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their man, elect him as they did the last time and control the board and put in some cheap John teacher at obliged to help support a school they never wanted. and from which they derive comparatively small benefit. They-«have tried several times, once this year {we are told, to' get the ”1:me thitthq'kean’t do. While we might have approved that once we do not now. But.thia 1m canmmdgilifi’fiwhfiark $600 per animm and So put the echool at the bottom of the hiil again. They got one man at the last. elec- tion, beeaiiée 'the Park voters did not go to the polls and they .wiil do it this year if yeu give them a chance, and we don't blame them. We want their grievance remedied but not. in that way. ’ NOW voters of the'I’ark. if ’you want theHigh School maintaiued ’at its present state of excellence, see to 'it that you tire at the polls at the Young Men‘s Club hoi1§e 11,1111 votia for Pause and Smoot. You can get away from your business if you will. If you do the school will bé sawed if you do not it will be lost. It wak‘one of the most largely at- tended meetings 'we have ever seen in this town, and as good-natured as it Was large. The towu ball, over which there has been so much talk 1 and so much feeling, did not even i show its head; no one wanted a town ; hall, no matter about the cost. The l whole matter was “postponed indef- initely.” The town hall lot lies for future decision and the town board of auditors, with the assessor and collector, are to divide voting pre- cinct No. 1 into two precincts; that 'is.rtell the county heard how we want it divided. The meeting de‘ veloped lots of fun. Judge Peter F. Dooley, the chairman, said he was a “little green”- no pun intend- ed on the Emerald Isle - but he was good-natured. He will get used to it as the years go by and make a good officer. The beauty of the whole meeting was the good-nature of everybody there. Where we grew up town meeting lasts all day and the people decide on every question ~ --a pure. cq'mplete democracy. 1 i l For mortgage loans on real estate call on D. M. Erskine. Jr.. Cu. TOWN MEETING. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. Four alderman were» present, Messrs. Cushman and Phillips being absent. It was 8:30 when the seek sion begun. A lot of petitions and repofis were présented, among them being wafer pilmpin'g: “we. Total gallons pumped... Dally gallons pumped... Total all used. gallons. . . Daily average. gallons. . . Sold to railroad... .... . Totnl gallons pumped.... .‘ $5,698,277 Dally gallons pumped. . .. . 119.821 Total oll used. gallons. . .. 3,585 Daily average. gallons ................ 15, Soldtorall‘roadnn..... ., 050.000 mange Rice read a'letter from _ ifldimmdgfibqtfi‘. W- Higgine, giving the city a deed of land for a street west of First ave- nue, near Alfred St. Peter's, to the Exmoor club grounds. and a peti-\ tion to have the same lived and a seven foot sidewalk built On the south side of said street, and water mains laid atvonce. This, of oouise, will give a firm. class paved ‘street from St. Johns avenue and Sheridan road to the club grounds. __ Ordin- ances will be prepared to this eflect for next meeting. - City Engineer Bowen. advised the, cleaning of , the 'mth the crossâ€" ings and sundry ”repairs on the Sher- idan road and Central avenue and the samu be rolled. Street and alley committee {made 2; 39:33“ vmy‘rmfina the Imnrownh of the streets on the emit side of the railroad, which 18 published in full elsewhere?“ Messrs. Smoot and Hipwell made 1 vigorous speeches on the general subject; the latter got fired ’up and poured hot shot into the ranks of the aldermen right and left. Mr. SmOot laid dowu a few nuggets Of law oi the. general subject of assessments. The alderman proposed a special assessment on Laurel and Prospect avenues of about 45 cents per foot, j on each side to repair and remaead- am those streets, which provoked disâ€" cussion. When Alderman Obee came to read the bills, no one seemed to care about that; what they wanted to know was what the council would do about macadumizing fifteen or twenty new streets. Be on hindThursday’ even- ing. Affril 2‘2. and gnu will lemf'“ Exfii‘bn ur‘mn NEWS: Why is it that our streets are not being scraped and rolled; at least such of them as are nqt macadam- ized. and possibly some of such as are improved one way or another? What was the scraper bought for. except to he‘used. , Then! are poo~ ple in the city. owners of teams and other per-song who-would be glad of a job. even a'smfiall one. On: Sheav- atiun has been in the past that there is u Mndency to “put 0H” til! the vv..‘~- 1"" .. CITY COUNCIL. commumcmaou. oral»; and i {the 2 claj boil of our streets bewmes so hard that the scraping is not worth half price. Whether this is the fault of the properuofioere, Who are eup- to look .after this matter, or of the condition of the public puma, the writer does not presume‘to know. But rute are, allowed to remain and be filled with water by each little shower, until one scraping cannot accomplish the Work. 1.: from holding so niuch With“, it in- other April shower should come un- bidden. Some streets are ready for the scraper and. roller sooner then others. Begin the work; begin now ,and‘keep a team employed constant 1y for two weeks, if the weather per- mits, and I am certain we 311mm find the results pmving'eetmomioeln-The wear andteer of horse fieeh and Ve- hicles on our streets saved by prompt: er and mere frequent scraping and rolling would compensate the coat twice over. , H. P. Dutwmx. 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