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Show Ruminatin' $ Roundabout f In which Ruminator proposes to dream a lot, thing as little as necessary, scatter a few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives are still above the sod to enjoy them, and fire a hot-shot now and then while said Ruminator Ruminat-or can enjoy seeing the sparks fly. ' tiLs? Through the cooperation of town, county, railroad and individuals, a really swell job has been done on the thoroughfare west of the Union Pacific station and on that part of Fourth avenue west of Main street. But not a few local people are wondering why they didn't out-wallace Wallace and plow under the street scales and ccal bin located on the latter heavily-traveled street! During the more than 12 years Ruminator has been located in Milford there have been a good many matters which have been brought to our attention, with suggestions sug-gestions that we publicize them. Until recently we have chosen to ignore a lot of these suggestions, thinking that most of the conditions condi-tions complained of would be corrected cor-rected without resorting to publicity. publi-city. But silence, almost 1 invariably, invari-ably, has been useless. Among the matters most frequently fre-quently mentioned has been the presence of street scales and coal bin on what perhaps is the third heaviest traveled street in the town relics of "horse-and-buggy days." Aside from the fact that the presence pre-sence of such heirlooms on a main street is typical of the! reluctance of the town to take her "place in the sun", there also is a pronounced pronounc-ed element of danger and liability of the town for heavy damages in case of an accident. From personaL observation of Ruminator during the last two years or so, one or more loose planks in the scales platform have been the rule rather than the exception including includ-ing the present time. But this is not all: on one occasion a loose plank had been up-ended in some way so that one end was protruding several feet, the other end resting in the pit, with hazardous gaps on each side where the plank should been in place; on another occasion, a loose plank had been turned over, probably by traffic, and the sharp ends of heavy spikes extended two or three inches upward, a dangerous danger-ous condition by any standards, especially for a municipality. On private property, suoh conditions con-ditions would not be serious, but it is something quite different when located on- a public street. By the way, as a matter of curiosity on the part of Ruminator Rumi-nator and a good many other local citizens, no doubt, just when, and under what conditions, was a permit or franchise granted for these scales and coal bin on such a narrow, heavily-traveled street? V |
