The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
CITY TO BEGIN CRUSADE
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT.
HEARING ON THE SUBJECT
TUESDAY,.
Commissioner Narrclmann Asserts
the Time Has Come When Pro
tests Must BE Ignored.

VI next Tuesdays session of the Board
Of Public Improvements a public hearing
will be given TO citizens to demonstrate, IL
they so desire. against the reconstruction Of
certain streets. It is expected that there
will be many circumstances. In fact. IL is
known that the p~roperty-owners on Easton
avenue. between Prairie and Marcus ave-
nues. which it is proposed to reconstruct.
are determined TO protest vigorously. But
there IS also a weIl-defined determination
on the part of those city officials who have
most TO do with the streets TO allow moth
ing short of an overwhelming opposition
to the work proposed to stop il.
Street Commissioner Varreimann does
not mince words in declaring that he thinks
the present condition OF many of the lead
ing t~horoughfares is a disgrace to ST. Louis
and that he thinks the time has arrived
when the city should proceed to enforce
street reconstruction. even I'm the face OF
the protests of property owners. who. he
says. nearly always object to paying out
their money for this work.
Il am willing TO take my share Of the in
suits and OpprObrium which fail 10 the lot
of the man who advocates extensive street
reconstruction" said Mr.. Narreimann YES
terday, and l am emphaticalIy in favor
of going ahead and improving our streets.
We can do IL. No one can deny that We
must do 1t before the Worlds Fair
and that We cannot begin too soon. II is
folly for citizens to expect the city to keep
up the streets from year to year when
there is no real construction to keep up.
The E1ston avenue prope-ty-Owners are
complaining loudly. They claim that the
street was constructed only a few years
ago. As a matter of fact We put down
some macadam about twelve years ago. but
that cannot be called constructing the
street. Last year the city spent s. l66. - in
repairing that street. That is merely throw
ing money away.
have advertised for bids for recon-
structing the street with either brick, as
phaitum or granite. The brick Will cost
about $3.50 per front foot. the asphalt SJ.90
and the granite SEE. Personally. | am i'm
favor of the granite pavement. as the traffic
on Easton avenue is so heavy nothing else
VIII stand the wear. | am in favor of being
very %resoiute about this matter. and insist
ing That these streets be reconstructed
without further delay"
The following lists of streets and the
number of feet frontage IL is proposed to
reconstruct on each was furnished by iIr.
Narrelmann to The Republic. with the IL
mark that he means 10 make this only the
beginning of a vigorous crusade for better
streets:
Broadway. from Chippewa street TO Miami
street. l.725 feet; Chippews street. from
Jefferson avenue TO California avenue. las7
feet; Cherokee street. from Thirteenth
street to California avenue, 3.s15 feet; Park
avenue. from Eleventh stree; to Mississippi
avenue, ~ feet: Jefferson avenue. from
Gravois avenue to Park avenue. ASS feet:
Jefferson avenue. from junction with West
Jefferson avenue to Adams street. $40 feet:
shenandoah avenue. from Nebraska avenue
to Grand avenue. 3.202 feet: jefferson ave
nue., from Washington avenue to Franklin
avenue. 94 feet: Cass avenue. from Hogan
street TO Garrison avenue. !. $50 feet: Easton
avenue. from Prairie avenue to Marcus
avenue, 1871 feet; Lombard street from
Fourth street 10 Broadway. l26 feet: Union
boulevard, from Delmar boulevard To has
ton avenue. 9.0S3 feet. Total number Of feet
proposed for reconstruction. 1886 feet. or
d little over seven miles.