Would it be well for our Board of Mayor and Aldermen to look after the condition of our streets and make all necessary repairs before the winter is fairly upon us? All of our citizens remember the miserable condition the streets were in last winter, and we can safely say that there is not a person in this place but what desires to see some steps taken to protect pedestrians from a similar unpleasantness. It is the duty of the Board to officially administer to the wants of the community, and they should “take time by the forelock” and make such repairs on the streets as will admit of our citizens walking without wading through mud-holes and jumping gullies from three to six feet wide. The city fathers should wake up to this and prepare for the coming winter.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 24 Nov. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.