Telegram-herald., 1891-12-19
is THIS THING RIGHT
AGAINST TIE UsJrsT rlylrI0y
For Pssiag Msaros street. with Briek-
Ine f4semrst Looked Upon ss VERY
lasiHersss-W " hat lhs ksai Grfsv-
snees Are AAegsa 10 Bs.

The Indignation about the assess
men. roll for the MoBros street pave
meat does not seem TO be on the de-
crease, but % rather increasing in its
proportions The opinions of several
OF the property owners are quoted be-
Iow:
Vim. widdcomb: "Tne English
language 10 inadequate 70 express my
indIgnason-lf all that they tell ms Is
true. II Monument park 10 free from
TAXATION. and We are having 70 pay for il
a. we'll ss for Campau place, say it 10 an
outrage. The Pearl street people an
ioy Campa1 place As muen a. the Mon
roe street people. and snoald pay their
share of IL Aud l understand that
while the street car company own one
third OF the entire width or the street.
they are only assessed one-fourth OF
the cost. There's something wrong
there, then. Pm going TO take tomor-
row afternoon 10 investigate these
things for myself. All l know now u
by hearsay."
nee waisin' On 'Em.
Boyd Pantlind; II meant to 90 to
that meeting lAst night, but couldn't.
There are others that know Tar more
aLoat this matter tnAr DO, and Pm
letting them do the Kicking ~ pres
ent: may come N with BIG kick
myself after while."
Wilder ID. Stevens: "We supposed We
were going 10 pay s2.65 square yard,
which would amount 10 $3.50 per foot
frontage lnstsai. We are called on
for t9.3S II think per foot. The
reason for the discrepancy is that
We didn't take into consideration the
fact that we would have TO pay for the
cross streets. the PARK, and Campau
place. We siroply didn't think about
them. A. for the pavement, It hasn't
been down long enough yet for one to
make any fair statements as To It's dura-
bihty or otherwise The thing object
more seriously to, Is the fact that the
street car company, by the terms OF
their last franchise, are exempted from
laying . concrete base in their part Of
the street. OF course II can not fail to
chow defects sooner than the other
parts OF the street, and il makes bad
work"
IL IL Dead WrosG.
VIM. 7. Hess: "Yes, I've q good deal
% say. The frontage of the Tower
clothing house on Monroe street 10
twenty-nine feet, and their depth on
Pearl street is seventy-four feet. We
come next on Pearl street with front
age of twenty-five feet. But instead of
charging Ms for twenty-nIne feet Of
depth, which would correspond TO .
line drawn straight west from the
Tower Monroe street frontage, they as
sess Us for . hundred feet IN depth,
and il isn't right. Why, il they would
even draw . circle With radius OF 100
.eet from where the east end of the
Tower building begins and assess all
that comes within 1t, II would cut of
quite . little of our assessment, but
they don't see it that way. The pave
mens n . miserable ore anyway"
Kotvls Brothers: "Not oaly is the
assessment altogether too much, but
the pavement Is no good. The quality
of the bricks is poor, and it Won't be
two years before the pavement will be
worthless"
Henry Spring: "I don't understand
how il 10, but know the bills are about
double what the contract called for.
I've been feeling poorly. for two or three
days. and have not made . personal
examination"
Freeman Godfrey: al know there
10 q squsbble about it, but my brother,
Who 10 not here At present. has attended
70 all the business about 1t. I'm going
10 Arizons next week, and I'm going
10 get away from al business for a
while"
No Law 20 Enforce II.
J. c. Wsnham: 'I don't believe
there is any Law that car make us pay
for the monument park frontage, and
for Campsu place, for they properly
belong to the city. The mere fact that
the people have paid before for Cam
pau place, doesn't make il law that
she people shall always pay for 1t. II
II outrageous the way we have been
treated from the beginning OF il. The
brick was forced on Us against our W. |,
and its miserable pavement to look at,
aud very hard for the horses that
traverse IL. Another thing, we VINO
had our own curbing in were told We
would be allowed . rebate on our as-
sessmeut for the pavement (which ln-
cluded the curbingl. But now they
refuse the rebate. The council de-
clare the contractor has been paid his
money, and they don't know any way
to get IL back, and they are in . dread
ful way. Irss mixed-up business, and
one can't tell just nov IL will come out.
About every other man has his own
idea of il. and nine may be different
from al others. But l am indignant
about It,"
-
aunt Waas-a as Fowler.