The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-06
BAD BRICK USED
IN PAVEMENTS
But Property Owners Must
Take It Up.
AND PUT GOOD BRICK
STREETS DO NOT BELONG TO
THE GAS COMPANY.
NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO TEAR THEM UP
The Street Committee Thinks The Macadam
That is Being Put Down Now Will,
With Little. Attention, Last
a Hundred Years
a Hundred Years.

a Hundred Years.
Following is the report of the street
committee that will tonight be made at
the meeting of the board of aldermen.
1t is a very carefully prepared and
comprehensive report and deserves the
attention of the people of Raleigh, for
1T is review of the street improvements
now being made i'm the city, and shows
exactly how the bond money recently
voted Us being spent
The report in full follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen:
Your Committee ON Streets submit
herewith the following report:
A large quantity of work has been ac-
complished during the month of Septem-
Der, as will be seen when we give de-
tailed statement of this work later on in
this report
The weather has been favorable and
we have been pushing the work on the
streets with renewed yigor and zeal.
The contract with the Seaboartl Air
Line authorities has been signed. BY cha
terms of this contract the railroad is
to build a good substantial bridge with
stone abutments over Peace street and
the city IS to excavate, grade and open
Peace street extension to the city limits
The work on this bridge is to be ccIl-
menced within the NEXT sixty days
This is a long step forward and will
surely be followed by good results to the
city.
The Street Committee in company with
the Orphan Asylum Committee drove OUT
and inspected carefully the various
routes leading out to the new Methodist
Orphanage, and after weighing carefully
ali the facts and circumstances we were
of the unanimous opinion that Roylan
Avenue offered the greatest advantages
and it was accordingly selected.
In the first place it is the most accessi-
BILE route. 1t can be improved and put in
good condition at less expense than any
other route heading out to the Orphana..e
and besides greater benefits will accrue
to the city by improving this street.
AS soon as we decided with such unan-
unity upon Boylan Avenue we at once
commenced the work of grading and im-
proving that thoroughfare which has
progressed very nicely and viii be push
ed forward until that street is put IN
good condition from Hillsboro street 10
the city limits on the north.
Since our last report we have purchas-
ed considerable amount of machinery
for the rock quarry, including large
rock crllSher, engine and boiler. THIS
win give us an additional capacity #
about $50 tons of crushed rock per day
and win enable us to push the work and
macadanlize our streets with greater
rapidity.
IT has been asserted by some in autlUr-
ity and honestly believed by some Of OUR
citizens that the macadam work which
we are now doing upon our streets xii
not stand the test of ages or the wear OF
heavy traffic, but we confidently believe
that the rnacadam streets which we ere
now building will stand the test of one
hundred years wear and will require lit
little attention during that time
We notice that the Raleigh Gas Com
many is preparing to rum ne wmains down
q number of our best paved streets.
This will necessitate the tearing up of
the macadarn and the granite blocks on
these streets While this cannot be
avoided and we are glad to see the Gas
company making these improvements III
its nlant, yet we feel it our duty to cal
this matter to the attention of the Street
Commissioner and request him to use du
diligence and that the street, where
ever torn up is put back in proper order
at the expense of the party who teas
II md. We regret to say that matters
of this sort have not been looked aficf
carefully in the past and partias are
frequently allowed to tear up our streets
and nut back the dirt or rock i'll the
hole in a careless manner which leaves
am ugly place in the street for al time
to come. J.,
We hope the Street Commissioner will
watch these matters carefully IN the
future.
I'm our last two reports we recon-
mended that the Street Comm ssoner be
instructed to see that all telegraph, telr-
uhone and fire alarm poles or poles OF
every description be removed from the
streets. We presume that the Street
Commissioner has complied with the in
structions of this Board and notified tn"
nroper parties to move these poles AMI
yet they have not been moved but remain
standing i'm orr streets, a constant source
M QttIa2eT 10 lllc PlOpC-'f. -
horse should become frightened and run
against one of these poles resulting Ill
damage to either life or property The city
would be liable for the damages Just as
it was in the Dillon case resulting from
the South street bridge.
We recommend that the removal o.
all poles and distractions on the Streets
be placed under the supervision of the
Police Department and that IN Ordin-
ance BE passed at this meeting imposing
a fine of $1.00 per day upon each and
every pole which is left standing in The
streets 4S hours after legal notice has
been served on the proper party by the
Chief of Police to have the pole rcmov-
ed. This is serious matter and one
which we should meet and deal with
promptly.
The old brick wall which stood SO long
ON Morgan street between Wilmington
and Blonnt streets has been torn Gown
and its removal adds much to the safety
and appearance of that part of the city.