The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-03-01
Now For a City Beautiful.


of the citizens of Natchitoches,
not only because of their unslghtly
appearance, their causing the
crowding of the streets on Sat
urdays and other busy days, max
.ng them into public stables, ETC.,
but the 'unsanitary and disagree
able conditions arising thereform
(there is no regular street cleaning,
or rarely aEy attempt at it), being
the most serious feature, and one
that for the public welfare had to
be seriously considered.
After several unsuccessful at
tempts 10 abolish them, the City
Commissioners, who were con-
stantly being importuned to do so,
recently decided they must 60, so
when the ordinance was passed to
that effect, some interested in re-
tanning them, started a petition
that was signed by a majority OF
the business people on Front street.
On Monday night before the
hour of the meeting, the office of
the Mayor was full to overfowing,
among the crowd being a dele
CATION of ladies. while the streets
we're full of interested spectators
who heard there was something
doing and were more curious than
interested in seeing who would be
victorious.
After the meeting was called to
order, the first business taken up
was the hog ordinance that was to
go into effect March 1st, petitions
being presented by citizens of East
and West Natchitoches, and after
some little discussion, an amend
ment was offered and carried re-
stricting the limits similar to the
stock ordinance. Then the hitch
ing-post petition Was presented,
and talking out Of order" was
the order of procedure, and hot
and hotter arguments were made
until finally it cooled down a little
and at the special request of the
ladies, Messrs. ID. &. Scarborough
and Phanor Breazeale made tell
ing speeches, presenting forelble
reasons why these hitching-posts
must 60, and by invitation of the
Mayor, the president of City
Beautiful League, Mrs. G.. Will
iamso.i, made a most dignihed
little address.
Then compromise measure was
introduced by one of the commits
sioners, offering to abolish all the
hitchlng-posts on Front street but
TWO, which motion was lost for
want of a second.
And SO, after today, these eye
sores, that have stood throughout
the centuries, will be gone, and
racks have been put up for the
convenience OF the country people
back of the court house and
Mayors Office, just within one
block of Front street and con-
yenient to the Rest Room, which
was established purely and solely
for the comfort and convenience
of the country visitors.
With 4 public spiritedness, that
all will applaud Messrs. >. and Il.
Katie have erected racks in the
yard back of their establishment
that they cordially offer the pub
lie to use as freely as they so
choose.
And there is no objection to
each horseman or wagon driver
having his own hitching block to
drop on the street in front OF any
place he chooses TO stop, If they do
not wish to drive to the shed that
the city has erected especially for
their benefit.
And now the City Beautiful
League will be able to carry out
plans that it knew would be USE
less to waste Time, energy, money
and thought on, unless it was as
sured that it would be worth while
by having the work safeguarded.
as will be the case now, with the
nitching-posts gone.
And that pupllc-spirited citizen,
Mr.. ID. g. SCARBOROUGH, who always
has the best interests of the city
and parish of Natchltoches at heart,
has stimulated che courage and
ambition OF the City Beautiful
League by opening a snDscrlpIlon
Tor the lighting OF the neutral