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It is eminently proper that the. citi2eue of Highland Park should carefully consider the best means and methods .of preserving these streets which property owners are taxing themselves so heavily to im- prove. One of the first problems to discuss Is that of the relative width of traffic tires Is the wide tire" or the narrow tue best on improved streets? Again granting that one is better than the other for the im- The same principle applies to most thinge‘ in the world and espe- cially does it apply} to improved streets. As soon as they are improv- ed they begin to need repair and they should haVe it at the expense of general taxes. D A certain doctor of divinity once? wrote, ‘ “As soon as we begin to live, we all begin to die." have been' m some previous instancos, that the street after being improved will immediatley begin. to dotoriorato and wear out. the employer may. sufler even more, and this is especially true if his prop- erty happens to be loaded yith debt. The shrinkage during 0 panic does not diminish the amount of indebted- ness and therefore doubly diminishes the_chanoe of borrowing money; but now that business is picking up, the property owners or men in business will doubtless be willing and more than willing to tax‘ themselves to se- cure better streets and roads. The people along Port Clinton avenue have authorized through our council an assessment of some 535,000 to improve their street. But this is only the beginning and we trust it will not be forgotten, as it seems to still gropter upon oinployen tbim employee. In our natural sympathy for IIbOI‘, we often times forget that During‘fln lat hall down you: the elect a! the financial punio has been to make it motion", impossi- Lle for property ownom to pay for costly i-ptonment of streets. While the he} of basis.- has made it very bud for hinting men. not unlrequently the chain has been ROADS. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS 31m SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER l have been “noticing the larticlet in your paper on roads, streets, etc?” Ihnve made name calculations in Emma or les- Lmu: The distance from the limestone quarry at Split Rock totbe reduction works 1n Geddes is about four and one half miles. This road' 1s made in the following -:manner Rough refuse from the quarry and also to some extent field alone were broken into pieces, two or three inches in size and spread over the road. ‘ This layer was covered with unsiited quar ry chips and a crown given to the roadway of about six inches in a width of 16 feet. Wagons for haul- ing the stone were made with wide ,tires‘ and with axles of dilferent lengths. The front tires were four inches wide and the distance between centers of front wheels four feet five inches. The rear wheels had tires six inches wide and the distance be- tween centers of rear wheels five feet eight inches. .The result, of course, was that the hind wheels did not follow in the track made by the front wheels. Constant use of these wagons has produced a smooth and compact surface throughout the whole length of the road. Opinions before the trial varied as to what would be the probale result, but it proved eminently in favor of the new method. Loads of stone of from four to eight tons‘ weight con- stantly hauled over the road have produced no perceptible wear, and the cost of hauling has been greatly reduced. Ln u . ' n “f value. . ,_ ln Ihv- (in m llxln‘we WI" 0i“ «I. experiment It “as made in Onon- daga county. \ew York, Iona Ii: or eight years ago. * - proved stunt. will the name M odnfiugo apply In use at the oil- inprondacmu Again. was I.» ll. lesser traction, (ICE 0...! words, which is must favorlblo ’0" the mu: r~ \\ ll' L‘Rllll their livelihood ll} th- ,1 ' " U‘lw wagons? u hear I?“ . have invoc- mI have my i can give In nf the Nm Best of shoe repairing at reason- able prices at Blomdahl’s. “The Cambine” ‘had an aiticle in 3.5,?“ last week's Waulmgan organ on the filter bnmineee. "filtered” out of the Scientific American. Why not print some of the aphoriems from Poor Richard’e old Almanac; they would be just about“ pertinent. The fact is the people of this city know whether they wanxa filter or not and we think they ill let our little political machine know about it too when they can get to the polls. Be‘caréful of the séed you sow. Geo B. Cummings hasaeupply of. "Perpetual Green" laWn seed com ing thitweek, the same brand he has handled for several,“ years. ' 20cm. a pound, $2.75 a bushel. - I' make this propositinn for the purpose of experimenting. I will not ask foi- nor do I care to take any of the central streets of the city. On the other hand I do not propose to take some far outlying street which has little or no travel. , on the diflereuqe between me dollar per foot ahd five dol- lure per foot," which is about the «ve- rage 'coat of a fairly good ma‘cadam street. I should liheto trjliOO or fill) feet as a test. I think I can make a. street improvement for about one dollar I lineer 'oot, 50 cents on each side (perhaps for lees) some what alter the plan of mlcadam. . I will agree to keep the streets in 300d con- dition for five years. both the origi- tal coat and the yelrly repeir being at my personal expense. I am satin- fied that I can keep up the repairs for less that 4 per cent of the interest I shall be glad to get their cannot totry an upbrimont somewhat .- long the line of the Nico-Lmn' s suggestions. I am disposed to be lieve that In the main your articles Impound perhaps not in some do tails. the matter and have reachnd the con- clusion that wheoowr than u I coun- cil tho majority of who» member- will spend a little less time in per sonal bickering and imtud will re- oogniu a little more seriously the right: of the people who pay taxes,