The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17
PAVING MAIN STREET
What the Business Men Have to
Say on the Subject.
SPLITTING UP THE BLOCKS.
j. E. Dooly Strikes the Nail on the Head by
Saying That is Question That
Concerns the Owners.

Saying That is Question That
Concerns the Owners.
The most important question of public
improvements that concerns the people of
this city at the present time is the pave
nent of Main street To get at the opinion
| of the business men, HERALD reporter
called on number of merchants, bankers,
capitalists, real estate dealers and others.
A speculative question, and one upon
which there are great mahy. adverse
views, is that of the practicability Of the
city dividing up the blocks in the old part
OF the city by laying out new streets The
interview with j. e. Dooly seems to strike
the nail on the head clearly and with good
effect In reason at is question: he
says, that concerns the blocks separately.
Our presentlaw provides for the assessment
OF benefits as well as damages. Hence 1t
is question that concerns the owners of
the respective blocks"
In regard to the paving Of Main street,
there is no dissension, but as to the policy
| OF paving 1t this fall there are some good
reasons given and among these those put
forth by f. Auerbach as property owner
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of the expense, and that of City Engineer
Doremus on the practical grounds, are es-
peciaily valuable and interesting.
G. E. Wantland-1 think that if the city
council and the people individually would
devote the same energy to paving Main
street that they do to the split-bloclS
i scheme we would get along much better.
Dividing the blocks will be a hard thing to
accomplish, and we will have to get at it
gradually. Unless Main street is paved
this fail we will be stuck in the mud this
winter as we were last winter, and it will
hurt.
Harvey Hardy-Think il Is good thing
and ought to be done Immediately, before
mud comes Splitting blocks would add TO
the value of this city in wealth 25 per cent.
| B. B. Bitner-Paving Main street is
good idea and it ought to be done. Dividing
the blocks will cut me, but am in favor
of it.
Lipman, Wallerstein g. Co.-Our senti-
ments are that it should be done as early as
practicable. We would prefer the Belgian
blocks for the center and slabs for the
walks We think it is very good idea to
divide the books.
Sam LEVY would prefer paving other
streets that need it worse. Take Third
South near the Metropolitan hotel. It's a
sea OF ice in the winter. 1t is not more than
right that Main street should also be paved
1t would give US a metropolitan air and add
to the value of the property. lam ready to
st and my share of taxes for any improve
m emit In regard to dividing blocks, don't
t hink 1t would hurt, as there is nothing but
waste land in thecenter of these big blocks
While it would be great expense, it would
add to the value of property. Look at Den
Yer. 1t was the same as Salt Lake until
they split the blocks.
R. A. Keyes, of George M. Scott g. Co.
We are in for it, and it is a shame that it
wasn't paved long ago. | am a good deal
| like Horace Greeley: The only way to re
sumo is to resumeeithe only way to pave is
| to pave. There is no reason why it should
not be done. There is village inside of
each block, and they ought to be opened
up This town has got past the village
period.
u.
1t would be all right to split the blocks.
They can't do either too soon to suit me.
ID. Spencer-Isee Main street needs it
bad enough l would like to see it done.
Outside of the very heart of the business
partI am in favor of splitting the blocks.
| do not see how it could be done consist
emily on Main street. 1t will be only
Inn apti Of ina ,hx.y lla
Dieter, johnson & Co.-You bet that is
what we want; Main street ought to be
paved. We think it Isl just what we want,
to divide these blocks. We think it can be
| done.
H. f. Ball don't think the street
should be paved until all the pipes are laid
in it,
George e. Yeadon, of Yeadon & Heath
You're right we want the folks to get
across the street without muddying their
feet.
S. Auerbach-I..am not very strong on it
just Immediately; there are good many
taxes going on. There are sewer connec-
lions and other expenses going en- that
take money. Under the circumstances [
think we can afford to wait a little. We
have sewers and sewer CONNECTIONS and
should approach it gradually. OF course,
1t is necessary and must come soon.=@I am
in favor o1sali these things, but not every
thing at once. AL our sewer pipe is not
IN. There ought to be soii1e.Nay Of nut
ting in the pipes without disturbing the
top i am an advocate of paving but not of
doing it all in Que year IL Will be experl-
sive and that matter ought to be looked up
AS to dividing the blocks you have caught
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Frank Knox, president of the National
Bank of the Republic, desired to be excused
from expressing an opinion, as he claimed
that the people who had been here longer
knew the needs of the city better than he
did.
Hogle Bros. Want it paved. We don't
care how muen they cut them up. Moe
pieces the better.
]. E. Dooly sao the street should be
paved after l2-inch main was laid, and
after the necessary gas and sewer connec-
| tions were in. He knew of no material in
this section that would bear the traffic un-
less it be stone block. As to opening
streets it is question that concerns the
blocks separately. Our present law pro-
vides for the assessment of benefits as well
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