The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-04
THEY CRY FOR PAVING
EAST SEVENTH PROPERTY OWN
ERS PROTEST AGAINST
FURTHER DELAY
TROLLEY CoMPANY's PLEA

1t Is Urged That 1t Cannot Get Its
New Steel Until Sept. IA Com
mittee VIII Wait Upon the Mayor,
Council and Board of Public
WOrks-street Is Now in Very Bad
Condition.
A meeting of property owners on East
Seventh street, between Hope street and
the Great Northern bridge, was held last
evening at 712 East Seventh, to protest
company in delaying the paving of the
street.
The meeting was SHINY attended as to
numbers, only six of the property owners
being present, but the sextette represent
ed 1900 feet along the line of the pro-
posed Improvement. e. O. Zimmerman
who presided, said nearly all the property
owners felt that an injustice was being
done in allowing the city railway COM
pany to delay the paving of the center
part of the street, and that the work
should be done at the same time as the
city contract was.
could not understand how the preliminary
order which passed the council, calling
for the paving of the street from curb to
curb could have been changed so that
when the final order came in it excepted
the strip nineteen feet wide used by the
company from being paved. He was Of
the opinion that there had been some
manipulation by some one.
The statement of the company that it
was impossible to get the new rails which
1t was intended to place on the street be-
fore Sept. or later, was characterized as
an excuse to delay the paving of the strip
used by the company until next year.
Chairman Zimmerman stated that he
had been informed by one of the members
of the board of public works that the
body would do what 1t could to help out
the property owners, and have the COM
pany pave its portion of the street at the
same time the city did.
A committee consisting Of E. o. Zim-
norman, Gustave Willius, j. ]. Lawrence,
c. F. Meyer and w. F. Stutzman was APP
pointed to call on Mayor Kiefer, the board
of public works, and the council and pres
ent resolutions, which were adopted The
committee will make it's call on the mayor
and board of public works tomorrow aft
ernOon, and will appear before the board
of aldermen at its meeting the same even
ing.
The resolutions adopted at the meeting
were read by Aid. Knauft who acted as
secretary, and We're as follows:
Whereas, East Seventh street, from
bridge to Hope street, has been ordered
to be paved with brick, and whereas the
ST. Paul City Railway company has been
ordered by the common council to have
its portion of the pavement laid stimuli
taneously with the other;
and, whereas an effort is being made
to entirely ignore and set aside the said
order of the council by granting the said
street railway company the privilege to
postpone its part of the work indefinitely,
but ordering that part of. the pavement
which is to be paid for by the property
owners of the said street to be laid at
once;
And, whereas, we are of the opinion
that a good, perfect and satisfactory
pavement cannot be made unless the en-
tire work is performed at one and the
same time
And, whereas, 1t would be gross in
justice to the property owners and incon-
sistent with public policy to permit said
proceedings to go on contrary to and in
spite of the conditions of the charter
granted to said street railway company
and the express order of the honorable
common council;
Therefore, be it resolved, by the prop
erty owners along said part of Seventh
street and the taxpayers and residents of
the Second ward in mass meeting as
sembled;
"First-That we hereby enter our firm
protest against the said unwarranted and
unjust proceedings.
"Second-That we desire to have the
said Improvement made Mt the earliest
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perfect manner, but after careful tnves-
LEGATION we are satisfied that such results
cannot be obtained unless the entire work
be done at one and the same time and
while we are opposed to all unnecessary
delay we demand that no part OF the
work be undertaken until the street rail-
way company is willing and ready to do
its part;
"Third-That we call on the proper au-
thorities and especially the honorable
common council, to support our just de-
mands and protect our rights and inter-
ests in the premises;
"Fourth-That we hereby pledge our
selves to employ all honorable and legal
means to prevent the great injustice
which is now contemplated, from being
carried into effect;
"Fifth-That we consider 1t perfectly
proper and justifable on the part of the
property owners to resist and refuse the
payment of an assessment for such i'm
provement unless the same is laid down
in a proper and perfect manner and in
due compliance with the requirements Of
the franchise of the city railway company
and the resolutions of the common coun-
ell;
"Sixth-That copy Of these resolutions
be transmitted to the common council,
the mayor, and the board Of public works
Of the city of St. Paul"