Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
July 6, 1929
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
An editorial in Prince Rupert News responds to a local protest against noise by embracing it as a vital sign of urban growth and activity, rejecting quietness as stagnation, and calling for more construction, traffic, and development sounds on Kaien Island.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Noise.
(Prince Rupert News.)
A protest against too much noise in Prince Rupert is noted in the local press. An encouraging, a heartening sign! Let the clamor continue and grow in volume.
If there is to be a city, and not a second cemetery on Kaien Island, there must be noise-and then some. There are occasions when quietness is necessary; but they belong in another category.
Oh for more vessels whistling in the bay, for the movement of more people along the streets, for the clatter and clang of traffic for the hammering and pounding that tells of more business blocks and homes, for the staccato voice of the riveter. for the roar of blasting between here and Terrace, and for the honking of cars moving this way along the river road from the great outside.
The last thing Prince Rupert wants its quietness. There has been altogether too much silence. Stillness means stagnation. The reverse means action. Come on with your noise, and the more the merrier. Let us be alive while we are living.
For when we are dead, we will stay dead a long time.
(Prince Rupert News.)
A protest against too much noise in Prince Rupert is noted in the local press. An encouraging, a heartening sign! Let the clamor continue and grow in volume.
If there is to be a city, and not a second cemetery on Kaien Island, there must be noise-and then some. There are occasions when quietness is necessary; but they belong in another category.
Oh for more vessels whistling in the bay, for the movement of more people along the streets, for the clatter and clang of traffic for the hammering and pounding that tells of more business blocks and homes, for the staccato voice of the riveter. for the roar of blasting between here and Terrace, and for the honking of cars moving this way along the river road from the great outside.
The last thing Prince Rupert wants its quietness. There has been altogether too much silence. Stillness means stagnation. The reverse means action. Come on with your noise, and the more the merrier. Let us be alive while we are living.
For when we are dead, we will stay dead a long time.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Prince Rupert
Noise
Urban Growth
Stagnation
Development
Construction
Traffic
What entities or persons were involved?
Prince Rupert
Kaien Island
Terrace
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Embracing Noise As Sign Of Progress In Prince Rupert
Stance / Tone
Enthusiastic Pro Noise And Development
Key Figures
Prince Rupert
Kaien Island
Terrace
Key Arguments
Noise Indicates City Growth And Vitality
Quietness Leads To Stagnation Like A Cemetery
Desire For More Vessels, Traffic, Construction, And Blasting Sounds
Silence Has Been Too Prevalent; Action Requires Clamor
Be Alive With Noise While Living