The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-12-05
FENIOM FOLK KICK ON
OILED GRAVEL STREET
MI. DOYLE FURNISHES CLIPPINGS
ON SUBJECT.
,sw yer 10 Frank Rockafellow's Ref
ere to Fenton, Mr.. Doyle
Adds to His Reply.

81 IN Ihve a little apology to make
the bubble for not having finished
Inc col Inpilation of the figures | am
preparing on the pavement" SAID
M. ]. Doyle, one of the principals
in theS pavement discussion. "But
while kour readers are waiting for
those fbgures-I'll have them, by the
way, irb another week-l would like
10 submit the following clippings
from newspapers.
"Youl will remember that Mr.
Rockafellow referred us to Fenton
as an Example of town with an
ideal nbain street. He SAID IL was
oiled dnd gravelled and that Clio
should lpattern after that town.
Here is what the Fenton lnde-
pendent had to say on the subject
in the hast issue of that paper:
Mud Doesn't Bother
~ThAt must be the case unless
there is a concerted movement on
\the part of the business people and
the other residents of the village
No bring about affairs so that the
ttreets of the business portion OF
sthe village shall be paved next
Var. We and several others have
yederstood that some paving was
be done this year, but the year
no slipped away, the paving has
mas (materialized and the business
not of the village has been in
most horrible condition OF It's
the
his,H has always been point with
people to have good,
feh'oi ,poking village, and the bus
cleah en have taken a civic pride
mess -, ,ng their places OF business
III ,hsSeFa high standard, but CIVIC
~ de or pride of any sort will mol
w manifested if the business street
(of the village is let to go anothei
7 season in the same shape that II
has been left in this year.
"Mud to the depth Of from 3 to Ii
inches, has, for the past two months
been the only thing tina! village
people or outsiders have been able
to drive in.
eff the people of the village are
content to drive in roads OF this
sort, for the love of all that is
sacred, think of the farmer who
comes to the village, give him who
comes to spend his money in the
village, good street to drive down
The farmer is all that we have left
since the industrial interests of the
village have come to close. A.
one farmer correctly stated to the
publisher of this paper, us far
mers used to think that when we ar
rived in town we would have gooC
roads to drive on, but now 1t is tht
other way, when we strike mair
street we find the worst travel oi
the way from home to the stores
"From week to week The Inde
pendent will have articles along thi:
Sdllic liilc. VIC uO IL liOih tiC ot"hu
point of one who thinks Fenton i!
deserving of improvement, and thu
people who come to our village tt
spend their money deserving o
something better than mud pud
die to drive in.'"
And just to show that this ism
the idea of a single newspaper, her,
is one that appeared in the Film
Journal under Fenton date lin
Monday evening:
"a great deal of dissatisfaction
has been expressed by citizens ol
account of the condition of Lero.
and other leading streets of Fenton
A few weeks ago, oil in larg
quantities was poured over theS
thoroughfares for the purpose o
- keeping down the dust and puttin
she streets in better condition. Tn
ksult was just the opposite of tha
Intended and now the mud is sew
eral inches deep.
The thick, heavy mud is ruinou
as far as automobiles are concerne,
and a strong protest has been mad
by owners of machines. Ever
housewife, too, in Fenton, who ha
had her floors tracked up with tn
black mud and slime from tn
street has made more than a silen
protest. Fenton has always-bee
famous for its excellent sidewalk
and well-kept streets, but the recen
oiling has almost ruined that goo
reputation. IL no other way out O
the difficulty is found, ii is urge
that scrapers be used to dig ou
the heavy top layer of the mai
street that has become soake
through with the OIL