City of Covington, Kentucky

WALKS ABOUT TOWN.

The Streets.

The men who gave Covington a start were sensible. Streets of proper width, running North and South, East and West, forming perfect squares, were laid out. Alleys, running parallel, intersected the squares.

As additions to the town were made there were frequent departures from the early plan, and for the worse. Many of the later dedicated streets are much too narrow, suggestive of foul air and general untidiness. This was a great mistake. Business will not seek such streets, and no person of good taste would think of putting up a handsome dwelling on any one of these narrow streets. As a consequence abutting land is not so valuable as that on the wider streets.

It is hoped the authorities will se to it that hereafter all streets laid out are of proper width. Considerations of health and the general fitness of things demand this much. Some of the younger people of Covington will live to see 200,000 inhabitants in the city. Let Councilmen bear the fact in mind, and legislate accordingly.

At the south-east corner of Madison and Thirteenth streets what should be the sidewalk is a grass plat enclosed by a fence. Just beyond, on Madison, in front of a business house, a platform, three or four feet high, extends entirely over the sidewalk, and the walk of plank is thrown into the street proper. This has been the case for years. Can anybody tell why these unsightly obstructions are permitted?

Probably the best, most durable, and consequently cheapest street improvement ever made in Covington is the locust block pavement on Madison street. It has been down five or six years, and notwithstanding the heavy travel on the street, is today in good condition.