The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02
Very Decided Public Spirit Towards
That End Manifest.
FRIDAYS GOOD ROAD MEETING
Streets of Weisor to be Graded and GRAY
eled as Soon MS
Possible.

There is very decided public spir- :
it abroad in favor of immediate inn
provement of the streets of Weiser. )
The sentiment has constantly been ,
growing among the business men and !
eliminated az the good roads meet
ing last Friday evening. .
Mr.. Il A. Paddock was chosen
chairman Of the meeting and he stat !
ed the object of the meeting and COW !
cred the well known needs of our
streets and roads in very energetic
terms.
After the selection of c. S. Fossel-
man us secretary, w. f. Sommer-
camp made the following motion,
which carried:
Z" move that the street committee
of our town board be requested to
fix the grade of Second street from
the r. r. track to Opp & Davis
hardware store, also the two cross
streets between those points for one
block east
Frank Harris, as member of the |
city council, stated that the city pro-
posed to use all of its available re-
sources for the betterment of Weis-
cr. He said there would be 81 600
coming in on the second Monday in
January from property road tax, and
81, 600 per capita tax would make
$4,000 then available. The city
proposed TO 90 to work at once and
expend this money in advance of its
receipt The streets would be at
} once graded and the squares ut street
crossings would be graveled between
the cross walks. He did not know
exactly how far the money would go,
but they would go as far as they
could.
Others made pertinent remarks
and it developed that the majority OF
the business men in the main part OF
town were willing to gravel the
streets fronting their property after
/ the grade had been established
Each would gravel from his proper
$ ty to the middle of the street. A
e rolling machine would he procured
c from Boise to roll the gravel down
j. hard
s 1t was moved and carried that sub
scription list be circulated for dona
e tions of money, gravel and labor Oh
# any of the stieets leading out o
town.
|: Il. A Paddock arose and said he
wanted to head the list with 10'
75 loads of gravel.
10 Il. A. Merritt called out that h
% would give $25. He was followed
NJ by b. NJ. Jenney with the sam
5, amount. W. Il. Sommercamp sal
r the store would give $15 in addition
,e to graveling in front of their proper
er ty.
IN Then quickly followed H e Con
IS ley with 10 loads of gravel, e I
pe Hall 5 loads, Frank Harris 10 loads
ne Frank Hopkins = days work, Harve
of Anderson So, n f. Kimball 2 days
hauling gravel, Geo p. Rhea 50, |
de b. Gaylord l days labor, Geo.
le- Bradley s.. At this juncture it wa
ch moved that committee be appoin
,er ed to make thorough canvass viii
n the paper for money and lao'
in TO add TO whatever WAS dol
of by the city and the business me-
,is Il. A. Merritt, h A. Paddock al
I q r. E. Lockwood were appointed.
,n 1t was suggested that a Ladic
Ter City Improvement Club be organic
at and Mrs Wheelhouse, Mrs. Bradl'
Ihe and Mrs. Frank Hopkins were a
as pointed This committee called
id. meeting of the ladies at the |. y.
.ith f. hall for last evening.
The business men, all being WI
be ing to gravel in front Of their pro
of erty, and there being a few non-re'
al, dent owners, have signed stro
at petition to the city council to pass
rch ordinance requiring all property oN
ers to gravel to the middle of
street within the following boun'
First street from Commercial
hat Main, Second from o. S. Il. track
the Perraut, Commercial from Third
oop First, Eoff from Third TO First.
ily While the agitation is on, the pr
of erty holders on EoI street beyc
as these limits are bestirring themsel
be- and DR.. Waterhouse was taking s.
and scrptions Monday from Eod str
ting holders to grade the street out as
york as Seventh to conform with the {
( at engineers survey. The same
e to probably be done with PER-;
,rise street, all OF which VIII materially
.om- prove the appearance of the city
,rih- cut considerable figure in the
cted pressions made on visitors look
near for place to make investment.
The SIGNAL will be one of twel