Telegram-herald., 1891-07-31
FISHER KICK
High Enough TO Bring Down the
Coveted Plum.
SAVES The LAWN BEFORE his HONE
Another Successful Kick From Logan
Street.-The Kelly aad Clemens FAM.
lies We're Not lI lI-Bsrry's
bright Rsd Painting.

IN the council committee chambers
isst Right there was glow OF activity
among those present. The committees
on parks and streets held a joint meet
ing and an animated discussion was In
dulged in, relative To the opening OF
Prospect-st south of Cherry-st, 10 Fos-
ter Park. A petition was before them
praying that such an improvement be
considered, as II was public neces-
sity. No sooner had the advisablllty OF
this begun 10 fcrcibly present itself
10 the aldermen, than 4. b. Fisher
came capterlng 10 the front as the
chief circulstor of remonstrance,
signed by the Rood estate, the Morley
estate, Samuel Sears, the Hatch estate,
and several others. against q street
fifty feet wide being put through, Mr..
Fisher protesting that 70 grant the re-
quest of the petitioners would prove
calamity and frustrate the long laid
plans of hls wife, VINO looked forward
to the time when beautiful lawn
would adorn the land to be used IN
front of Mr.. Fishers residence.
MIR. Fisher had the major portion
of the signers of the petition on his re-
monst:ance and also liberal and
practical suggestion TO make which. II
adopted, would give ample room ior
passage way into the park for Carriages
and at the same time preserve the space
for lawn. On tehalf of the property
owners in the vicinity he made an offer
10 pay for one half of the cost of paving
passageway twenty-five feet WIDE
with asphalt. By the petition twenty
five feet now belonging to the city and
twenty-five feet belonging to the prop
erty owners would have been taken,
but now the city's ground is all that
will be used, and Mr.. Fisher showed
that that much would be amply sutiici-
cient. The JOINT committee thought
favorably of the project and contract
will be drawn up and signed iI which
the property owners agree to pay one
half the cost of such improvement.
The strip of land in question isvalued
at $1,000
The park committee broke away
from the committee on streets, and
then two Germans from Logan street
were ushered into the presence Of the
latter committee. A petition had been
presented by minority of the prop
erty owners on the last named
thoroughfare, to have it improved with
sewers, ETC., from South Union to Full
Ter, but the two Germans represented q
much larger contingent OH the street,
who felt As if they could not stand the
improvement until next year unless
they were allowed to pay for il on the
installment plan. As the majority in
such matters always decides the fate OF
any contemplated Improvement, the
question OF grading, gravellng and put
ting in sewers will be indefinitely post.
poned.
The funniest joke of the season, so
thought the committee on streets, was
popped when a petition, signed by two
separate familles-Kelly and Clemens
living on South Ionia-st., WAS read,
asking that instead of South Ionia-st.
being paved with asphalt, the Hallwood
| block be substituted. In accordance
| with the wishes of a majority OF the
property owners living on South lonla-
ST.. between Fulton and Oak-sts., the
common council ordained that she
street within these limits should be
paved with asphalt. Now comes the
| Kelly and Clemens famlles, each living
outside of the prescribed territory, ask
| ing that the Hallwood block be used
instead of asphalt. The committee did
not consider their prayer as they were
"not in It."
w. J. Berry, of the Bell Telephone
| Company, was skating around the
| rooms, hobnubbing With the commit
teemen and painting in bright red col
ors a project to place tneir wires under
| ground on some other street besides
West Bridge-st. The real object IN
| changing the route was not ascertaineG,
but plan to bring about such a result
will probably I've presented ut the next
meeting OF the council.