22 Hattie Plum Williams 
In the matter of streets the city has not set the Russian Ger- ~ 
mans a deserving example; and whatever is praiseworthy here is 
due to the people themselves and not to any municipal aid. Side- 
walk construction in Lincoln is in the hands of the property 
owners; and long, straight stretches of concrete walks in many 
places in the settlements show the results of community action 
among the foreign people. The construction of sidewalks along 
other almost impassable spaces is held up by a few unprogressive 
property owners whom the city might coerce if the people had 
any confidence in their ability to secure action from the officials. 
But the authorities have not done even their plain duty, let alone 
helping the people to do theirs. Viaduct approaches and street 
crossings have been neglected month after month, until some 
teacher or other influential citizen who had to use that highway 
sent in a complaint and got the necessary walks. Ungraded 
streets and undrained pools remain untouched year in and year 
out as mute evidence of careless and neglectful municipal control. 
The two settlements demonstrate the exclusive character of the 
Russian Germans not merely in the fact that they segregate them- 
selves from the rest of the city, but in their distribution within the 
settlements. It will be seen at a glance how largely the people | 
Taste II. Duistripution oF Russtan GERMANS WITHIN NortTH AND SOUTH 
SETTLEMENTS, BY PRINcrIPAL “ CoLoniEs 715 
“‘Colonies’’ Having 50 or More Native Citizens in Lincoln 
| North | South North | South 
BalZzerccsat eon ae eee AO) B08) I USO acocecbosao0ndcc 2 62 
Beidecks ay. camera cua | Gi) BES |) RMR s cc oo oko ease 223 7 
AD Wet oe Dette phe ae erate ee ee easel Murcenleaubercve ae ean seen 90 3 
TE Tre Keo e eth oy Cele ike pa | AM 3asuilleNonka: -yaqeeenn sere 385 133 
HrankerChutote see ee | OQ] SSA Soombbine., sooo soscsoc I I51 
Tl Chet aoe a aa neers | @@g Til aNValltersees etree nn 3 176 
DENT eno tn Rn as Ge aE 7B Gaile Watrenio uncer ee | 7 70 
are grouped in Lincoln according to their native villages, the few 
exceptions to this rule being in nearly all instances cases of in- 
termarriage.*° This local heterogeneity of the settlements is 
15 The term “colony” has been the official name, in Russia, for these 
German villages, and the inhabitants have been known as “ colonists.” - 
16 Incidentally this shows how little intermarriage there has been. 
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