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Show IShEw A I'UllLIUt'llO-rAME. IVaM f Ir tho editor of tho I'jintnttring mmX&i Jltcord, which Is published In Now BHHfli ; Votk, would only take a rsooa look B!Bb9 at the street, of Hall 1-ake City and the B 9J Wl"k '""" 'w'n dono on tome of the "ItBi aldewalka, we believe ho would eapresa Bk9B i aTerydlflrrerilorilnionae tolhogral-llaRES tolhogral-llaRES ln-,tothetwhlclie.eartln lili'-ai-rr BISMn of the 19th Inst. laW Homebody Ijulnj hlmi.lf "ATn-B "ATn-B FKeS i IV"" bai wrllleu to the Itteurd, k. B'JeMS lot(llieedllor'eoilnlouof the engineer-HtHafjl engineer-HtHafjl log exhibited on tlio elrrete of BK,W tlilf ell, llo slatre that tho en BByffl nlncer hu Inn eniegel In rait BBllfl ' way wotk for twenty years, aud that Hill kih of tho cllli.ns think heltlm-HBinj heltlm-HBinj j I roporljr applying tho principle! of BKHR railroad engineering to street grading, BJBj,W which aro facta. BfltfoR He goea onto explain what the en-BjW en-BjW ej gtncer'tvltwt area, to the principle! LKnklL 1 that ihonlJ govern him In hi work, BMfft) andttatra that tho diverging streets BE' In ' " K,nrally from two to thirty frst BVftkJ I grade In hundred." The editor ex- KtH presses some astonishment, aa well he HaXW ) might, at ''strsela with SO per rout. VV 23 J gradei," and wondera what kind of BB n I inotlTo awer la used In aecendlog far M them. BB.'flj I Ho thlnka It would to"aomewtal HBf'u I dlffloull forono buggy to paM another BVj'ffi without tho occupanta holding on and HBhH H putting their arma around each other BHiW j to keep their placet In the wagon" If BBfn V tho tranarerte grade exceeda three r 1 cent. IeondorM tho couro of the I engineer aa explained by the "tax layer," tut regarda our city aa "laid outonthegrldlrouplauon tM mou'i fuln tide." It la very evident that tho Ittourd editor Uoee not uudertUndthe altuatlon here, therefore tile couimendatlone ?, m go for nothing. Tho general iutllo Bj I regard uiuili of tho work now 3 telog done on tho aldewalka and . 1 j n atreeta, aa the eery aome of ataurdlty Hi j n and an outrago on tho realdenta of ad. Bji,ij f Jacent property. Wat. I Aaamleof thla may m eeen on bW Vn lUat Hlreet, from tho JUglo (late Kg eouth to tho Theatre corner. We fall Ifffl to aee any propriety In It, any nroea- llBjl d alty forlt,or auylniproeementeUectfd IE Hi Ii tylU Then haa neeer teeu any great Mm I dlfflcully lu aacendlng that elreet, J 1 either on the aldawalk or the roadway. B Tho natural grade ulght liaeo teen f n followed, aubatantlally, In laying 1 the aldewalk Teraent, with a Ml Mi little lerellng, and the prop. I tf erty liars tern ltd uninjured. mtt ) At It la uowltlanioatunalghtly aud Kliki rldlouloua, and reildeuta caunot a H J i roach their premiere for aorae ilUtatice Bh? north of the Theatre without a ladder. 1MB P We understand the euglneer thlnka JBjB i the future InhablUnU of tho city will BH ' approve lili work, and wo have no fl 5 doubt that be thlnka a rigid confermlty HPJ i to a certain fixed grado lathe very BM B thing needed. Hut nevrrtheleia the Bll prent Inhatiltauta an only divided BB ' between anger and hilarity Thoiu HjT. ' whodouotlaughatthorldlculoua aji. PBrj A tearauce of hi work vent their feol. Ilngalu more or le vigorous tx(rea alona of hot Indignation. The taipajer writing to the .'count, aayatbat thu euglneer haa 'lu a few caiea deviated" from hla arbitrary plan, "much to the Battifacllonoflbe I rorly ownera." If that la correct, and, wean advlaeUthat It !, a few more audi deviations would be very lleaalng to the public and would aave avattamount ofuxiienve ant 111 fit, lug. If Itcau tudoneln nfew caaralt might be done In eume othrra. We have apeclally mentioned the work on Klrat Kaat itrret. Tliere are other placea whUh exhibit tlmllar etupldlly, aa It certaloly apara to the onnuoii tye, aud while It may liiv-e amau who only looka at the aldewalka aud the etrvete, to one v. ho looka at the houioa, either elovatnl fcftay almve the atreet luvel or aunk down many feel lielowlt, ' reporter out" la a mild Urm to um about the urk, while thorlTvct li ilntructlve of Uauty aud damaging to rial eitate. We believe that a modlllcatlou of the arbitrary rule entabllihed by the railroad euglueer of tweuty fera' exierlencn would be of great bene!!! to tho city na well aa to the tax aera with a raonal grievance, dome n gard for "the lay of the land" aa well aa the straight llnea and rigid ovela which are things of beauty In hla trained railroad eye, might be had without violation of any truly aclentt , noirluclleorneentllruleofgradlug, ltlsilmoaemethlngwaa dono In the a matter, or the expuuse and dluatls IK i tactlou that will lie tho couewiuelico ft will be aometnlng formidable If noth IH I Ingworio. I ' - BBBBBBMei . |