About Clearing Sidewalks

Kditor ArgüB: In a city or villfige the ridèwalkg and :[r-;-u:i]ks ar? about the only parta of treots ii-.ii! l.y pedestiiana. Tho v, con titti e the '':'c highvxiy for fjot pagsongf.TS, ;is fruly is tho oarriago track '.. - for velnclcs and tearusj and ifc i:: :■■ lunch :i public bonufit tO koop the sidewalks oloared for tlio convenience of' ftjottñ ii in ït is to iinprove tho centor of the streots for toaras. An ordinance is pen ingbefore tin: Gommoa Council roquiring uil owners of land fronting on :i i(!cv:ilk to clean all snow étndoe Grom tii ■ silewalk in front witbin twenty-four hours, milor punalty of fine umi iraprisonmomt fornègléct. It miflitwith cqual propriety iQqtdre oiioii. parstui to work tho gtifi ot for t.:ains also, and koop it in r.pnir in front of liU land. It was suggestedto tho Council that it would be muoh more economiciü, as well :is oqnitablo, to have tho walks cloanod at tho expenso of tho public for whose benefit it is done, tban by persons haviug only a public interest in it. Ono span of horsos with a snow-plow six foot wido for tho wido walks, aud ono horso or teaiu with a narrower plow for othor wulks, would go overall tho walks in the city in half a day or less, at an expense oí not over five dollars oach time. The total vaLuation of tho city for taxution is (2,317,835. Suppose it only two milliou of dollars tho tax would bo ono cent caoh time upou an assesameijt of #4,000, and soin proportion. Is thero a persou in tho oity who wculd rathor cloar any sidewalk than to p:iy tliis? It will seouro tho clearing o all tho walks, and no other method will It is fair aud eqnitable for all, eiïoets mort gentral good thanauy other method, and if Systcmatically and soasonably done will cost individuals loss than tho oxpens. of implements, or even the trouble of borro wing thom. E.