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II:»»itifIti*t4itIDor»Ilato»’aforofTmu TKUW»JirH would have boon willing to wager a oaw hat, previous to yesterday, that tho worat P‘*o© of deoayed and decaying sidewalk in Alton oould ba found on Biith street, batwaaa Piaaa and Alby atroola. Wa admit that this is quite a strong assertion, bat oar confidence was unshaken in the statement until an examination bad bean mads of «a piaos on Bute • treat, beginning at Bluff street and running north on tba aasl IMS ef tha St ' • I bis apedi.-et «|* wooden melk teirtf kaklt;m c*»k«and the whole bakery for general w jrthlef sness, except as a trap fortt*«* un* af y f«tl of tina* •quainted with the locality. Tha walk eon ista of broken boards, holes where boards bad ones bean, of pteoee of planks net lad croaawlaa on which to trip and fall, ate. The contract for putting down a naw walk on Sixth street, on Market mr-mt, W Aiby street, and various other streets,was let a month ago to A. Wsgeosr,but that worthy got scare i ami LhreWup his contract because avaryona did not wait on bis leisurely and easy going business habits. If they bad waited for him possibly ba might bays completed tha contract somalime before tha beginning of *HbioiettmiUrpr0.tolufain*1blt;itUSIUsidhnt1cli!century
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Nov 07, 1893
Page 5
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Cathy B.
IL, USA 24 Mar 2021
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