The Portland daily press., 1900-05-26

There was spicy hearing yesterday
afternoon before the committee ON tnrblie
works. At recent meeting Of theeeity
council an order was passed instrasting
the committee to bull d sidewalks on
| order Mai. Charles Boyd and Mr.. >. II.
Colesworthy appeared before the commit
tee as remonstrants while h. +. Rou nds,
G. A. Rounds, Wi liam p. klttridge,
George W. Barbour, George ). Staples
| and Daniel Davis appeared as the petit
TONERS for the sidewalk. Mr.. Staples
said that this sidewalk or sidewalks were
badly needed. He said that If they were
built the people who lived in that section
of the city would no longer be Obliged TO
wade through mud and filth in getting
up town The sidewalk sections asked
for are in front of property owned by Ma
| jor Boyd and Mr.. 5. IL Colesworthy.
On Major Boyd's property there are sever
al stables.
Ex-Alderman L. f. Rounds followed
Mr.. Staples and said that the condition
, of the sidewalks now in front of these
lots were such that it was almost impossi-
BILE to get along in wet weather. Mr..
George w. Barbour also sp oke along the
same line as did the others.
| Mai or Boyd, one of the remonstrants,
was then given an opportunity TO be
heard He said he had listened to the pa
thetic stories of these gentlemen but that
F, he had never seen any such conditions as
these gentlemen described. He said that
to put curb stones around these lots which
he leases for stables would seriously dam
age them for such Use and that the men
who occupy the stables had complained to
! him about the proposed building, of =
| sidwalk there. He didn't think the side
walks were needed at this point.
| Mr.. Staples How so, Major Boyds'
Major Boyd Because l think 50.
Mr.. Rounds-"If these sidewalks were
put ut grade with the street could the
teams get into the stables
Major Boyd don't know"
! Mr.. Rounds-''I guess you don't know
how much about it anyway"
, Samuel H. Colesworthy said that he
would sometime own a portion of the
land about which they wanted sidewalks
| placed If ever the will of his father was
settled He said he didn't think side
walks were required about these lots I'M
| til buildings were built ON them. He
said he emphaitcally objected to side
| walks being built. Something had been
said about the surface water washing
dirt into the sewers and filling them up.
Mr.. Colesworthy asked Commissioner
of Public Works Fernald If the sidewalks
would make any difference about filling
up the sewers. Mr.. Fernald replied that
if sidewalks were built there would be
less dirt TO wash down into the cutters
TO fill up the sewers.
Mr.. Colesworthy-"Well, there are
sidewalks on Grove street, but l notice
that the sewers fill up there every winter
with sand, just the same"
Mr.. Staples-''So do you fill up, three
times day.
Mr.. Colesworthy-''I know / do, but 1
don't fill up on sand. :"
Mr.. Rounds said that this was the
only place ON the street where there were
no sidewalks, and the people down there
who had put sidewalks in front Of their
lots thought that the other property own
ers should do the same.
Mr.. Staples said that Horatlo K. Coles
worthy, who was one of the heirs of the
Colesworthy estate would also own por-
ton of this land, but that he didn't object
to having sidewalks bufft If HIS brother
did. 49,.
The hearing was adjourned without
any action being taken.