Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-11
City Affairs.

The City Of Marysville has, without DOUBT
better streets than any other California city.
Eighty feet in width, well graded, and with
twelve feet of brick sidewalks on either side,
we should know of no such thing as mud be
low Seventh street, were it not that our sew
eraee is deficient The B street Sewer is tru.
" fine work, and our City Fathers did well
when they commenced it. The probability
is that it will necessarily be left in an un-
finished state by the present Council, and to
the incoming Council must we look for its
completion, and also for a similar one on d
street. We learn from Alderman Stokes
who was Street Commissioner in 1885, and
who is now an exceedingly useful member of
the Board of Aldermen, that there win pro-
badly be no difficulty this year in carrying
out thesplan for sewerage, in the city, which
was originated several years ago by our eff
cient City Surveyor, Nelson Wescoat, Esq,
and adopted by the City Council. That plan
is as follows: In grading b. c, d and L sts.,
the main thoroughfares of the city, B and d
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grade of C and street. Brick sewers to be
constructed the length of B and d. and to
furnish drainage for c and Z. Small sewers
from 4 street and the East side Of C street to
the B street sewer will effect complete
drainage Of all water which can accumulate
in that direction, and if similer brick sewer
is constructed, as Mr.. Stokes proposes, in D
street, it will drain d and E streets, and the
West side of c street, by the assistance of
small sewers from those streets to the main
sewer AT present every rain deposits large
amounts of water in our almost level streets.
The incessant travel cuts up the roads, and
the consequence is that our best streets are
constantly thrown out of repair, and some
times made next to impossible. We regard
the matter of carrying out the proposed plan
of sew erage for the city as measure of vital
Importance, and one which we are assured
will be favored by the gentlemen who are
likely to compose the next Council
A general feeling prevails, We believe, a
ihouS VIC ptOpSAbJ hOluSlo VI MAI oNliiC III
favor of such an amendment Of our Charter
as will devolye the expense of keeping the
streets in repair, latter they have been once
graded, and sidewalks have been constructed)
npon the general treasury of the city. AS
our present Charter stands, property holders
have not only to grade and gravel the streets,
and construct brick sidewalks in front of
their lots, but they are also required to keep
the same in repair. There are instances in
town, where the grading, gravelling and con-
structing sidewalks has cost owners of prop
erty more money than the lots cost, in front
of which the improvements were made. 1t
seems to us that such a such a special tax
ought to be enough, without requiring an
additional one for future and continual re-
pairs. The community generally is benefit
ed by having the streets kept in order, and
no good citizen can object to contributing his
share to so desirable an end There may be
arguments against general taxation for re-
pairing streets which we have not heard, but |
we cannot see any good reason why the city |
ought not to keep the streets passabe and |
clean.