Year: 1876

WALNUT STREET.-The paving of this
street is necessity to the health of the
city; more so than the micademizing of
French street was. 1t will not cost near
30 much, being narrower street. A
few months ago there was no objection
raised to doing the work, but there was
no money to do it with, the funds in the
City Treasurer's hands having been ex-
hausted. The petition to pave the street
bore the signature Of Mr.. VIM. Candy,
and received his sanction. Since the
first Of July the Treasury has been re-
plenished with funds, and it was pro-
posed to GO on with the work. Some
political jobbers then, desiring to throw
the work of paving Walnut street over
until after the election, hoping that the
Republicans would get majority in the
Council and they would get the job,
hired man to go round the city and
urge property owners to fign remon-
STRANGE against the work after this was
done, then Mr.. Candy, to make little
capital to forward his own re-nomina-
ton, asked that his name be erased from
the petition, and he urged on the men
who had made and were making the
paving of Walnut street a political job.


Any man who will walk over French
street and then along Walnut, and con
trast the two, will be surprised that any
one should desire 70 keep Walnut street
in its fifty condition with its black dirt
bed looking sickening often with the
otfal thrown upon it by the residents on
both streets.


We cannot believe that such gentle
men as Geo. w. Bush, and some others
who havo been solicited to put their
names to the remonstrance, desire to
keep street adjacent to their dwellings
IN such condition. The streets west of
1t and east of it are paved, and why
should this not be? We have the money
to do it, and it is and has been the Gus.
tom OF the city to pave one or two streets
every year. This street has been No.
elected too long. If it is deferred and
micademized by the Republicans wber
they get into power it will cost grea,
deal more-now it can be done by con
tract very cheaply-costing about S21 o,
for each 20 feet of frontage. Many O
the residences are only IL to l6 fee
front, and the cost will therefore be yer,
little per house; as to the large propert
holders it will be advantageous to ther
by inducing building and improvement
on the street, increasing the worth pe
feet several dollars; in its present cor
dition people would rather 90 to III
suburbs and build.


Now, as to the people of the sixt
Ward; they are and must be favorabl
to the work. The street is a stigma .
the Ward it has to be crossed freo,or+,
going to and from Market street and


thus brought into view. The peonle
the Sixth Ward have exerted themselv
to build up and beautify their ward. a,
they have done wonders in the last +


years. They have covered most of t
dirty, filthy old brick yard ponds wi
neat and handsome rows of houses a


finely paved streets. Many of the


houses it is true, were erected by t


firm of which VIM. McMenamin is t


head, and it is not to be wondered at tt


he and his friends who have so Ia


lived in the ward and spent SO mu


money and labored so earnestly


change its former appearance and r,


der it a healthy and beautiful section


live in,-we say it is no wonger that !


McMenamin and the Sixth Ward peo


should desire Walnut street paw


There has been very little city money


pended on this ward-it has been grea


neglected, as all that part of the c