The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-04

HOMER GREENE says: AS a tax
payer in the borough l think the time
has come to pave Main and West
Park streets. The benefit to Homes
dale is too obvious to need discus
sion.
j. A. BROWN says: 1t seems to us
if it is done in the right way, it will
be good thing, when sewerage and
piping are in good order for its con-
tinuation in unbroken work.
o. T. CHAMBERS favor of
paving.
ALBERT l.. WHITAKER says:
Paving the principal streets of
Honesdale would improve it in pre-
cisely the same way that a good con-
crete walk improves the appearance
of house. But it not simply con-
tributes to the beauty of the build
ing and it's grounds; it adds to the
ease and convenience of life. No
mud is tracked in and shoes retain
their polish The visitor does not
lose his good humor, nor the house
keeper her patience. Main street in
mud is like a house whose lawn and
approaching walk are unkempt. 1t
is not the kind of an index for one
of the best towns in America to pre-
sent to enquiring strangers.
Il. NJ. FULLER-Yes. In every
way.
r. NJ. STOCKER says:It might be
a good thing to pave Main street
from the bridge to Fourth street.
am not in favor of paving Upper
Main street / prefer a good ma
cadam road for that portion of the
street. Why should the town be
bonded for forty or fifty thousand
dollars if the abutting property
owners are to pay for the paving?
F. G. SCHOELL says: l am in IA
vor of pavement.
f. p. KIMBLE says: l have been
in favor of paving for several years.
Paving should have been done ten
years ago. Honesdale gets its rela-
tive standing from it's progressive
improvements, and as a town, we
can not afford to lag behind. In
deed, as a matter of street economy,
it will pay Honesdale to vote for
paving. The time is here, the condi-
tions are favorable, state aid is
ready, and to stand still is to go
backward.
j. O'TOOLE says: Very decidedly.
Commercially and civicly. And by
all means count me among those
who want the pave at once.
CHAS. A. MCCARTHY says: I am
in favor of immediate paving of
Main street. 1t would benefit Homes
dale by making property more val
liable in the town besides the con-
venience it will be to the people OF
the town and all people coming here
on business.
NJ. b. ALLEN says: Emphatically
yes. The Wayne Street Railway
Company will do it's share. Now is
the time to accept the proposition on
account of the help the town will re-
I ceive from the State and the trolley
line.
A. EBERHARDT says: I am in
favor of paving Main street.
HERMAN MYERS says: Yes.
-CHAS. f. DODGE says: Yes; and
| ! believe the whole town will be
benefited. The whole town should
bear the expense. Issue long time
bonds, and thus make the burden as
light as possible for everybody. Be
cause a person happens to own prop
erty on a street that is to be paved
is no reason why they should pay
more than a just tax on the increas
ed value of such property.
G. w. DECKER says: l am in ia
vor of immediate pave, which means
a gain to Honesdale from sanitar!
point of view. Delay means a los
in new industries. Not to pave means
a step backward.
f.. G. TERWILLIGER says: 1 an
in favor of paving as / think it viii
be a benefit to the town.
SPECIAL ELECTION FOI
PAVE JULY II.