Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-02-09
A BETTER TUCSON
Streets to be Graded and Made
 Uniform.
Sidewalks to be Put Down Every where-A Street Commissioner Appointed-Anothe Police
 men Recommended.

Tucson will be much improved in 6 year or two in consequence of last nights meeting of the council. The council authorized the street committee to carry out recommendations made by the committee for the establishment oI sidewalks uniform in width and quality, with streets with grades raised in the middle to level with the sidewalks. The following is the recommendation made by the committee.
 The Honorable, the Mayor and Com.
 mon Council of the City of Tucson.
 GENTLEMEN:-Pursu to resolution passed by your Honorable Municipal Assembly bearing date of January 7th, 1895, relative to street improvements, the undersigned, your street committee, most respectfully submit the following, viz:
 We have carefully examined the set tied portion of the city aud find the streets more or less rough, irregular in grade, Gnd but small portion of the streets provided with defined system of sidewalks.
 B lieving the time has arrived for im- proving, beautifylDg and making our city more inviting to OUT own pride as well as attractive to strangers, we earn estly recommend that all streets between the Southern Pacific railroad on the north and Seventeenth street on the south; the railroad grounds Cn the east and the city limits on the west, be ira- proved.
 lst. By grading sidewalks on both sides of streets as follows: Pace a curbing of red wood or other material on the official grade of the city, and fill the space between said curb and the prop erty line with earth covered with gravel, or such other material as may hereafter be determined.
 2d Put down dressed stone foot crossings, and put in culverts for con- veying surface water under ground at street crossings, at such points as may hereafter be designated.
 3d. Grade al streets herein before re- tered to, to the official grade of the 'ity, giving the streets convex surface Jf six inches raise in the center, said center to be level with the curblng of i'd walk, and cover the streets with gravel or such otEer material as may be he reafter determined.
 Bearing in mind, however, at ali time 8: strIcteet economy in the expenditure of public monies, and as our exchequsr ie not exceesivey bffiuent, improvements ts ast abore me tlonsd should commence on the principle and most tr>veseu thor oughfares. O her streets to receive at tention ss fl ances wIil permit.
 Another important item to which we wouli call attention IS Instructions on the streets. There being many places where Improvements jut into the street, we recommend that the city surveyor be authorized to report to the street con- mlttee any iniraction on the line of streets or official grade, eitber of build ngs, fences or other improvements that might be construed as obstructions ID tha streets.
 Al>o that, owing to the material vari- aDco iD width of our streets, no regular gauge of sides ak has been or can be este blished, we therefore recommend that an ordinance be passed authorizing your street committee to determine the width of side walk op any and all streets
 We furthermore recommend that an ordinance be passed requiriog that all improvements built on e line of street must conform to the offica grade. All of which ie most respectfully submitted
 c. F. Schumacher,
 Frank E. Russell, Street Com
 Thos. Wilson.
 A resolution was passed by the council ID relation to the forego.dg, as follows:
 Be it resolved, That the street com mittse If he mayor and common coun- cil of the city of Tucson be and Gre hereby empowered to regulate, deter mine and decide the width. length and class of sidewalks to be laid or improved in the city of Tucson, under the condi tons of srticIe charter of the city of Tucson.
 h order that no legal bubbles may arise therefrom in enforcing the new order oi things a street commissioner was created. the city charter calling for such an official. The office was placed n Councilman Schumacher, the char man of the street committee, to be served without pay. A resolution was also passed to that effect.
 Tie mayor was msde the city health officer.
 The police committee reported recom- mending another officer.
 Routine busiress was also done. The session vas the longest in years, lasting till after II o'clock.