The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-04-21
IDA GROVE Will
PAVE STREETS
Prof. T. r. Asg, Of Ames, Makes An
Address to Ida Grove Business
Menjon Question Of Paving.
WILL INTEREST DENIsoN PEoPLI
Says When City Begins to Improve
It's Streets That 1t Begins to
Improve All Along.

Prof. r. r. Agg. one of the instruct
ors at the Iowa State Agricultural col
lege at Ames. who has made q comprt
hensive study OF street paving, in dif
Fterent forms, was at Ida Grove re
Gently and addressed mass meeting
Of citizens in regard to street paving
lie took up in detail the different kinds
of paving and the ones which We're
hest adapted for the conditions at Ida
Grove. In his address he brought on,
many points that will be OF interest
to citizens of Denison. We copy q
portion of his address clipped from the
Record-Era, an Ida Grove newspaper:
Prof T. r. Agg OF Ames addressed
a large public meeting Mt the Princess
ject of street paving. The, meeting
was called to order and the speaker
introduced by DIR. j. e. Conn, chair
man of the executive committee OF the
Commercial club. &
Prof. Agg touched practically all
phases OF the subject and showed
himself thoroughly conversant with
the different methods OF paving mid
the different materials used. He
uyged the desirabilify OF paving, hut
did not condemn those who opposed
such improvement. He was honest
and impartial, and to illustrate his
talk, presented number of views
which he had brought with him. After
his lecture he answered some qles-
tions that We're asked by those inter
ested.
'"The first question to ask" said lie,
"Is it worth while for the town to
rave?" 1t is the common experience
that the paving question is always
raised by towns that are trying to
graduate from the small country town
class to the thriving small city class.
The strongest argument for paving is
the stimulus that it gives all lines Of
civic Improvement The good intiil-
ence that it exerts in this way is
worth all that it costs. 1t makes the
first development of q civic pride. II
makes the merchants spruce up their
stores and the residence streets to b.
beautiful with better lawns, trees and
parkings. 1t gives the town a repu-
tation far and wide us being u pro-
gressive town.
when city begins to improve its
streets. it begins to improve all along.
would not say that the future OF a
town is doomed unless it paves, but
we do know that towns that pave 50
increase their appearance that they
attract new buildings and the desir-
able class OF residents. We find that
property on paved streets rents better
and sells better and is always saleable
and desirable, and gets progressive
set of tenants. After all. the ques-
tiOn of paving is whether q town is
ready to take the first step forward
from small country village to live
little city where business is stimulat-
ed and where they do things.
1T is always our observation that
paving campaign divides town in.
to two camps, not because one camp is
progressive and the other is not, but
because one group has caught 4 vision
of bigger and better things that the
other fellows haven't got. who only
see the first cost in money. II is the
universal experience that the first
paving is won only after q hard fight
but the second district comes very
easily, often by petition. Then those
who have paved will declare that they
would not be without the paving for
twice what it costs.
"The cost of paving is not so great
as summed. Fifty per cent OF the cost