Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-22
PAVING ESTIMATES
Before the City Council Other Mat
ters as Well.

The City Council met as usual Tues
day evening with Messrs. Trautman,
Lambert, Marsch, Haddox, Davis,
Bachman, wittlig, Blume and Loffland
present.
On motion of Trautman the reading
of the minutes was dispensed with.
Building permits were granted Elsie
jameson Fifth ,tstrest;; George H.
spindler, Quarry Street; William Pape,
Quarry street; Katie Hart. Third
street; A. M. Bartmess, Fourth street,
r. II. Childs, Third street.
Mr.. Davis reported in the case OF the
Union Brewing Co. pavement of side
walk on st. Clair street and stated that
the company were willing to do the
paving, but asked little more cine, as
they were not in shape to do it just
now. The matter was left in the hands
of the Street committee with instruc-
tions to keep a close watch of 1t and
see that it is done as soon as possible.
President Bachman reported for the
Light committee, that they had made
investigation and from the investiga-
tion had been made three estimates,
but Mr.. Cochlan, chairman of the COM
mittee, had disappeared from the city
and had taken the estimates with him.
Therefore they could make no definite
report. Thus the matter stands.
The President also presented the es-
Inmates which the Engineer had pre-
pared for the very important work of
paving one .of-the most used thorough
fares leading into the city, namely,
from the Newport pike to the lower
end of Fourth street. These estimates
were made separately for The sections
of different streets to be improved and
are as lo..ows: Hart street, Fourth to
Sixth, cost, to city, sol 10; to property
owners, $2,195.73; making an assess
ment of SLIGO per front foot on abut-
ting property.
Sixth street, Hart to Wayne, cost, to
city, $529.91; to property owners,
81, ,SS4.2S; making an assessment of
$123 per front foot on abutting prop
erty.
Wayne street, Sixth to Pike, cost, to
city, $S20.S1; to property owners,
$3,11OO2; assessment $1.31 per front
foot.
Pike street, from Wayne to the cor
poration line, ocst, to city, $46975; to
property owners, $2615.66; assessment
of $1.19 per foot.
A total cost to the city of $2,615.66.
The estimates are Dased on a twenty
four foot roadway.
The President stated that the roads
are so bad on this section of highway
that teams were getting swamped there
and is high time something should
be done. The city expended 5000 for
putting gravel in a little piece of this
road last fall and the money might as
we'll have been thrown into the river.
There is no sign of the gravel there
now to do any good. He also said that
the road under consideration is the
most important inlet to the city
Marsch made a motion that the So
licitor be instructed to draw up the
necessary resolution, which motion
Trautman seconded.
In the discussion arising from this
question, Mr.. Wittlig asked Ii it would
not be a good idea to also include the
square between Wayne street and the
water pumping station on Seventh.
That last year when the question came
up that there had been some COM
plants from property owners on that
square because this had not been done
said that there is just the trouble and
the same trouble met with last year
when the same question came up for
consideration, and that was that there
was too much asked in addition to the
main issue and that killed the whole
thing. He also said that it would be
well before there is any more paving
done in the city to get the roads lead
ing from the country into the city paw
ed as far as the corporation line, as it
is generally the case that the farmers
have better roads until they get to the
corporation line than they find from
there on as they come in, and it is not
a very good showing for the city to say
that.
When the estimates were read Traut-
man asked why the estimate asked for
for paving Maple street had not beeh
given when the others were. This mat
ter was explained that the estimate for
Maple street has already been given
and is being held over to see if that
street shall have a sewer, and f it shall,
the sewer work will be done first
The resolution to improve part of
the Fifth sewer district on Maple
street, between Franklin and Gilman
and between Fort and Gilman, was
read for the first time and under sus-
pension of the rules passed to the sec
ond and third readings by title only
and motion made to adopt it.
Ine President stated that he did not
think it good policy to sewer part of
fha straat and not Sawar III all