Year: 1876

I promiscuously in our streets and public

 squares will add vastly not only to it.

 attractiveness and beauty, but be re lief and enjoyment during the many

 hot and swelterirg days of our long summers it is . sy-grise to encounte,

 the almost entire absence O. them.

 Many resident; have pInven sufficient ly, should doub. exist, that almost

 all kinds of trees l grow lUzuriant 1 ly here, and by combined effort we

 might have within three years, a

 growth of trees which for their beauty,

 their shading cooiness, the relief they

 offered the eye, would amply cOmpen-

 sate the trouble, tie little labor and ex- pense bestowed upon them This

 must be done at Oncc through individ-

 uais or thrUQsh -Jn Order tfthe muli- cipality. One or two public squares

 planted with { variety of trees and or

 namental plants would be an incalcu-

 lable improvement to our city. If done

 by individuals it is well, else at the eX-

 pense of the town, by the offer of re-

 ward or otherwise sufficient to encour-

 age the planting of them. Before go-

 ing further let me say a few words of

 those who may growl at what they

 might call expense and taxation, and

 who generally find a crowd of narrow

 minded men who will coincide and

 sympathize with them. Every dollar

 judiciously spent for the improvement

 or oTnamentatiOn of the city is a dollar

 well invested, giving incalculable in- terest to the investors. The man

 who grovls at payins reasonable tax

 for the carrying out Of these necessary improvements is not a man to bel minded nor to have any attention paid to him; he is an enemy of the town and the less there are of that kind the better it will he for the community. They are drags to the wheels ofadvance- ment found everywhere, and whenin in a majority the ruin ofthe place Let reas- enable but sufficient tax s he collected and choose the proper men to spend the same, honestly and for the general good. The health of a town is Of the most vital importance, and no expense is too large to carry this out. Our streets and buildings mus! be kcp.. clean and orderly, and it is well to. reflect whether the neglect of the proper drainage of the adjacent fields is not the cause of great deal of malaria and sickness. and i1 such is the case we should have fhr- fields placed within the limits of tine corpo- ration by due legislation or bring suC' fcient force to bear upon our super visors to regulate this matter. The streets leading to our town are all in a

 deplorablc condition making it danger ous at places for man and beast 10 tray. el. They must be kept in good order \ public market house should be built in some cen'rll locality, where fruits, meats, etc, would be sold subject to the inspection of Board of Health as to their condition, a great cause of. sickness being the sale of unripe fruit, and meas unfit for consumption. The burying of the dead within the' limits of the city must be forbidden and no one should be buried without a permit of an authorized party or par. ties, giving the cause of death certified to by some competent physician. The means for furnishing pure and good water in sufficient quantity for the general public ought surely to be and assurances are given that this can be done at only a small expense comparatively speaking to the benefits leading therefrom. Our streets on dark nights should be lighted, and l sufficient force of police kept up to guard our property at night The most liberal terms should be given those who wish to purchase city lots and favorable inducements should be offered to bona fide settlers; this rule should by all means be adopted at present by private individuals. These and other necessary reforms for the keeping of the city in good order and embellishing it, should be introduced IS soon as Q wise government could . permit it, and those more valuable in lue tune.

 Having given m outline of what our ,ity government should do, will now offer a few suggestions which should be lcted upon voluntarily by our citizens. . md which to my mInd will conduce

 Q the prosperity of our city Enough capital is at present lying idle 10 war rant the establishment of a bank lere, which. liberal in its views, would . be the greatest assistance in our city t) !. ioster and develop enterprises now Un- cared for, chiefly on account of the rate of interest charged by oriva:e individuals on the very best kind of securities. It will be hardly believed on the outside that large amounts of money are lent here at tho. ate of four to five per cent monthly. . anything is ruinuous Co country [ mSsS be such a course. and it is i'm .osable Nrany enterprise to prosper if