The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-27
ACTUAL WORK OF BUILDING MORE
SIDEWALKS IN LUBBOCK STARTED
MEMBERS OF JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE
PETrTIONNC PROPERTY OWNERS TO BUILD
LUBBOCK HAS MANY CEMENT SIDEWALKS
Need of More Walks Securing Free Mail Delivery for City h
Gigantic Problem Which the Young Men of This
Organization Are Meeting SquareIy.

Talk and action are separate
things in putting over a progressive
move, and the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce members have stopped
talking putting over the sidewalks
proposition. and TO date many pro-
gressive citizens, have placed
their names on the dotted line, con-
tracing through good will TO place
substantial sidewalks before their
property.
The captains Of the various squads
were given assignments at meet
ing AT the Chamber Of Commerce
room at the Courthouse Thursday
morning, and, before evening, had
shown their willingness TO help fur
ther the work in every manner DOS
sible Each captain and his lieut.
enants were given a section Of The
city 20 canvass in interest Of the
sidewalk movement, and though the
full number has not as yet reported
enough have 20 make those in
harge Of the work feel confident
that the Junior Chamber Of Com
merce members are going TO retain
their reputation as hustlers, and in
all probability Uncle Sam will have
occasion 30 learn that the ninety
days given his Lubbock subjects to
pave the way for free mail delivery
in Lubbock was indeed time enough.
The Junior Chamber Of Commerce
members have always done the big
thing Lubbock has in the member
ship Of that organization citizens OF
whom a town Of much greater pro-
portions could depend upon to solve,
or help 20 solve, the most perplex
problems common TO civic develop
ments.
1t is good to know that the Sem
ior Chamber Of Commerce direc-
tors have much confidence in the
ability Of the Junior chamber 10 do
great things for Lubbock. That
body has proved itself so efficient
and industrious as TO merit COM
mendaton from the Senior body, at
every instance where they were Civ
en- a special work TO do. The in
fluence of the young members, even
though they are not depending on
influence alone in this proposition,
when brought 90 bear upon civic
problem is readily recognized. They
are in dead earnest TO have free
mail delivery IN Lubbock, and free
delivery they viii have.
The fact that Lubbock has not
heretofore had sltficient sidewalks
10 have secured this extra mail SER
vi 2 Is by no means an III reflection
upon the porgressivcness of our cIti-
zens. There are other towns in the
state with less than one-third as
many sidewalks as Lubbock has, yet
they arc so compact as to permit
the free delivery, and we are in
hopes that those who would criticize
Lubbock on account of this matter
will first learn the truth Of the sit
uation, and we assure our readers
that they will do about fact, that is
If they wish 20 do anything other
than criticize. and az once find that
this situation offers genuine oppor-
tunities to boost--after all this same
thing viii apply to every phase of
community work-ignorance is too
often the stronghold from which
knocking is done.
Lubbock is so big that the prop
erty owners have placed sidewalks
in front Of their homes. and there
are several links Of vacant lots that
are not graced with sidewalks, there
fore forming Eap-but because
there are not walks along our vacant
lots viii not be accepted by us as
reasonable excuse for knocking
every town in the state. and il we
were q little b0lder we would state
that every town in the Union, no
doubt has somewhere vacant lots
alongside which no cement sidewalks
are built.
The Junior Chamber Of Commerce
is not trying TO do a job that should
have been done several months or
years ago. and we vigorously resent
any statements to the contrary.
They are doing some big building
in big town, and are going after
il in a big way.
We will throw open our ears and
listen in on any criticism anyomi
will give as regards Lubbock insofsr
as those criticisms are based upln
true conditions knocking on D.
situation about which the knocker n
wholly ignorant viii not be tolerated
without some rebuke from the
Avalanche