Bill Caldwell: Mwenje wemigwagwa wakashandurwa dhorobha reJoplin

Mbudzi 03– Mbudzi 3–Zviri nyore kukoshesa magetsi. Chiedza chiri kwese kwese. Kune marudzi ese emagetsi emwenje aripo nhasi - zvekuti pane kutaura kwekusvibiswa kwechiedza kunovharira nyeredzi.

Zvakanga zvisina kudaro pakutanga kwezana remakore rapfuura. Kuiswa kwemagetsi kweguta chaive chiitiko chakakosha icho Joplin's boosters aidada nekuzivisa.

Munyori wenhoroondo Joel Livingston akanyora sumo yebhuku rekutanga rekusimudzira paJoplin muna 1902, "Joplin, Missouri: Guta Rakavakwa naJack." Akapedza mapeji matanhatu achitsanangura nhoroondo yeJoplin uye akawanda hunhu. Nekudaro, hapana kana izwi rakataurwa maererano nekuiswa kwemagetsi kana magetsi ekanzuru. Migodhi, njanji, mabhizimusi ekutengesa nekutengesa akatsanangurwa nekungotaurwa kumwe chete kwekurongwa kwegasi rechisikigo kubatana.

Mumakore gumi apfuura, mamiriro ezvinhu akanga achinja zvikuru. Guta rakawana pombi yakarongwa yegasi. Zvivako zvakaita seFederal Building paThird neJoplin zvakange zvakagadzirirwa gasi nemarambi emagetsi. Guta rakanga riine maraiti akati wandei egasi aipihwa neveJoplin Gas Co.

Yekutanga mwenje chirimwa chaive pakati pechina neFifth migwagwa neJoplin neWall avenues. Yakavakwa muna 1887. Magetsi gumi nemaviri akaiswa mumakona emigwagwa. Yekutanga yakaiswa pakona yeFourth and Main streets. Yakagamuchirwa zvakanaka, uye kambani yakawana kondirakiti yokuisa maraiti mudhorobha. Simba rakawedzerwa kubva pachirimwa chidiki chemagetsi chemvura paGrand Falls paShoal Creek chakavambwa naJohn Sergeant naEliot Moffet gore ra1890 risati rasvika.

Kuvheneka kweArc kwakatsigirwa nezvirevo zvekuti "mwenje wega wega wemagetsi wakanaka semupurisa." Kunyange zvazvo kutaura kwakadaro kwakanyanyisa, munyori Ernest Freeberg akacherekedza mu“Zera raEdison” kuti “sezvo chiedza chakasimba zvikuru chakava chinobvira zvikuru, (iyo) chakava nomuuyo mumwe chetewo pamhashu sezvazvinoita pamapete, kwete kuabvisa asi kungoasundira mukati. kumativi ane rima eguta. Maraiti akatanga kuiswa pakona yemugwagwa mumwe chete pablock. Pakati pemablocks paive nerima chairo. Vakadzi vasina kuperekedzwa vaisatenga husiku.

Mabhizinesi aiwanzova nemafafitera ezvitoro ane chiedza chakajeka kana macanopi. Iyo Ideal Theatre paSixth uye Main yaive nemutsara wemarambi epasi pane canopy yayo, yaive yakafanana. Yakava chiratidzo chechimiro kuva nemwenje mumahwindo, paawnings, pamwe chete nemakona ezvivakwa uye pamatenga edzimba. Chikwangwani chakajeka chekuti "Newman's" chiri pamusoro pechitoro chedhipatimendi chaipenya zvakajeka manheru ega ega.

Muna Kurume 1899, guta rakavhota kubvumidza $30,000 mumabhondi kuti ive yavo uye ishande yaro yemagetsi magetsi. Nevhoti ye813-222, chikumbiro chakapfuura nevakawanda kupfuura zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvinodikanwa.

Kondirakiti yeguta neSouthwestern Power Co yaifanira kupera muna Chivabvu 1. Vakuru vakuru vaitarisira kuva negwenya raizoshanda zuva iroro risati rasvika. Yakabvumikisa kuva tariro isingaitiki.

Nzvimbo yakasarudzwa muna Chikumi paBroadway pakati peDivision neRailroad avenues kumabvazuva kweJoplin. Mijenya yakatengwa kubva kuSouthwest Missouri Railroad. Imba yekare yemagetsi yekambani yemotokari yakave iyo nyowani yemagetsi yemagetsi.

Muna Kukadzi 1900, injiniya wekuvaka James Price akakanda switch kuti abatidze marambi zana muguta rese. Maraiti akabatidzwa “pasina chinonetsa,” Globe yakashuma kudaro. "Zvese zvinonongedza kuti Joplin iropafadzwe nemagetsi ayo ayo guta rinogona kuzvirumbidza nawo."

Kwemakore gumi nemanomwe akatevera, guta rakawedzera mwenje wemwenje sezvo kudiwa kwekuwedzera kwemwenje yemumugwagwa kwakawedzera. Vavhoti vakabvumidza imwe $30,000 mumabhondi muna Nyamavhuvhu 1904 kuti vawedzere chirimwa ichi kuti vape vatengi vekutengesa simba mukuwedzera kumwenje wemumugwagwa.

Kubva pazviedza zvearc zana muna 1900, nhamba yakawedzera kusvika pa268 muna 1910. Mwenje ye“White way” arc akaiswa kubva kuFirst to 26th street paMain, uye pamwe neVirginia nePennsylvania avenues anoenderana neMain. Chitwood neVilla Heights ndidzo nzvimbo dzakatevera kugamuchira marambi emumigwagwa makumi matatu muna 1910.

Zvichakadaro, Southwestern Power Co. yakabatanidzwa nemamwe makambani emagetsi pasi peHenry Doherty Co. kuti ive Empire District Electric Co. muna 1909. Yakashanda matunhu emigodhi nenharaunda, kunyange Joplin yakachengetedza chiedza chayo chechiedza. Zvisinei hazvo, mukati memwaka wekutenga weKisimusi wemakore Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, varidzi vemabhizinesi vari pedyo neMain Street vaizoita chibvumirano neEmpire kuti vaise mwenje wekuwedzera kuitira kuti dunhu redhorobha riwedzere kukoka kune vatengesi vemanheru.

Empire yakanga yaita zvisungo zvokubvumira magetsi emuguta, asi izvozvo zvakarambwa nevakuru vakuru veguta. Sitimu yeguta racho yakanga isiri kusakara zvakanaka. Mukutanga kwa1917, michina yakaparara, uye guta rakaderedzwa kuva simba rekutenga kubva kuEmpire uku kugadziridzwa kwakaitwa.

Komisheni yeguta yakapa zvisungo zviviri kune vavhoti: imwe yemadhora mazana maviri nemakumi maviri neshanu mumabhondi echirimwa chitsva chemwenje, uye imwe ichitsvaga mvumo yekutora simba kubva kuEmpire yekuvhenekesa guta. Vavhoti muna Chikumi vakaramba zvirevo zvese izvi.

Zvisinei, hondo payakatanga muna 1917, chiedza cheJoplin chakaongororwa neFuel Administration, iyo yaitonga mafuta uye kushandiswa kwemagetsi. Yakatonga chirimwa cheguta ichipambadza mafuta uye yakakurudzira guta kuvhara gwenya kwenguva yehondo. Ikoko kwakanzwika kufa kwefekitari yemanisiparati.

Guta racho rakabvuma kumisa gwenya racho, uye pana Sept. 21, 1918, rakaita kondirakiti yekutenga simba kubva kuEmpire. Komisheni yeguta revashandi veguta yakataura kuti yakachengetedza $25,000 pagore nechibvumirano chitsva.

Bill Caldwell ndiye muraibhurari akarega basa kuThe Joplin Globe. Kana uine mubvunzo waungada kuti atsvage, tumira email ku [email protected] kana kusiya meseji pa417-627-7261.


Nguva yekutumira: Nov-05-2019
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