A few articles in the July 4, 1902 edition of the Ridgeway Journal may have piqued the interest of the paper’s readers. The paper reported that a new set of hitch racks had been installed just north of Grinstead & Gee’s store. “The new posts are very heavy and should last a long time. A chain had replaced the old rails to tie to.” The editors suggested that more improvements like this would be a “good thing.”
The paper also reported that the Board of Aldermen had passed two new ordinances. The first was that all residents must pay a tax for each dog on their premises. The tax on male dogs was $1 and the tax on females was $2. Dog owners were required to go to the City Collector to pay the taaxes.
The second ordinance also regarded taxes: “all telephone companies, or all owners of said phone lines, with. in the corporate limits of the said City of Ridgeway, are required to pay a license of $10 per year, and also every telephone pole within the corporation of said City are taxed twelve and one-half cents per year.” Anyone with questions needed to call the mayor and “become familiar with the laws.”.
