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A KICK ON THE M. C. R. R. And its III Treatment of Ann Arbor - The Road Can Afford to be More Generous. John Laidlaw, the Michigan Central gardner,' has constructed on the grounds near the depot, of ornamental plants, a reproduction of the celebrated cantilever bridge at Niágara Falls with a train just arriving on the structure. The bridge is 45 feet long, and reproduced in every particular in the proportions to this scale. He has used about 40,000 plants in producing the work. - Ypsilanti Commercial. Those who have seen the above pronounce it a wonderful work of art. The question naturally comes t,o us, why does the M. C. E. E. allow its grounds here to go unimproved? Ann Arbor is one of the most important stations on the line of the road. The railroad makes as much, if not niore money from the passenger traffic of this station than any other, and it is ahvays the last toreceive improvements of any kind, and when they do come the city is asked to pay a good portion of the expense. When the new station was built here Ann Arbor had been slighted for years and years, until the old structure used as a passenger station had become such a disgrace to the road that out of very shame the officials had to do soniething. Then the city was asked to give, and did give $5,000 in cold cash and besides it closed up one streetentirely and allowed a bridge to be built over the tracks on another street that is no credit either to the city or the railroad company, so that the city has paid pretty dearfor the improvements. And now the land owned in and about the grounds are allowed to lay idle, except the side hill that was sodded to keep it from running down on to and covering up the railroad tracks and the station itself. The M. C. railroad authorities always profess to have special interest in Ann Arbor, and yet that interest is never suflicient to have anything done here until necessity compels it. If Ann Arbor received the sort of treatment that is given other stations there would be a much better feeling existing between the people of the city and the Corporation. The people feel now that the company is very greedy and very penurious. and as a consequence when anything arises to give them an opportunity they give vent to these feelings. Which is perfectly natural. The M. C. E. E. ought to treat Ann Arbor better than it does.