Another Swindle

a few weeks' respite tlae city eoiracil began another of its gueriiln raids on the city treasury Jtónday night. It seems that au expense oí Síl'ik) per montli for ruiming the road roller up and down the streets is not sufficient to satisfy the aldennanic appetite for excitemeat, so tlie srtone crusher must be started and División street, which has been recently turnpiked, must bc coverefl with oruslied stone to a depth of two inc-hes (,?) at au estimated cast of $(H8. There are several Feasons why the ïr.ayor should sit .lown hard upon il-.is proposition. It ís mseless to put Two inclies af broken storae upo-n a.ny rnadbed. lts actual value to the street will not compénsate for tüe time used iii dislribnting it, let alone the cost of the stone, the crusiüng, rclling, etc. No stone roswï is wnrth the trouble of constructing that is uot o.' suftieient thiekuess that the brokon stcne may be rolled togerlier in a compact mass. As tlie ordinary süïe of the erushetl rock apprcr .mates two inches, it is easy to see r l;.-t t this result cannot be aceomplished with one layer of rock. If the stone is crushed to a iiner mesh it simply beeomes - stone dust and is far inferior to gravel. Why use stone that wln.'n crushed and deüvered upon the street cosls upward of 2 per yard wüen good gravel can be had for one-fourtli of the eot '.' But the División street inipvoveroeat will not stop with two inches of tone. It will grow as spontaneously as the "job" upon S. UniviT.-uty areenje grew. Measu-red by the standard of s. TJnivensijy avenue this Divisiou sti-eet work will cost tlie taxpayers a bout 'Were this expendí ture perfectly regular in every way :unl for a leirable in'provtMneiit. tlit' city lias üot goj S2,5OO to speud tlii.s year. Bm the methods of the council art not regular and tlie improvenient as outlined is not dèSlrabJe. If the council ba;S a desire to riuprove División street in a jnanáer tlut will last and prove acce:aWe to the residents aieng if. let tlie SlvtS whieh they luive appropa-iated be spent for good, clean gravel, similar to that witli whirU the surface of S. l'niversity avenue was finished. This would produce a pleasaut. dustless and lasting street. Two lachea f coarse' crushed stone will bring doTvn upon the heads of the projectors the anathemas of evei-y one wiio is foreed to trave' the street. Two inches oí fine crushed stone will furnish a.n endless erop of the most irritiating dr.sr. Then again, there is a naoveineiit on foot to pave Jlain street. Under the terms of tlie pa ving ortlinanee this will require $0,0(X) to ?8,000 fro-n the general f und. If these outside expend itures continue there will soon be not hing left for pa ving. It is time to cali a halt.