Show for a better city I 1 it Is not a vast population alone that makes a great city we have nev er been carried away with the ambi tion for a town large in numbers wa do crave quality but what there bere should bo be about numbers after point la Is reached that brings to a city practically all that any city can hava h wo we do not see indianapolis has certainly attained a size which antl p it ii to command the great li of city life more than this were ape 1 after there are parks suf sufficient tent 1 theaters paved d streets lights scho oU 1 rind and public transportation what were size except more of the same the thing that every city ought to strive after and this be it said will bring increase of size Is quality we spoke recently to two things that make more for a better city one Is low taxation it Is useless to try to make a city what it ought to be it if its tax rate becomes almost inva with american cities excessive taxation means loose management ex trava gance and waste and no city can have a worse orse advertisement than that and none a better than low taxa tion that by good marin management gement keeps up tip the other thing to which we re spoke was clean byways and alleys and back yaida indianapolis news |