Telegram-herald., 1891-07-30
GENERAL DISSATISFACTION.
Bssissss Mea Bitterly SeapiSin ef the
Delsy 10 sIress Paving

Deisy 10 street. f2ssaX-
Landlord ] X. Johnson, Of the Eagle
Hotel. IS perhaps the most dlsgasted
man in Grand Rapids. said he yes
terday: .sThs people on PeArl-st- have
good reason 10 complain, out wha, 90
you think of Us fellows here on Water
loo-ss-y Inls street WAS the frst one
ordered 10 be paved and Il Is gong 10
be the last one TO be finished IL has
been torn up just as you zee Tor more
than = month. When | asked one Of
the contractors how long lt would be
before they commenced paving, he re.
Piled. As soon as We can fnlsh Mon
Toe-st-' There is some excuse Tor the
delay IN Peari-st. for they are flxlng up
the area walls, but here We are all
ready. ! rented tso OF my stores on
nse year leases al 81 900 year each,
ouI th,y tore up the street and nay pros
pecuye tenant backed out. People who
drive spirited horses are in danger Of
their lives IN tins street. Ii is general
thorocghfare and sooner or later We
shall have serious accident. Then
President Davis, OF the Board of Pub
llc Works, says: II saw the difficulties
that wonid be sure To follow these de-
lays. and If you will look back to the
council proceedings OF December %
you Will see that the Beard of Public
Works urged the necessity OF making
immediate preparations for tie
paving 10 be done during the coming
season, but little good came of IL. The
council was notified that the proposed
paving would require 2i .55S cualc yards
of broken stone Tor the concrete work.
and that with the machinery then on
hand IT would require 400 days To pre-
pare the stone. A new crusher OF In
creased capacity was procured after a
time, hut 1t was not put To work until
juno l."
''What IS the trouble with those Hail.
wood BRICK men; can't they get brick
here fast enough for the contractors to
begin work.
1.-The chief cause of the delay is that
special mould of brick Is required
that Will lit into the hollow of the
girder rails of the street railway tracks.
These bricks have been ordered. but
they are slow in coming. We expect
To- have them delivered this week then
Pearl-st. Will go ahead"
At the meeting of the Council held
June ], Alderman Conger presented a
resolution to the effect that the paving
of Monroe-si. should begin rs soon as
possible, and that the finishing of the
work should not be later than August
25. The resolution was adopted by the
council. but the present outlook is that
the work will not he even commenced
by that time The delay is apt TO cause
hng damages to Monroe-st. merchants,
and some OF them are already getting
uneasy at the prospective injury to
their fall trade, and are asking each
other il there IS any way TO get back
at the contractors. One gentleman
said Yesterday: ITO n man up tree
1t looks as though these HallwoOd block
people had more on their hands than
they are going to be able to cope with
guess Its a mighty good thing for
them and for the city as well that the
council Monday evening reconsidered
the order for brick on Ionia-st. Ii the
contracts were not signed and deliver
ed everybody On Monroe and Pearl-sts.
would petition for n change Of con-
tractors even If they did not change the
pavement to asphalt. The prolonged
torn up condition of our streets is sure
to cause much damage to business.