Dozens of Ladies Wait In Street – 1900
Northsiders Blocked – 1900
Considerable complaint has been heard lately from residents of the north side over the poor light service given them. For the past week the electric light at the Higgins avenue crossing has refused to burn later than 8 o’clock, and the one at the corner of the avenue and North Second street is beginning to exhibit the same symptoms. The railroad crossing has also been blockaded for several nights by long strings of cars which have stood at times for an hour, with dozens of ladies either on one side of the track or the other, waiting for an opportunity to cross, and unless these nuisances are quickly suppressed by the proper authorities, a petition will be presented to the city council at its next meeting, asking that body to look into the matter.
The above notice appeared in The Daily Democrat on December 17, 1900.