Nov. 03– Nov. 3–Ndizosavuta kutengera magetsi mopepuka. Kuwala kuli paliponse. Pali mitundu yonse ya magwero a kuwala omwe alipo lero - kotero kuti pali nkhani za kuipitsa kuwala komwe kumaphimba nyenyezi.
Sizinali choncho kuchiyambi kwa zaka 100 zapitazi. Kuyika magetsi mumzindawu kunali chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomwe olimbikitsa a Joplin adanyadira kulengeza.
Wolemba mbiri Joel Livingston adalemba mawu oyamba a buku loyamba lotsatsira pa Joplin mu 1902, "Joplin, Missouri: Mzinda Umene Jack Anamanga." Anakhala masamba asanu ndi limodzi akufotokoza mbiri ya Joplin ndi makhalidwe ake ambiri. Komabe, palibe mawu omwe adatchulidwa okhudzana ndi magetsi kapena kuyatsa kwamatauni. Migodi, njanji, mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ndi ogulitsa adafotokozedwa mwatsatanetsatane ndi kutchula kumodzi kokha kolinganiza kulumikizidwa kwa gasi.
M’zaka 10 zapitazo, malowo anasintha kwambiri. Mzindawu udapezadi mapaipi a gasi omwe anakonzedwa. Nyumba monga Federal Building yatsopano ku Third ndi Joplin zinali ndi magetsi a gasi ndi magetsi. Mzindawu unali ndi magetsi angapo a gasi omwe amaperekedwa ndi a Joplin Gas Co. Lamplighters ankazungulira usiku uliwonse.
Chomera choyamba chowala chinali pakati pa misewu ya Fourth ndi Fifth ndi Joplin ndi Wall avenues. Inamangidwa mu 1887. Magetsi khumi ndi awiri a arc anayatsidwa m'makona a misewu. Yoyamba inayikidwa pakona ya Fourth and Main streets. Zinalandiridwa bwino, ndipo kampaniyo inapeza kontrakiti yoyatsa magetsi kutawuni. Mphamvu zidawonjezeredwa kuchokera kufakitale yaying'ono yopangira magetsi ku Grand Falls pa Shoal Creek yomwe John Sergeant ndi Eliot Moffet adakhazikitsa 1890 isanachitike.
Kuunikira kwa Arc kudanenedwa kuti "magetsi aliwonse ndi abwino ngati wapolisi." Pamene kuli kwakuti zonena zoterozo zinali zochulukirachulukira, wolemba Ernest Freeberg ananena mu “Nyengo ya Edison” kuti “pamene kuwala kwamphamvu kunayamba kukhala kowonjezereka, (kumene) kunali ndi chiyambukiro chofanana ndi cha apandu monga momwe kumachitira pa mphemvu, osati kuwachotsa koma kungowakankhira iwo mu mphemvu. ngodya zakuda za mzindawo.” Magetsi adayatsidwa koyamba pakona ya msewu umodzi pa block. Pakati pa midadada panali mdima ndithu. Azimayi osaperekezedwa sankagula zinthu usiku.
Mabizinesi nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi mazenera am'sitolo kapena mazenera owala. The Ideal Theater at Sixth and Main inali ndi mzere wa nyali zapadziko lonse padenga lake, zomwe zinali zofanana. Zinakhala chizindikiro chokhala ndi nyali m'mawindo, pamakona, pamakona a nyumba ndi padenga. Chikwangwani chowala cha "Newman's" chomwe chili pamwamba pa sitolo yayikulu chinkawala kwambiri usiku uliwonse.
Mu Marichi 1899, mzindawu udavomera kuti uvomereze ndalama zokwana madola 30,000 kuti zikhale ndi malo awoawo owunikira magetsi. Ndi mavoti a 813-222, pempholi lidadutsa ndi kuchuluka kwa magawo awiri mwa atatu omwe amafunikira.
Mgwirizano wa mzindawu ndi kampani ya Southwestern Power Co. uyenera kutha pa Meyi 1. Akuluakulu a boma akuyembekeza kukhala ndi fakitale yogwira ntchito tsikulo lisanafike. Chinatsimikizira kukhala chiyembekezo chosatheka.
Malo adasankhidwa mu June pa Broadway pakati pa Division ndi Railroad avenues kummawa kwa Joplin. Maere adagulidwa kuchokera ku Southwest Missouri Railroad. Nyumba yamagetsi yakale ya kampani ya streetcar inakhala malo atsopano owunikira magetsi.
Mu February 1900, injiniya womanga James Price adaponya switch kuti ayatse magetsi 100 mumzinda wonse. Magetsi anayatsa “popanda vuto,” inatero nyuzipepala ya Globe. "Chilichonse chikuwonetsa kuti Joplin idadalitsidwa ndi magetsi ake omwe mzindawu ungadzitamandire."
Pazaka 17 zotsatira, mzindawu unakulitsa malo opangira magetsi pamene kufunikira kwa kuyatsa kowonjezereka mumsewu kunakula. Ovota adavomereza $30,000 ina mu ma bond mu Ogasiti 1904 kuti akulitse chomeracho kuti apatse makasitomala amalonda mphamvu kuwonjezera pakuwunikira mumsewu.
Kuchokera ku magetsi a 100 arc mu 1900, chiwerengerocho chinawonjezeka kufika pa 268 mu 1910. Magetsi a "White way" adayikidwa kuchokera mumsewu Woyamba mpaka wa 26 pa Main, ndi m'mphepete mwa Virginia ndi Pennsylvania avenues ofanana ndi Main. Chitwood ndi Villa Heights anali madera otsatira kulandira magetsi atsopano 30 mu 1910.
Panthawiyi, Southwestern Power Co. inaphatikizidwa ndi makampani ena amphamvu pansi pa Henry Doherty Co. kuti akhale Empire District Electric Co. mu 1909. Inatumikira zigawo za migodi ndi madera, ngakhale kuti Joplin inasunga kuwala kwake. Ngakhale zili choncho, panthawi yogula za Khrisimasi zaka nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse isanachitike, eni mabizinesi omwe ali mumsewu wa Main Street adachita mgwirizano ndi Empire kuti akhazikitse zowunikira zowonjezera kuti chigawo chapakati chatawuni chikhale chokopa kwa ogula madzulo.
Ufumu wa Empire unali utapangana nawo mgwirizano woti aziunikira mumsewu, koma akuluakulu a mzindawo anakanidwa. Mitengo ya mzindawo sinakalamba bwino. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 1917, zipangizozi zinawonongeka, ndipo mzindawu unangotsala pang’ono kugula zinthu kuchokera ku Ufumu pamene ankakonza.
Mzindawu udapereka malingaliro awiri kwa ovota: imodzi ya $ 225,000 mu ma bond opangira magetsi atsopano, ndi imodzi yofuna kuvomereza kuti ipange mphamvu kuchokera ku Empire kuti iwunikire mumzinda. Ovota mu June anakana malingaliro onse awiri.
Komabe, nkhondo itayamba mu 1917, chomera chopepuka cha Joplin chidawunikidwa ndi Boma la Mafuta, lomwe limayang'anira kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ndi magetsi. Inalamulira malo opangira mafuta mumzindawo ndipo inalimbikitsa kuti mzindawu utseke nyumbayo panthawi yonse ya nkhondo. Izi zidamveka ngati kufa kwa fakitale yamatauni.
Mzindawu unavomereza kutseka nyumbayo, ndipo pa Sept. 21, 1918, unachita mgwirizano wogula mphamvu ku Empire. Bungwe la Public Utility Commission mumzindawu linanena kuti limapulumutsa $25,000 pachaka ndi mgwirizano watsopano.
Bill Caldwell ndi woyang'anira mabuku wopuma pantchito ku The Joplin Globe. Ngati muli ndi funso lomwe mukufuna kuti alifufuze, tumizani imelo ku [imelo yotetezedwa] kapena siyani uthenga pa 417-627-7261.
Nthawi yotumiza: Nov-05-2019