The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1914-02-14
URGES IMMEDIATE
WORK ONSTREETS
CONDITIONS DlSGRACEFUL
SAYS MERCHANT, WHO OFFERS
FINANCIAL AID TO REM
EDY THEM.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat

@N-NDi i~CS N'ttblIl DSiilOCIdl.
am not candidate for any Office
hence not seeking notoriety, but / am
deeply interested in Conway and ali
movements looking to the best inter
ests OF her people, and trust that
what | may say Will be wholly with
an eye single to this end. or from this
viewpoint All who are reasonable
and considerate at all know that the
condition Of our town just now, espe-
cially from the physical standpoint,
is caused not by one neglect or un-
favorable condition, but from various
agencies We had an unusually heavy
traffic all the fail and also very un-
usually wet fail; the ditching done by
the sewer contractor has contributed
its part Of the trouble. but this is not
alt that Is responsible for the bad
streets know one street. at least,
0hlta ~ most w1etched condition
even before the ditcher was ever OH 1t.
could not be beaten by any other one
inside the corporation. also know
that the drainage of this street has
! had no attention the entire fall and
winter
1 What may be expected of level
dirt road that is not in some way kept
drained and constantly used? | have
seen this same street under similar
conditions as far as wet weather and
heavy traffic is concerned and never
saw it in one-fourth as bad condition
as it has been the past few months.
This means that | am certain that the
condition of this street is largely due
to neglect by the authorities whose
duty it is to look after this. The next
question is whether or not they have
done all they could with what they
have had to use. As to this | am not
making any assertions, because | do
not know what has been the amount
of money they have had for this pur-
pose, neither do | know how much
they have spent in this way. And
since my knowledge is about as per-
feet along this line as that of any one
else with whom | have talked | would
think that those who have charge of
this matter would be glad to make
public showing of what has been in
their hands and for what purpose
used, since there is 50 much discussion
about this matter by those who pay
street taxes in one way or another.
And if the city IS not able to take
care of the condition as a city, or if
it is, and those in control will not
make an effort to help the diseraceful
condition, then as citizens who are
really interested in the good name
/ and best interests Of the town we
should get to gether and devise some
plan to give immediate relief at all
costs.
| am in favor of permanent street
and road building by all means, but
this cannot be done now, and what we
need is immediate relief The biggest
holes, some of them nearly large
enough to bury a horse, can be filled
with rock or brick bats, so that the
farmers can pass over the streets
without getting horses leg broken.
| am not moneyed man, but | am
ready to donate to this purpose as
much, on the basis of my worth, as
any man in town, provided we can
have a concerted action and devise
some plan by which the work can be
done by some one who can and viii
do it the best advantages and st the
least possible cost
If the business men Of the city
think as | do. let us get busy.
My name will be given if necessary.
A MERCHANT
Conway, Feb. IA, 1914.