The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-22
ALDERMEN WILL DECIDE.
1N IITPOBTANT SPECIAL MEETING CALLED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.

CALLED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
 Speed and Equipment of Electric Cars and
 Permanent Street Pavements to be Dis
 cussed-Counoilman GrlnnelI's Plan for
 Assessment of Land Owners.
 A special meeting of the board of al- dermen has been called by Mayor Hen drick and will be held tomorrow even- ing, when the knotty questions of street pavements and the report of the com mittee On ordinances regulating the speed and equipment of electric cars will again be discussed.
 The aldermen at their last session add ed many amendments to the report of the committee on ordinances in refer ence to electric cars, and the council men a week later adopted the original reports in it's entirety. In consequence of this non-concurrent action the alder men will again tussel with the question tomorrow night, and it is generally be- Ieved will decide to adhere to their former action in the matter.
 A question of equal importance to be acted upon is the disagreeing action in reference to the committee on streets concerning permanent street pave ments. The disagreement between the two boards in reference to this report is especially with regard to the por- tion of the report concerning assess ments to be laid against owners of property in front of which new street 4r., I,o 1oi tha posed new street pavement act
 The plan adopted by the aldermen is that the property owners shall pay two-thirds of the total expense, and where one assessment has already been laid the property owners shall be assess ed one-tenth of the cost of new pave ment This is substantially as recom- mended by the committee on streets to the court of common council. The councilmen, however, at their last meet ing adopted a substitute act, which was presented by Councilman Grinnell, and was as follows:
 On all streets or parts of streets upon which abutting land owners have never paid the city any assessment for paVe- ment, such land owners on each side of such streets or parts of streets shall be assessed and shall severally pay to the city the cost of one square yard of such pavement as shall be laid for every foot of such abutting land.
 On all streets or parts of streets upon which abutting land owners have paid to the city assessments for payements heretofore laid, such land owners shall be assessed and shall severally pay to the city the cost of three and half square feet of such pavement as shall be laid for every front foot of such abutting land, and all public abutting land shall be assessed at the same rate as the private abutting land.
 On all streets occupied by the track or tracks of any railway company or com panies, if they have never paid lawful assessments for paving their lines Of tracks shall be assessed and shall seV- erally pay to the city the cost of paV- ing or repaving the full length and nine feet wide for each and every line of track of such railway or railways now existing, or that may hereafter be laid in any street of said city. All such assessments shall be payable at such time as may be determined by the court of common council.
 It is claimed by Councilman Grinnell that this is the most equitable plan which could be adopted, as 1t makes the abutting land owner pay the same whether he lives on the street which is narrow or broad. and whether there are any tracks on it or not. Just what ac- ton the aldermen will take on the ques- tfon remains to be seen, but the meet ing tomorrow night promises to be unusually interesting, as it is well known that this plan is not considered with favor by some members of the board.