Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-23
Ell CEN'TRC'S ONLY DRAWBACK

There is a time in the affairs of cities, as well
those of men when opportunity leads on to fortune,
the opposite
1t is the belief of the Press that such time has
come in the onward trek of this municipality Recog-
nzed as leader amongst the progressive cites OF the
great Imperial ValeT, El Centro is nevertheless re-
tarded in its inevitable and record breaking growth by
incubus, something that is misunderstood by vsi-
tors and that puzzles the patient tax payers-he
home folk who pay the freight.
The Eighth street ditch is eyesore danger to
children. reardng brake the inevitable growth Of
city that is to this newer and greater ROme-the Inn
peral Valleyshat any of the stored cities OF Greece
and Rome were to their agricultural empires.
And agricultural empires are the only ones that
have endured through the far reaching visas Of time
Some men, possessed of the boon Of time and the
Of responsibility to their community, exercising
their faculties of vision and constructive imagination,
have been working Tor many months to crystalline pub
nc opinion on this essential issue and to pave the
for official action the critical matter
Finally they have brought the result of their Ell
forts to point where they have met ready and willing
cooperation from the officials concerned with such
work The Imperial Irrigation District directors and
Ell Cenros ely council have already the
ity of acting together this imminent and difficult
matter They in session together today with their
respective engineers, working to formulate some plan
that will this unsghtly and dangerous thing,
and they are working it out with the realization that
1t must be remeded in the most economical manner
possible to engineering ingenuity.
The Press has met with ready and understanding
cooperation alike from the irrigation board and the
city council in all overtures for the immediate handling
Of this troublesome problem of the dtchs immediate
This movement to improve the city in the way Of
property value and TO remove a menace to life and
health is neither campaign measure enter
prise tnctured with private interest in any way It is
simply thing that must be attended to for everybodys
benefit, for the conmonweal.
This, undoubtedly must be evident to the people
of FL Centre. It certainly is matter that cannot,
within the contemplation of sensible men and women
be opposed.
Any of the thousands of visitors or tourists who
pass through this vivid city in the the year
must-after beholdng the rich valley improvements
and seeing the beautiful court hOuse-be subjected to
something IN the nature of shock when they encount-
er dump at the entrance to the metropolitan dis
trct of the city.
And the menace to health through seepage into the
ground beneath adjacent buildings and the greater
danger to the lives of children, matters of greater
moment than any Of property damage.
The meeting of the two boards today with their
engineers is step in the right direction. All that is
needed now to take out of the city this unsighty dan
gerous and growth retardng ditch is the verdict of the
highest of all courts-Pubc Opinion.
The Press has consulted the voters and tax payers
and has learned that the people Of FL Cenro want that
ditch removed.
what About 7asting-"Beer Hearings" That's
all they are-hearingS.