Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-15
PROPlTIOUS TIME
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
MARKET At PRESENT coon FOR
BOND-SELILNG AND LABOR
FRS MAY BIZ OBTAINED.
south TO Be. benefited
In South Much Municipal Improve
mcnt should BE Carried ON
During This Year.

The recent strong improvement In
the market for municipal securities
should be taken advantage of
promptly by southern communities
which are contemplating the issuing
of bonds for public work. A vast
amount Of county, city and municipal
Improvements Of every kind is needed
in the south, for which bonds must
be issued. At the present time there
is a better market for such securities,
and coincident with this ability to
get money there Is a surplus Of labor
available, and manufacturers of ma
chinery and equipment are in a. posi-
tion to fiji orders to better advantage
than would be possible If all business
interests were active. The condition,
therefore, is exceptionally favorable
for the prosecution OF public work.
Throughout an parts Of the south
and the southwest roads are TO be
built, new streets made and water
works are TO be constructed or en-
larged, and public buildings erected.
While it is desirable, ana often i'm
portant, that publ" buildings should
be ornate and I'm keeping with the
life OF the community it is especially
important that they should be abso-
lutely fircproof. Every courthouse
and every city han ought to he so
well constructed as TO make thor /
oughly safe public records OF all
kinds These things are important /
But the construction Of the most .
modern sewerage systems, and Of |
waterWorks to guarantee an ample /
supply Of pure water, and the build /
ing of good roads and the paving Of
streets and alleys are even more i'm
portant. These all take hold OF the
csontial things health OF the .
community. There is no greater eco
nOmic Wastefulnes than that which
by reason Of false economy prevents
municipalities from providing pure
water, the most sanitary sewerage
system and well-paved streets and al
leys, which make possible city clean 1
Illness. Every Illness and every death
brought about 10y failure to do these
things is an economic loss due to the n
Of incompetent officials, Il
and this without considering the sor-
row and suffering brought by the ~
ness and the deaths which better san i
itary conditions would have pre-
vented.
Every growing town and city in II
the south needs to improve and keep II
on improving every day and every 1
year its provisions for sanitation and 1
health These include all such things Il
as water-works, sewerage systems Il
and well-paved streets. The field is
almost limitless No wiser invest
ment can be made by people than
the money spent, when it is honestly
expended for public works " this
kind. These improvements mean
progress. they mean better
conditions of living, better environ
ment for young and old, and better
health and longer lives for the pco-
pie. 1t is especially important, there-
fore, that the authorities Of every
in the south should study
the situation in the light OF present
conditions when money for such WORK
is becoming more abundant and
when the labor available for II Is in
great supply. Moreover, the very
doing Of these things and the en-
ployment of labor in works Of this
kind would stimulate all business in
terests and largely help in bringing
about that general prosperity for
which all are looking and hoping.
This is the south's day Of opportunity
for work Of this kind. II the authori-
ties of southern communities are not
alive to the situation. the people
whose interests are at stake ought
10 see that they are awakened