The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-06-25

Grading Main street..
SHASTA, June 30, 1853.
At a meeting of the citlzens of Shasta, held
at the Methodist church Oh the evening Of the
above day, Isaac Roop was called to the chair
aud Mr.. Fletcher appointed Secretary.
MIR. j. NJ. Rhodes stated the object of the
meeting to be to take into consideration plans
Tor grading Main street, Shasta.
Mr.. Fletcher was excused from acting as Sec
rotary, and J. c. Hickey was appointed in his
stead.
ed to survey Main street, aud make a report as
% the cost vf its grading, and report tomorrow.
Mr.. Sprague moved amendment that a
committee OF three OF the property holders d.
fectly interested be appointed to employ MIR.
diIlett, and snperiniend the survey.
The motion as amended carried
Mr.. Rhodes moved that committee of five
be appointed to sec1re the services Of MIR. CHI
lett, aud to receive his report as to the cost OF
grading the street. Not seconded sF
Moved by MIR. Rhodes that two be added TO
the committee i3three. Carried. 5 s1as a
Moved by Mr.. Rhodes that the committee be
appointed by the chair Carried. ass-faf
The following persons were appointed upon
he COMMITTEES: james Loag, A. l.. Downer. J.
VI. Rhodes, r. t. Sprague, and j. &. Doll.
Moved by Mir. Doll that the meeting adjourn
dntil tomorrow evening, AT half past eight
ISAAC ROOF, President.
SHASTA, June 81, 1853
Citizens assembled according to adjournment
on previous evening, and on motion L. Garter
was called 10 tue chair.
The report of Mr.. Gilett was read as follows:
=. REPORT.
Gentlemen I'm conformity with yonr Request
| proceeded to-day 10 make examination
III order 10 ascertain best and most feasible
plan for grading Main street, Shasta, and beg
eave 10 submit lor your consideration The tol-
owing 8a4 sfl3t4sass
The best grade which can be given to the hill,
commencing AT Mr. Loag and running as far as
Mr.. lsaac's store, would be one foot fail TO ten
.eet horizontal measure,s which would involve
about 800 cubic yards excavation. The street
should be stopped from each side toward the md
die with "a descent OF about TWO feet, TO form
conduit for tie water. AT Mr.. lsaacs store
calvert will be necessary Ito feet long by feet
feet area, which, if walled up with squared TIM
Der aud plauked over, will cost about $ll0 90;
from this culvert to Adams & Co.'s office The
street may be made nearly level; another small
culvert will be required between these two
points. From Adams & Co.'s office to Bicking's
blacksmith shop grade OF one foot vertical to
% feet horizontal, may be given to the street.
and for the greater portion OF this distance a
wall of timber about 3 feet high should be built
al. e I IL
ing it slope of to ouiwards, that the tim
bers may be used for steps. Two small culverts
will be required between Isaac's store and the
Shasta Hotel, worth about $50 each, and a larger
one at the alley between the Bowling saloon and
the Shasta House, which will probably cost s $50.
The street should drain into these culverts from
the ditch i'll the center through an aperture cut
in The top.
The following is rough estimate of the ex-
1900 cubic yards excavation at 80 cts per
square, .l-A = $500
Cost of four culverts 440
675 liueal feet hewn timber and laying do 100
1880
Should the citizens not feel disposed to assume
this outlay immediately, il would still be advis-
able, now that the town is in ashes, and new
buildings in process of erection. fiat the iounda
ton of every house should be laid i'll conformity
to this grade or any other that may seem more
desirable i'll order that some uniformity may be
preserved i'll their arrangement. The expense
of adapting each house 10 any regular grade will
be comparatively trfing, and all juttiugs and
jots in the sidewalk will be thereby avoided.
Respectfully. E; G. GILLETTE.
R. T. spragae, j. NJ. Rhodes, j. G. Doll, ct al
committee.
On motion the report was adopted and COM
mittee discharged
j. NJ. Rhodes, Esq, moved that committee
of three be appointed to raise money, by volun-
tary contribution, to defray the expenses of grad
ing. Carried.
The following gentlemen were appointed on
said committee: j. NJ. Rhodes, David Casey
aud Isaac Roop.
David Corsaut. Esq, moved that the commit
tee report on Saturday evening next at p. NJ.
Carried.
On motion of James Loag, Esq, it was deter
termiaed that the committee should lave power
10 apply the money collected in grading, the
street, in accordance with the adopted report of
the surveyor.
On motion the meeting adjourned until Iatur-
day, 25ih inst. at p. VI.
E GARTER, President
An AFFAIR OF doNoK.-Un Saturday morning
last another affair of honor occurred at Marys-
vile, between Col Rust of the California En-
press, and o. r. Stidger of The Herald. The lat
ter, who was the challenged party. selected Mis-