The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-03-20
Improving Your Home Town.

Inc average man takes a cOublder-
liable pride in his home and some time
that pride spreads to his own home
town Some time he feels that the
Improvement of the home town is an
improvement Of his property, that
advancement of the home town means
the advancement Of the value of his
holdings, that public improvements add
to his comfort and his convenience and
bring things for his wife and his chill
dren which are worth while.
What Kenosha wants now is to get
the average man to think in the line
Of the improvement of his property
rather than in the line Of the few dol
lars that he is going to spend for gen.
eral town Improvement.
Most any normal man welcomes the
coming Of first class street pavement
in front of his house. He knows that
on every street where good pavements
have been laid the value Of property
has gone jumping and that the re-
turns on the investment made for
pavements has been hundred fold OF
more. He never objects to the build
ing of sewer. He wants his own
home to have all the sanitary conven-
iences. He pays considerable for these
improvements and pay it willingly be-
cause he sees his direct personal
benefit.
General city improvements are re-
feeted in the value Of every piece of
property in the city. The property
i'll a well improved town is worth a lot
more than the property in back woods
village AS town grows in popula-
ton and in wealth the property be-
comes more valuable Every expendi-
ture for the general improvement of a
town is reflected in the value of every
other piece Of property in town.
The building Of new school on the
North side of the city is direct bene-
fit to every part of the city. 1t re-
lieves congestion in other schools and
assures to the children Of distant dis
tricts the chance to go to school with
more comfort and with more regular
ity. The Improvement of the main
street of the town is a stimulus to
business. 1t puts dollars into the peck
cts of men who may reside far from
that street and it also puts into his
mind little more pride in his own
town. He gets town worth boosting
for and he takes pride in telling
other people just what kind of town
he lives in.
General improvements made by the
Issuance of bonds are inexpensive for
the average man and the average
tax payer" An expenditure of half
million 'ollars for general city i'm
provemc (, for the building Of now
Gghool or the building Ga new strI t
fs net much Of an individual expense
to the average man. 1t costs him a
few dollars year but the payment Of
1T is spread over so long period that
he can get this Improvement almost as
easy as he can buy set of books
from a book agent.
The important thing for the tax
payer to know is just how much his
share of these general improvements
is
When bond issue of several hum
dred thousand dollars is proposed in
the council dot of men at once assess
the total amount of the bond issue to
themselves and find themselves bank
rupt. When it comes to the time to
pay they find that their total share
amounts to a lot less than their cigar
bill for month or their refreshment
fund for a week.
Look at the proposed general i'm
provements in the city in a big way.
Look at them as an improvement to
your property the building Of an adj
Slition to its value and the building of
an addition at cost so small to you
Shat You will scarcely notice it in your
financial budget for the year. Con-
slider the matter intelligently and re-
member that it is ''your town..