The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-15

! thrown out by the committee and the street
! remains a disgrace To the community.
! Il should like tn see the laws regarding
! the construction and reconstruction OF
I streets revised so that i, would he more
/ difficult for prcperty-owners to defeat pro.
! poSet measures. If that is not deemed ad.
. risable, then we must have more positive
| action and less tritling in the Assembly
{; tas matters now stand we consider ourselves
! lucky indeed if one in ten of the improve
ment bills becomes Il law
Give Us less fighting Ia do in a legisla-
i've way and enough money to pay the
city's small snare of the expense. and we
can get 81. Louis ready for the World ;
Fair. Without less fighting and more mon
ey We viii continue 10 drop further and
! further behind in III" matter Of streets"
Where He Would Begin.
Asked where h. would begin Mr. Var
r"lmann said: That would depend largely
on where the FAIR is TO be located. Natural
~. th" streets leading toward the Fair
grounds would receive first attention. Aft
er them | should say the Improvement of
Kings highway is most important. 1 have
complete plans. specifications and estma tcs
o: cost For making Kings highway Il thor
oughfare worthy Of the name IS bears. but
We cannot do It hands turn more without
a little money.
I'm this instance the property-cwners are
not at fault. In fact. they are Clamor0us
for the work and are ready to come down
with tn. greater part of the money But
tn" city cannot fulfill its part of the cor
tract. Under the law the city has TO pay
the cost of grading new streets-that is. get
ting them ready for improvement-but the
few thousand dollars needed for this are
not at our disposal.
The only work the department can do in
Its present fix IS reconstruction. for which
property-ownsrS pay in full. Not being able
to do other needed work. We have been
busy with reconstruction. and tn. compile
tlon OF some new contracts which were let
before the beginning of the fiscal year"
The following tables show the work ac-
compiished by Mr.. Varrelmann's department
since the beginning of the fiscal year and
that now under contract. as we'll as the
material used in each instance:
Completed Contracts.
la Sale street. from jefferson avenue to Ew-
Ing: novaculte.
NaEdeven;er avenue. from Botanical tc Mag
Euclid avenue. from Suburban tracks to Foun
tain: brick.
Cottage avenue. from vandevcn,er to warne:
telford.
RutEer street, from Grand to Spring: brick.
Garfield avenue. from Pendieton to Tay,or.
tel:nid.
Wash street, from Fourth to Sixth: granite
Taylor; brick.
Cherokee street from Nebraska to Gravois
brick.
Ninth street, from Sidney 10 Victor: brick.
Garrison court Telford.
Oregon avenue. from Cherokee to Utah: novac-
ulitc.
Third street. from Chouteau to Plum: granite
Sarah street from West Belle place 10 E5st".:
brick.
Eighteenth street. from Chestnut to Pine; gran.
ite.
Ninti, street. from Franklin to Biddle; grant.
Euclid avenue from Forest Park boulevard IN
Wabash bridge: brick.
Manchester avenue. from Vaadeventer 10
Chouteau: granite.
Sixteenth street from Market tn ST Sr,.r,as.
granite.
Seventh street. from FRANKLIN TO B,dale. rro,-
ite.
Easton avenue. from Garrison to Grand. hrtck .
Now Under Contract.
Michigan avenue. from Geyer 10 I,a<aye-.s.
telford. e'''
Blair avenue. from Hebert to Buchanan. nov,c-
ulite "
F'ad avenue. from vandeverter 70 Tower
Grove; novaculite.
Whittier street from Olive to IindeIl: brick
"tit'ier street. IRON Page TO Easton: brick
Anhert avenue. from Suburban tracks ,o Ess.
ton; brick. " LOS
Bayari avenue. from Suburban tracks to Fac.
ton: brick. ~ -''-
ST. Louis avenue. from Lambdin to Tav,o-.
brick i"siof'
Ferry street, from Fourteenth to Twsn,;e,,
novacute "e""e''''
Pleasant street. from Kossu,h 10 F|or,sso,,.
brick. ~ '' 'Ssa'1''
Rutser street. from Spring to Tiffany; brick
,'!'i'" street, from Victor To Martin brick
ie.,a TMa aEenue' from Magnolia TO Sidney: ,elford
Union boulevard from Delmar to Easton. bric,.