Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-28
Assessments and Brick.

At the meeting of Council Tuesday night
the ordinance providing for the assessmen
of the owners of property fronting oI
Main St. to pay for the paving of the stree
was read and adopted.
The entire cost is put at 55,376.52; $40,
357.7s of which is for the crossings and i
assessed to the entire St, the frontage j
S, ,529.5 feet, and 81 cts. is the cost per foot
for crossings
The paving from north end OF paving t
North ST. is 40 feet wide, the entire cost,
peculiar to that section is 500, 96S 81, front
age 4, 4,39175, and cost per foot front s3.ls
plus.
The culverts in that section cost 1896 90
and will cost IA cts. per foot front.
From North to Wayne, the paving is 81
feet wide, the entire cost is ST., ,945.46; the
frontage 3.1l495 and cost per foot $3.s4
plus.
From Wayne to Quarry, the paving Is
40 feet wide. the cost Sc, ,566.45, the front
age 733 feet, and cost 3.23 plus.
From Quarry to the Bridge the street is
| less than 40 feet wide, the cost 81, lTl.l9
frontage 2sS, and cost per foot front $2.1C
plus.
Add the clst for the crossings to the
cost of your section, (plus IA cts. ior
northern section for culyerts) )aud you have
the cost per foot, of your frontage ior
| paving.
The ordinance will be printed in full,
| each property owner will also receive a
| a notice, ard the assessments will be due
in 80 days after Sept. 9th.
The culverts of the northern section
were made separate item, on accent OF
some doubts as to the legality of assessing
| for them. and the parts with in the curbs,
alone were put in. The parts under the
sidewalk will be paid for by the town. and
the property owners on either side of the
big culvert have each paid over $500 each
for the extensions through their properties
The matter of next Importance consided
was the bond of Long e. Doyle.
Solicitor Campbell, by instruction of the
committee had drawn up bond for $4,000
for L. Jefferson st. which was to have been
signed BY Long d Doyle and by the separ-
ate members of the Smith, Porter Co.
corporation. and after that at the request
of Long & Doyle, drew up bond $4,000
covering all the streets contracted tor by
Porter & Co, the $40, 900 alone was return
ed, and it was signed by the officers of the
corporation and not by the individual
members
This was read to Council, and objected
to as not being authorized by committee;
Mr. Long claimed misunderstanding, a
war of words followed, ard Mr.. Forquer's S
motion to sustain the Engineer and Com
mittee, and reject the $l0,0 900 bond carried.
The Council is determined that no soft
! brick shall go into W. Jefferson St. or Cen
tire Ave, and will not accept T.. Jefferson
unless the $4,000 bond is signed by Long d
Doyle, and by the individual members of
the Smith, Porter & Co, corporation, and
other good securities.
Long & Doyle were voted $1,000. on
work done generally, and instructed to Sc
cure other brick for the two streets not
completed.
MI. Perrine stated that he had examined
the alley east of Main between North and
Clay SITS: that it was in a horrible condi-
ton and that As the parties maintaining
the nuisance had been notified to abate the
same, this was "devilish good place to
make an example, +" and a motion directing
the High Constable to abate same immedi-
ately at cost of parties carried.
The Ind. Gas Co. was notified to lower
their gas line at crossing Of Jefferson and
1st SITS.
The appointments of VIM. Daubenspeck
as policeman for the Lowry House and of
Robert Ray for the Willard House were
confirmed.
Mr.. Miller of Springdale was notified to
abate water closet nuisance.
Council adjourned till next Tuesday
evening.