Thinks There Isn't Light Enough

RiDiTwB uoubikb: - mere n aiways lomething to complain about in this woi'ltl nnri tiie aab&oriber hu r jfriey rboBi Ilis roniplHiiit is flbual the i)Hitlia or Bfntoline Inmps. The lijfhts (tlven the public are not sali-f ictory. They are 80 smiill tliat thry hnrdly equal tlie üglits giveii by an oKIfashloned dipped eandle, Uie kind mv mother nrád lo mike In the oldea days, before street lamp-posts were knowo In MIchlfTAD, but when we had lanterns made out of tin with holes puncheil in for the lijiht to shine through, whlch lanterns woulil be an acceptublu stibstitute tor ihe liimps tliat pretend to lijjlit the evenin pedettrisns on inany of ilic streets of Aun Arbor. I ani not dlsposed to flnd f'iult with the contractors, for I do not bellere thcy are as much to blame for tlie lack of litflit U8 is the city COUncll. They pnibably give the pabilo U they can nfford to under thtir contnct The economic:il streak which all of a siulden struck oiir ..citycouncllii j.ATÍÍ1 WlJ&fiVí-possible for the contvactors to farnlsn, is .nl.iily Uu uiiae of the miserably poor lighls ïiven the public. As tlie city bas $10,000 or $12.000 "blood-money" paid in by men liseoeed to peddle liquiil damnation to their fcllowmen, I auggestthat thev pay the men wh have this contract eunuch ïnoney so tliat tbey eau Rfiord to iive the people of tlie city a decent llght. a five-foot Ijiinici' instead of a three loot-burner.