, 1881-02-10
STREET IMPROVEMENTS,
The Bill for Relieving Property
Owners from Assessments,
After They Have Paid for Permanent
Pavement.
Interesting Interviews with Mayor liar.
rls0n and Commissioner Wujtcr,

y l|sl Is pending In the State 1H9tslnt1,rt. onk-
Ing 10 tho relGn@n nf I'reperty~owl,rrs From ny
k''HstHeiIsa Tor street improvements after thry
s'l'sll hnvc pafd for "rrrIna'nnt" pavement.
"Sy views I'm tho sufjcct," sak! snyor Har-
riaon to THInu:;E rrI,Ustnr. "nrc t.,csc: Tho
Kfeht aflel'lty IN hn,lhK 0ur strress urrnnnc,lt-
~ tuprost;d urfses frotn tho fant TINT Il lrr9e
nsft''berof MIR people hol.1 property for tho
purpose NJ speculation iiuro tau fnr invest
'ntt' Tho consequence is tAat the MIN of many
tan'-eatate owiers Is Ut 70 inuclI
10 rel permanent pavement as
ono that will took well and 'ast IL few
years. hoping to sell tho property LegHrc tho
/ pavement wears out II It wcra pcssit,Ir 10
nuke an nFrcctisnnt with them That If tlIry put
uow't Il '1iht-GlnAs pavement the cty wi)tf keep
tn rcpa!r and rnncw It whon necessary, they
might lie inslucal tn ,nako s.,c!t Improvement,
si'Ica t!oy would thereby cacnpc future nssess-
Inonfs nnd costs. We require better pavctne,ts.
Every ring connected With city nlInlrs has been
broken up except inc. T.Ht ono IL thu, wos,lcn-
block ring, which operates tspon tic pcorie and
not upon tho Administration. 1t r!ttses prop
crty.uwfers TO petition tho Council for wtt1Ien-
block iavcnlcnta4 md tn object: tu MI others.
Tho result fs tliut 1t IA almost Impossible
To Rct my pavement which this ring Is opposed
10. IIy tho hErec!ncnt suggest, VIC can Ect
tho rropcrty-ownuss lo look ut t,crt,ane1,ry n,,d
not Ut l11!sne'llatp tTert nnd tnkp them ont Of
tho clutches Of tho wtUssea-b block ring"
'l)o yni favor tho bill III It's prcsctlt shapo?'
- hAfctE'ti examined 1t critically. sty In
rrcSslun fs tlat the bill says 'ta,rnuient pave
ncnt.' That wou1d leave It for tho Council To
eny
WHAT WAS PERMANENT.
sotnc ob}nct IN this ,ecau.c lf. rolling would ,,c
promoted. T1sso who sryn ths objection cu1l-
tend that tho character Of pavement inennt by
'pcrlHancnt' should be specified. 10 my
mind the objection Is nut valit Tho Council or
1T Is : A.
ts It, ct,st1lrtIv fn,i,ry,v, r., ,l,n s,ot,,, -,
Aldcro. a,,i ,,,.t !. .,,,,,t S "r, y, :"
tho counc with this discretion. il thcrr " ,,s Il
M1nlsnH Es. ~ VIC i!l tnnt ht'he beks Hl,nall IT,.
Gssta a.s W. wo,'i Il r. St mti i;n ..t,y Improve"
papamcnts n y IN til1susn1 n1e. New develop.
Or twt, ~ ,n.,.: ~, "Ss' t., % IN. w'.n,f' stsr
future. Therefore, /, restrictio1i to stcnr bncts
or.I, Or anyth,x se wq1 c I.ls g
"h1jd ,t ;i,,, ~ i!'o 1' ~ as to Mayor
.Tl,"rn r,t,sht IL. ~, ~ n,roni,nn: ,r .,.. ,,
stlll tliik lie Cnuncli .l .iy ieiaI. ia n"t s k,,i
S sdy aaa asa @ aTssT sr nat xs a*ensas 2r
crs 11at ~ "ynn" ~, s,,!;cc, tenn,esty iIs, o%
mre IN tho % 'n,inr1, .aG s"o}sc. mn tne saa,g
lrd, u wsrS sr; sail t. lo sha Is
y nut dow, ias t,ya,,, vrs ~ bn1e
30 1t o1.co ''''' '"''' '''''e''7' 'n't0 "o'''"
AWAKENED IN THEM ArEAi:
,sy lSs. the ,s7i,, pnSement St oa % not s' .at y a
nsnt ravcr1,s.,. rio Gest way for nc 10 juIuc
G. g, Tai T. 'G ooH M"ySTs 4 Mnf i9 ri iai@rS 5 %s
a'!w s,'c'1 y u le1orn tho Lcglsatnre. plss m
with lmrtcar kid Of nyu,lleilt. uni pruvltt-
sliM,, tS reies.d fun i,it1re us.c.a',rts ;ef
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