, especially is
this true of the main thoroughfares,
and it is at this particular time that
the street sweeper seems to get
busiest. Now, it is altogether COM
mendable of the street sweeper to get
busy -Hendersonville needs that it
Shouldn't why should the street
sweeper get busy during the hours
whe ntraf1c is heaviest? The other
day the Dreamer started up Main
street during the busy hours and came
face to face with the Objectionable
street sweeper and what was infinitely
worse aacloud of dust that followed
in its trail and set the Dreamer to
coughing. It was far from a comfort
able sensation, to say the least, to feel
that more than likely millions Of germs
we're hidden away in the volume of
lust that was forcing its way al the
nostrils and into the lungs nor was it
a pleasant sensation to have the stuff
settle over ones clothes. The Dream
er wanted to see a clean street but
somehow the Dreamer resented the
presence of that obnoxious street
sweeper during daylight hours.
Why Stir up the, Germs and Menace
Health by Sweeping the Streets
During the Day Time9
l The city fathers have doubtless not
thought of the matter in this light, for
Il is not to be doubted for q moment
that they have the best interests OF the
town at heart and want to fulfil the
duties Of their Office In the best possi-
hlg way. At night not many people
bliHds or Siiades are drawn, and there
would not be half the danger of
spreading contagion from stirring up
the germs by sweeping the streets at
this time, to say nothing of the an
noyance and discomfort that would be
averted.
Why Should Not HendersenviIIe Have
. Better Passenger Stations
The report is current that the
Southern Railroad expects to expend
one hundred thousand dollars in i'm
provements on the Asheville station.
Because Of the cordial relations exist
ing between the two towns, Hender-
sonville is glad to hear that her sister
city is to be benefited in this respect,
but at the same time Hendersonville
feels a little "sore," to drop into the
vernacular of the street, at what some
one has boldly termed "favoritism" on
the part of the Southern railroad. Nor
is Hendersonville unmindful of the
fact that the Southern has expended
over five thousand dollars in improve
ments on the passenger station here,
the team track which is now inNpro-
cess of construction and the bithulithic
approach to the station, the lat
to the station, the latter i'm
provement having just been complet-
ed, but Hendersonville is mindful of
the fact that the passenger station is
wholly inadequate to meet the de-
mands of the travel that comes this
way. Hendersonville is now one OF
the best known resorts in the South;
It is beginning to claim a goodly per-
centage of winter as well as summer
tourists an dit would see mthat in view
of this fact the Southern ought to
give Hendersonville station in keep
ing with its needs and the general
growth and expansion. of the town. To