Telegram-herald., 1891-07-11
E1HIS SKULLDUGGERY!
Peari-st. Property Owners OPP
posed to Hallwood Blocks.
Why WERE THEIR WISHES IGNORED!
Wss the Csmnsn Coaaeii Afsisd ~
the Misrsprsssatatisns OF snisr-
ssrsa Psrtisss- fsrti neat 0ass-
tions TO be Answered

utol14lty W se$ -
Pearl-st. are indignant. In fact. they
are boiling mad, and, if everything Is
true, it would seem that they have just
cause. When the aldermen IN the
second ward proposed that Pearl-st.
and the pubic square should be paved
with Hailwood block, the property
owners, or At least the major portion OF
them, petitioned the council TO change
IL to asphalt. as that pavement did not
cost much more, Was Just AS durable,
more easily repaired, Was no. half 50
nOIsy, no trouble TO keep clean, ana
Was lar the most beaunful. In accord
ance with thIs petition the mayor re-
fused TO sign the contract to nave the
street and square paved with orick.
Then those Interested were happy, and
were looking forward TO the time when
Pearl-st. would present aloveiy appear
ance, and awaited the completion OF the
pavement with longing anxiety. The
signers to the petition felt sanguine
that their wishes would be respected.
They slept IN peace and tneir dreams
were not troubled BY Visions OF blocks
OF bricks being
Pat Down to Disfis ure Peari-st.
AT the council meeting Thursday
night it was supposed that the council
would recInd tile resolution adopting
the Hallwood block and change 1t to
asphalt. The iiallwood Block Com
pany was not mapping IN the mean
time. and instituted movement 10
allow the blocks to remain. A
petition seIuptliiously found Its
way into the council meeting and
lodged on Alderman Tateum's desk.
No one could account for Its being
there. IL was presented and was signed
ly the National City Bank, the heirs Of
Geo. ;. Lovett, Geo. W. Allen. estate
Of G.. l.. Rood, by Frederick krekel and
L.. &. Luce. The signers prayed that
Pearl-st. be paved with Hallwool block.
The petition went further and gave the
opinions of NJ. l.. Sweet, j. W. Rosen-
thai, Willard Barnhart and several
others, whose names were on the petl-
ton. asking for asphalt.as favorlng the
lrIck. W. {. Dewey is credited with
having engineered the deal. Mr..
Barnhart was seen at his residence on
Prospect-st. and was about leaving on
o trIp to the north. He didn't have
much time to spare, but stopped long
enough to say that neither Mr.. Dewey
or auy other man was ever authorized
to quote him as saying that he thought
brick was as good as asphalt. He was
opposed to brick, and nothing but as
pnalt would SUI. him. Mr.. Rosenthal
was the next gentleman called OIL. He
was very emphatic IN his remarks, and
spoke Is follows: "Mr. Dewey came
into my store the other day and asked
me what thought about brick, and il
lwould not just as soon have that kind
of q pavement as asphalt. told him
that would not, and said that could
not see how any man of sense could
prefer the HaIlwood block. Mrs. May,
OF Rochester, y. y. is the owner OF the
property, but I am her authorized
agent and told Dewey so at the time. /
further said that
Wouid Give 410O
outside of all taxes and assessments to-
wards an asphalt pavement, and that
offer still holds good. There is no
pavement that is strictly permanent,
and asaphalt viii last ten or twelve
years and it is easily repaired. Yes,
cir, you can say that am opposed to
the Hallwood block" NJ. l.. Sweet was
the last gentleman called on. The re-
monstrance referred to the fact that
Mr.. Sweet owned 200 feet on Pearl st.
lie was quoted rs saying: II am not
opposed TO brick pavement at all. |
don't know much about brick or
asphalt. Frank signed my name for
asphalt. thoughtit IT would look better
To have asphalt on Pearl-st. in front OF
f.rh boo .
st." In regard To the above Mr.. Sweet
said: "Itis preposterous that should be
made To say any thing OF the kind.
Nothing was further from my thought.
or wishes. positively object to the
Haliwood block be'ng put down, and
have said so repeatedly. Mr.. Dewey
or no other man was authorized TO rep
resent me as not being opposed to the
block. The property owners want
asphalt, aud II II has come TO such "A
pass that the people who are the most
interested have nothing to say about
such Improvements IL is time they
moved out of town. IF there is any
law in the land the Haliwood company
will
Never Put Down . Brick
pavement. IL Iti p5ss,sls TO serve an
injunction upon them one will be
eerved. am willing to pay my share
OF the expense which will be incurred
thereby and shall 10 my best to check.
mate the people who are trying to dc
this thing against the washes OF prop
erty owners whose desires should have
some weight. IL Is an outrage and
nothing more" Mr.. Sweet was bitter
against what he considered the under
handed course adopted by the Hall
wood Block company and carried oul
by its agents. he will undoubtedly
b. heard from upou the subject IN sht