The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
Council Will Probably Take I'm
portant Action Tomorrow.
WORK is SOON TO BE STARTED.
hoard OF Pubiic Works to he Direct
ed 20 Let Contract for Pisnkfns
Part of the Thoroughfare-Esti-
mates TO He Made for Macndnm
Between Third and Twenty-Thfrd
Avenues--street Committee Acts.

BY resolution at its regular meeting to-
morrow night the city council VIII take
the first important preliminary steps look
ing 10 the Improvement OF Manson street
By matchmaking and by planking lnis
Improvement has been projected TOT inc
past two or three years. but until the
last few days 1t has been hung up fof
one reason or another. II Is now probable
that the entire stree, will be improved
from Railroad avenue TO the lake, ana
that the work will be started within the
next thirty days.
The plan r. TO macadamize Madison
street from Third to Twenty-third avenue.
TO pave II from Railroad avenue 70 Third
avenue by sandstone blocks. and to plank
II from Twenty third to the lake
The proposed improvement OF Madison
street one OF the main arteries Of travel
I'm the city. has been talked Of for nearly
three years. A year ago an enort was
made TO get the property owners between
Third avenue and the Madison street
power house TO agree 70 pay the cost OF
macadam pavef3nt. At that time the
council did not have the power under tho
charter to order the Improvement OF any
street where the-rost would be more than
q per cent. OF the assessed value OF tho
lot Macadam paving fell without this
limit The only thing the council could
do nj that lin. was to order the street
pIanked. which ~ undesirable and detri-
mental in the opinion Of the city ofhcials
and many property owners. to the street
rnder the circumstances seeing that the
usopertv owners could not agree among
themselves the city council last spring
submitted % the voters an amendmen, 70
the council could order the Improvement
~ street by macadam paving without
the consent of the owners OF properly ar
fncsed The amendment WINS carried. but
ftf fynF
carry out the new provision OF the char
ter.
week ago petition was filed by many
,swr~s~i ,-~ttsn7 utreet asking
TINT the work be postponed until nov
srsr fae - II itteness Of the season.
This petition was considered yesterda. NJ
II meeting ~ the street committee OF the
fitv council, II was voted 70 report the
resitson unfavorably and To direct the
eity engineer TO proceed with the esti-
srafer for the having Of the street from
Tftiri avenue 10 Twenty-third by mac
nfam II y understood that there are
enough votes In the council pledged 10
carry the report through
That portion on Madison between Twer-
fy-fhird awenne and the lake f. to bc Inn
medinteit nlanked nj a cos. ~ approx
fuafelv 1900 f:stimater have been made
hy the city enaiHeer, and resoiu'iei win
be introduced tomorrow evening NJ the
meeting OF the city council directing the
hoard ~ public works 10 Immediately LET
the contract II + expected that this part
81 the work viii be completed within sixt.
days. II will be DO ~ to transfers and
also 10 farmers iivi ~ on the ofhrr side
~ Lake Washington. who land from the
county ferry M Madison street and haul
their produce 70 the commission houses
on Western avenue
n IL a question whether The work OF
LAYING macadam pavement between
THIRD and Invent s-third nvenue~ win he
completed before the rainy season acts In
However. contractors and city officials
say thar the early fall rains viii not pre-
vent the work from being prosecuted, and
that II ~ possible 10 improve tho street
50 that during the winter and spri-g
nonthsf when Madison IN ordinarily one
long, thin swamp. II will be rendered ut
fer travel
The cost OF LAYING the macadaTr pave
ment from Third To Twentv-third avenue
VIII not be far from s50On Local i'm
rfoNement district bonds viii be issued
IN paymen. OF the work. at n low rate
of interest