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It Is Time To Call A Halt

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
June
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tlne Oauírilter has alw-ays bsen an aúvoioate oí tih ■ ments wüdci Aun Arbor hiaa prot iiti, and - ii-:i ve placed Uve cilty oa an equal footwfbli atiher clties. It ha advotsaieia also ttoe n sairty oí keep-ing u--.it oif debti aad llivüng wlttto tihe Ln■ provided íor tli6 cJíy'.s mainni-e. t'miil wlthiin t.!n; pa.t, two or tíiureii years ttoa-t ;':' -y has been pui'sued. But no'w it Be&ms i comiuoii couiolMs, by listening to i'iiip.-.-i"! iv.u ai::l vlsianary ad.vico, ■ gome kibo dsbt ove:-y yea-r, expeaadlajg níore thi&n thcy liad aiiy nigihlt to do. Tine streat íumd, esullyf after b&iing reioforceid wiili illn; bridge, eiilvert aod crosswalk fumfl, bas bsen insuffiicienb ío meet tllie exijendiiliures. And in WhiEut way luave O'U" straets beea bene.ited ? Cau any man point Qat in wlinit partícula;- t.lue sta-eats of Anta Arbor are any let!ter toda.y tlian tbey were live, or evn ten yoars ago ? Tiuis money tuas beea expended merely to íHl ifl comstiaiitly occurinig %vasiiouts, to cut tlh.e wieis, tío trim tóe alia-dei trees, and to make ilio euiríaoe oí tlne roadway.s passablc- aiml olie Jatter has curten beeu a failure. ■Ome streelt, on whioli aa bbwcvs liad been hilid, has been macadamized, it Í13 u'ue, but at wiuat expebflls 1 II tlie j'iuiurs gl'veo aiit a.re oarrecfc a.t just doublé tatué cosfc th.a people would have been calle:! up a o pay liail the charter boen íoUowed, and th "]ot let by contrae t. The cáty owus a abóme craaher, tiut it is a.:i expeaisïïie Itixury. Had the oi-ty ai(lv.erlised jj? bWa 3 iave macadamize ainy Oï liar utreui-s private capHal wöold have iumished tlie stone orusber qulck enaugh. Tlie naad roller is anoöher luxury off the same pi oe. .. i.ih.er are ueeded by tlie oi-by, a3 ail wo).-k dm& ly ■cithei' of tham slvo'ulcl be done by cmicract. TJie street ïuiid oï -tbis ciity. to-day is abo'ut $10,000 stoort. Tliat is 'to say the sum oí $10,000, kas been expended witili-iin vie past two of three years over aul abCNve vlie aniiiuut appnapriaibed for tíli-at íunJ. OWiw fu:mdl3 have been eltihar ;■ J'obed o-r boarrcrwed from ia ordsr to ajlow thi.s Wlegal esspaaiJfiitJuire ta bs made. The Ooui'ller1 is in iav.M' of paving any stree't -wiiea titne m.ij.)-iity af the pi'operty owae'rs on uli it etreet want it ba.dly enioueh to say bs anji to pay toe it, aad wttarii tihei etity oifiïiiciials get Oiawu to pnactical, business Uke metlnodte. Bub we, are uot iia iavor oï ruiNlaiing iau debe any JEurttoer, AVo bVieve tihiat a halb sfhould be aalled, and fchaí pasfc indeibtoditess shomld be paid up, and the ciity's affairs rum as a. busiiaéss man wO'UilKÏ run his busimefis. S' iiii juist plan o ugfaií ' ba adopt(■1 by wiuioii publi ■ oan ii.' in i i ■. Ió is n :;. rigibjl ihi' whole city gtoonilid ba v i - ■ 1 to pay Joir macadainiziin-j; i).'i:.i; ,. . and 8, 1 'y. vt raity ave., anj au tb is cBglhlt. fbat the -u :: ■ ■ 1 l!o t;ixetl te p'ay Sh i l,u sral sewers tliat a'.-c báing piifc íi on tli: v.i eJte. Tlue !:■': rby -shioiuild not only be willilug, bat should be ooimpdlled to pay Jar suchi impriavenu. n'is. Beioa-e n.ny more momey is expended tihiere sbauld b3 a uystenmitic, plan aidoptcd and. Hvod up to. ■Juap-Jhazaird patoblng, here and "chere, this mnnitag into iinautlb.oirized dfebtj oiugtet to ba stoppeilf rlgh now. As Jiaiii streec is niaübhier otï saod op blue clay, but oí gra-vel, Lts pa la mire in thB maturie of luxufy than a neaeasUy. The. aaly reasom wliy th&re is rouidl tihiafö EUtMsümee is (becfuuse lifcs 113 bao law. II is mot Toundied lip so 'ülua,fc watec will tot. o'ff, a m'attier oasïly obviti.i "Vo cali tiho ospeciial aitteivtj'.'!! of onir readlera tío tibie Jact that on tho 3d page af tllite paper will ba ioumd . caniplate dlïgest im oonilenscd fonn of tike iniipa'.'it.a.'iit' Iawa passnl by the legielaitume duTtog tts recemt eessi m.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier