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Editorial
October 15, 1854
The Weekly Comet
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes ragged, dangerous fences on long-vacant city lots that endanger pedestrians, urges street committee action to enforce safer designs, and calls for assessors to raise taxes on such properties to promote development.
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Fence Architecture.
We notice many different styles in the public thoroughfares of this city. Many of them surpassing anything in the fence line, ever dreamed of by our ancestors. A great many vacant lots--lots that have been vacant, the past half century (mainly because they are not taxed high enough), stand with their ragged pickets projecting on the side walk, to the terror of night walkers: and certainly this is a matter for the street committee's cognizance. The owners of such, are mostly men who hold policies on their lives, for a thousand years, and they are waiting for property to rise; but in the meantime the corporation should compel them to adopt a less dangerous style of "fence architecture," and the assessors should put up such property to somewhere near the limit of the owner's cash valuation.
We notice many different styles in the public thoroughfares of this city. Many of them surpassing anything in the fence line, ever dreamed of by our ancestors. A great many vacant lots--lots that have been vacant, the past half century (mainly because they are not taxed high enough), stand with their ragged pickets projecting on the side walk, to the terror of night walkers: and certainly this is a matter for the street committee's cognizance. The owners of such, are mostly men who hold policies on their lives, for a thousand years, and they are waiting for property to rise; but in the meantime the corporation should compel them to adopt a less dangerous style of "fence architecture," and the assessors should put up such property to somewhere near the limit of the owner's cash valuation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Taxation
What keywords are associated?
Fence Architecture
Vacant Lots
Street Safety
Property Owners
Urban Taxation
What entities or persons were involved?
Street Committee
Corporation
Assessors
Property Owners
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Dangerous Fence Architecture On Vacant Lots
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Property Owners And Calling For Municipal Intervention
Key Figures
Street Committee
Corporation
Assessors
Property Owners
Key Arguments
Many Vacant Lots Have Ragged Pickets Projecting Onto Sidewalks, Endangering Night Walkers
Owners Hold Properties Long Term Waiting For Value Rise
Corporation Should Compel Safer Fence Styles
Assessors Should Increase Taxation On Such Properties To Near Owners' Cash Valuation