The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
HINTS TO COUNCIL.

The attention of Council and the
chairman of committees is respect
fully invited to the following para
graphs:
At the corner Of Henry street and Sa-
lem avenue the pavement has been cut
off and q ten-foot driveway made side of
the bridge abntment. Stepping stones
have been put in and it is impossible to
keep them in position with to ANS driv-
ing over them every day. Ono of the
stones is now torn I'M.
The board walks running across the
diamond, which were recently ordered
removed by Council, are still there, and
only a portion of the new board walk is
being used. No light has yet been put
up on the diamond, although Council
has ordered the work dono twice. At
night, with the board walk in its
present condition, it makes the four
corners of the diamond very dangerous
for people passing to the southeastern
portion of the city.
What is the matter with the special
bridge committee and why does the
chairman not continue to fill around
the corner of Salem avenue and Ran
dolph ostreet at the abutment of the
Randolph street bridge? The injunc
ton does not prevent the bridge COM
mittee from fixing the street and re-
moving the danger to pedestrians.
The sidewalk on Norfolk avenue, be-
tween Nelson and Holiday streets, is in
wretched condition. In some places
it is ten feet wide, in some places three
feet wide, and on some portions of the
street there IS no sidewalk at all.
MN
The vacant lot on the south side of
Salem avenue, between the Exchange
building and Marshall's Cafe, still re-
mains in q dangerous condition. The
lot is four or five feet below the side
walk, and there is no fence protecting
people from falling down the bank.
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The gutter, on Jefferson street, on
both sides of Salem avenue, are in a
wretched condition, and pools of dirty
water stand there all the time.
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The board walk on Park street be-
tween Salem avenue and Loudon street
should receive attention From APP
pearances the walk is laid with a high
piece of ground in the middle of the
walk, and when anyone walks over it
it rocks like cradle and it is almost
impossible for grown people to keep
their feet on the walk, much less school
children who pass over it daily in going
to and from schools. Yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock little miss received a
very bad fall on this walk, owing to a
of loose board. There are excellent
prospects for the city having $4,000
law suit unless the defect is remedied
MN
On Loudoun street. above Park, there
is water box in the middle of the
street which Is about one foot higher
than the street 1t forms dangerous
impeachment to drivers.
NM
On the south side of Campbell street,
between Park and Grove streets, where
the street has been cut down to grade,
q short flight of wooden steps have
been placed from an embankment to the
middle of the sidewalk. On q dark
night some one is liable to get hurt by
falling over it.
The brick pavement on the south side
OF Salem avenue, between Jefferson and
Nelson streets, is in a bad condition.
In many places bricks have been re-
moved, there are number of hollow
places and on rainy day the sidewalk
is very uncomfortable place.
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On Brooks street. in the Third ward,
the board walk is laid only in places.
Some part Of it has been torn up and
some of it has been rotted away. 1t is
dangerous walking along there on a
dark night.