El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-04
CALLS TRACKS
BLOT ON CITY
Zueblin Says Ell Paso Has
wonderful Streets, But
Railroads Block Traffic,

.,-to ereat blot on your otherwise
.,-o,,5.rf,,I citv is the railroad systems
,,,,,r,i,e right down through the heart
81 vour business section Charles
zpob1in of Boston. told the audience
- tbs Cbautauqua wednesday after
noon. Mr.. Zueblin vas analyzing FL
Paso's bright spots and sore spots.
There those railroad tracks are
bIocl.ing traffic, menacing life and TAX
inc up space that could be utilized TO
much better advantage as public
grounds, sites for business 9locks and
warehouses" he continued. ~ - losed
around that you are gong TO tear up
those tracks and run them around the
CITY. and when you do that be sure 10
ref some of the land Tor PUBIC use
You might put the punIic IIprary Iillere.
for YOU can't afford TO put pullulns
in a park, as you have done
lsyVOnderfuI Streets"
ct was astonished at the extent Of
! your paved streets; me sreaI ma oIlty
! ~ them are wonderful streets. You
l know in the streets you read the char
acter of the people of a CITY. II the
streets are dirty, the people are dirty
I The most immaculate housewife can
| NOT Keen a house spotless il the streets
] ~ dfrtv You forgot, however, to
mt some OF the things that are In the
I air under the ground so OF course, as
time goes on, you VIII nave TO tear up
l the pavement IN oruer 10 put thehl
| here they belong.
| s.you know our American people are
I wonderful in their foresight they de-
! eide that dirt streets are not good
| enough, so they start 10 work and put
We forgoot to put the electric wires
under the pavement and then prompt
! lv cut it full of holes. Atter they nave
| buried the wires they pGtch the pave
Nnnr NJ
| her that they forgot to bury the gas
! mains. so they tear up the pavement
again. Some Of the cities, however
have got away from this. Boston, Tor
instance, has built system of large
conduits and whatever public service
CORPORATION desires to put its wires
/ under ground, can secure that priVilese
from the city for a consideratio
washington. D. c.. has done likewise.
Make Model Mexican Settlement.
L was out riding through your city
! this morning. ] went out INTO the SUD
| urbs nestled among the hills and then
I went down by the river. In the mis-
| I breathed the wonderful air, but Wnen
I got down by tho river It seemed 10
/ me YOU were short OF air. or course
| as L was told, the MeXicans live there
/ mart of vou2 Isn't it possible TO trans
! form that section in which over % per
1 cent OF your population Is found, lnlC
! n model Mexican settlement Gan
I Won conceive OF lOuE IONH u III - sam
tarv buildings and clean streets taking
, the place of these squalid quarters
which give you the impression of going
down, down as you enter them Ihert
; should be an ordinance in FL Paso re-
/ curing that every house should nave
! running water. You should see ina
p the whole city is clean and sanitary
/ Make Carriage supply Light.
'T understand that YOU burn YOU
[ garbage and that some day you VII
2 have a sewage disposal plant. Mime
! apolis lights many OF its streets %.
i 1 utilizing the heat from the burning o
Z / garbage and many cities are trans
, forming the sewage into fertilizer
I | Here YOU have thousands OF acres o
. land that could be effectually terttl
lied by the sewage that now runs INT
the river.
s There is one thing that FL Paso an
r most other American cities should an
s will have. and that is a plan DesIs
n for the future and when you nave
p great big plan. present 1t 10 your PEG
Y pie and stir them to greater lnlnS'
e Group your public buildings You ar
T building a handsome courthouse, hu
why didn't you put il on large Pic
s Of ground. You are going 70 nave
4 I new postoffice. See to It that II ]
: properly placed with regard to othe
II public buildings and don't be influ
4 ! enced by real estate promoters.
- Ell Paso is going to be large CIT
! See to il that it is also great city
Politics n Lofty office.
IL Mr. Zuebiin's subject was IN