The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-11-22
CITIZENS MEETING
HE, rndur~c Mayor e'i,nrc'- plan 60
Improve ,iir ~'rrct>.

Fifty rominant citizens of super
.or gathered tn asday night in the a.
,emply room OF t ne Biai le high school
TOR the purpose OF dicussipg TIE paw
~ question,
Every ward in the city was repre-
scented, bat it was the unanimous de
cision that something should he done
to remedy the condition OF Sunerior's
paving and that it should tie done nj
once. Various methods OF dong this
were considered, and there was some
diversity of opinion on that point, Tut .
ON the main question, whether OF Tot
the streets shalnbe improved, every
one spoke faVorablN.
James Bardon was the first speaker
of the evening. He dealt prlntipaliy 1
with improvements of the side sweets. /
He stated that there was plenty OF
stone in the county, especially ut
SOUTH Range, and this could be used
u good advantage for Understanding
/ the residence streets This he thought,
was the most feasible way to treat
them He WAS in favor of either the
! city purchasing rock crushing plant
/ or the city entering into contract
with some indiyual 70 supply the
/ csushed stone. as needed for the street
work. Macadam, he stated, was the
ideal paving for residence streets.
C. Snyde: Of Racine, a former mem
Der of the state board OF control, then
discussed the paving situation. lie
believed that verified brick was the
best pavement TO" a business street,
but the macadam was clearly the
ideal pa, ement TO be used for r,sid-.
ence sire -. lie gave several m
stances of street improvements IN
southern Wisconsin, especially iii
Racine and kenosha, showing the
transformation which good pave
ments had wrought "However,' he
said "if we had your miles OF streets
in southern Wisconsin to be paved,
we would hardly know how to solve
the problem
Several other prominent citizens
expressed their opinion a to the klnd
of paving to be used.
Upon motion of DR.. II }. Connor
the meeting took its tinal action lie
moved that the chair appoint com.
mittee of two from each ward IN the
| city. to confer together and present
the ideas of the citizens ut the next
) regular meeting Of the council These
! two committeeman viii also call
, meetings in their respective warda
. for the purpose of the discussing the
! local situations Petitions asking for
/ better streets will be prepared at the
same time, TO present to the council
The char was empowered to fill any
{ vacancy which might occur IN TINS
p committee after its formation, and
& the meeting adjourned until Dec 4
?. Chairman culver afterwards ap
;, pointed the following committee
It First ward, f. II. Berg, W. II. Webb
T. Second ward, II, II Grace, Frank
* Crumntou. Third ward. SiIas Stewart
: George Larson; Fourth ward, George
f. UisIop James McGrath; Fifth ward
4. / n Krutb. Fred Baxter; sixth ward
G II ! Common l.. A. Erhart; Seventh
Y ward e II. Crownhart, Il. X Ken
y oady. Eight ward. A. w Ihghneld
uomer Andrew Ninth ward Henry
r. schommer T. II. York: Tenth ward
Iohn Barrcy. Ed Bnhanan.
g Ala Tiedemau said he favored act
ion to secure the enactment Of a law
). for local taxation of street railway
=. rIe said the street rail way here ough
= ,o nav ten times az much taxes a
j, was paving. and the tax should b'
maid locally instead Of being PAD u
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