The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-06
PAVE WEST
DOUGLAS AVE.
Petition VIII be Presented at
Council Meeting Monday.
MAJORITY OF OWNERS
Pray for Asphalt Pavement,
CurbS and Cutters.

When the city clerk calls for the Pc
titions at the council meeting Monday
night one of the utmost Importance viii
be read. and that is the petition TO have
Douglas avenue paved with asphalt from
the east line Of Wichita street TO the
iron bridge across the big Arkansas river
and from the west end Of the bridge 10
Seneca avenue, total distance of three
fourths of a mile
For many weeks Mr.. James Allison and
Mayor Mclean have been working up
sentiment TO have this street paved with
asphalt, and during the past month they
have been circulating petition and this
has been signed by majority of the resi-
dent property owners and is now ready
for consideration by the council
a few Of the property owners oppose
the paving OF the street. but the greater
number Of owners very readily signed the
petition. All Of the largest property
owners fronting on the street have signed
the petition.
The cost of paving the street is not TO
be more than $40 per square yard for
asphalt and the street is to be curbed
and guttered with frst-class cement ex-
actly as Douglas avenue is now paved
The work is to be completed as soon as
possible. From the east line of Wichita
street TO the west line of Waco avenue
Douglas avenue is 70 be paved TO the
width OF 81 feet and from the west line OF
Waco avenue 10 the iron bridge it is to be
IS feet wide. and from the west end OF
the bridge to Seneca street it is to be 60
feet wide
Mr.. James Allison. in speaking OF the
matter yesterday. said: This is one Of
the most important improvements con-
templated in this city for many years.
Douglas avenue west Of the pavement is
an eyesore at the present time. and. ow-
ing to the drainage and composition Of
the roadbed, it cannot be kept IN shape
1t is always full Of holes and hard 10
travel. For this reason business men do
not like to locate on the west side be-
cause Of the condition of the streets Now
the Orient is going to build their shops
on the west side. and this will make
great deal of travel and this will make
It almost necessary to pave this street.
and the sooner Il is done the better it
VIII be for the town and the people.
Wichita is making rapid strides in i'm
provements and this is one Of the most
necessary ones and viii make West
Douglas avenue one Of the best business
streets in the city"
The following is the list OF resident
property owners who have signed the pc
tition and amount Of front feet they own;
b. F. Mclean, 1S6 feet.
Union mills. 81 feet.
r. r Butler. . feet
Schwart Lumber & Coal company, so
feet.
Ross Coal company. f61k feet.
Citizens State bank. . feet.
W. S. Hadley. . feet
James Allison, 40 feet.
James Allison. . feet.
James Allison. 50 feet.
W. 3. Tnrockmorton. 125 feet
W B. Throckmorton, 40 feet.
Arnold Wachob. 8 feet.
c. T. Lindsay . feet
S s. Findley 50 feet.
J. II. Turner. 100 feet.
James Holliger. 261z feet
J. H Rhodes. 26ia feet.
r. A. Sankey 100 feet.
John Farmer . feet.
J. W Laidiaw. 100 feet.
Q. 4. Barnett - feet.
y Mccormick. Jos feet.
f J. Moore. p feet
West Side lodge, No. s45 I. o. o. r.
2fis feet