A GOOD goob on saturday afternoon we observed surveyor gen eral fox industriously engaged surveying the side sido walk from jennings corner southward and on enquiry were pleased to learn that a few of the merchants had agreed to put down a cobie coble stone water courso course in front of their stores supported on each side by good hammer dressed curbing the sect is to be semicircular semi circular in shape 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot deep in the centre wo understand that this improvement will probably extend about 18 rods down the street i e if the owners of buildings all ail comply but some of the merchants have not yet consented to bear proportion of the cost contending that the tho corporation are receiving a large largo revenue and that it is their business and duty to make tile required improvements on tiie tile streets and side sido walks these gentlemen might possibly get some light upon this subject by reading the poll tax law which may bens beas found among the acts of the lith session