Show A CHANCE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVE PROTE MENTS tins THIS c ct ty las has been incorporated over ever twenty years car and has baa been the centre and aad heart of the territory and tho the scat meat of government ever since that time limo yet it is woefully behind many younger cities in all torts borts of public improvements it has baa wide streets and running streams but beyond these attractions there lias has been nothing done to add to lo the beauty or comfort of tho the city taxes hive have always been heavy enough and tile receipts of the treasury considerable none but the le in vitiated know inow all the money ro collected las has gone there is pre bious little to fidow fur it thus far we lave have no EO gm gas here nor water rat orl Ls such as leia lea flourishing cities are supplied with willi with the extraordinary facilities ficili ties we enjoy above abott all other towns there is no reason in in the world why first elm class water works should not be constructed city creek crea would supply water enough to furnoh furni ili every house in town with an abundance bun dance of th lie a jureit fluid for dome tic purposes BM our streets ought to be by water pipes and hydrants should bo be placed at t every C orner corner in the thickly populated portion of the town 0 to o pot out fires fire brij and tows ter the streets A perfect of water works could bo be constructed at t a comparatively small cost tile supply is ia so BO near and easily dib tribu tej te d gal Cas shoula also alio be introduced la ia the city but ibis should bo be ilono done by a private corporation we are tare sure that the bituminous 1 coal found in the mountains about here would prove to bt be the v vry ery article needed LD la produce an excellent qu city of gas gaa it t could be bandied at a comparatively low ow rate and there here is ia no reason in iii the llie world by gas gaa could not bo be furnished with willi a handsome hinds oaie profit so low ow sa as to drive tho the wretched burning fluids coal oils bad and candles out of common coi innon we our buildings bulldis bull buil dingi din public and vate are arc dark and dingy dingo affairs in tile ni ailt lit time lime white the he streets are 24 ai q f black OJ as U rebus when the moon mean do does not feebly light up the scene all this should be changed ir if we expect e to keep pace with the spirit of the age suit salt like city seems like an overgrown and d dull ull country vil village lige there seems to bo be no DO public spirit exhibited by the cl city ity authorities 11 h 1 ess it b bo a in lintio hunting g down liquor de alleri I 1 who refuse to pay extortionate licenses or in running a retail liquor establish blent theDIS CIVeS it strikes us ui tint that there must be a pretty large income derived from the various kinds of busI bu so fo liberally taxed by the city government we should lile like to know low how much this li is an anil where it gots gaes t and whether a portion of it could not bo be wisely devoted to the construction of city water works if people must be taxed heavily let the lie fruits of fit lie 0 system batem bo be enjoyed as widely as 1 me b e do not keep them altage altogether their in a small email circle but permit the deop people e to have their share of what ought to be a common good we want to see something result from these inroads on private property if the system is a to 0 bo be continued lot lit us have then the water works first by municipal action and we can call leave the gas to ha be hereafter introduced by private enterprise if it is not taxed out of existence |