The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-05
FOR BETTER STREETS
Committee Fayors Them in Business
Section Of the City.
Resolution Signed Which will B
Acted on By the Municipal
Boards. ,
NOTHING DEFINITE DONE YET

The committee appointed yesterday
by President Durrett, of the board of
aldermen, and Speaker Reed Of the
council, to discuss the advissbility of
improving permanently certain blocks
of streets in the business portion of
the city, met at the city hall this
morning at 10 o'clock ana unanimous
" decided to recommend TO the mu-
nicipal boards the proposed improve
ments. The committee was compose
of; Aldermen Chamblin, Smith, Rig
lesberger and Kirchoff, and Citizens
J. R. Smith, Adolph We'll, Frank Elm
ger, George Rock, John q. Rinckleff
and Thomas O. Leech.
Councilmen Hannah, Brooks, Gill
son, jackson, Taylor and Hummel,
and Citizens Louis Rieke, James e.
Wilhelm, Joe L. Friedman, Harry
Meyers, Jacob wallerstein and E. B.
Harbour.
Present this morning we're: Alder
men Durrett, Singleton and Chamblin
Oouncilmen Hummel, Taylor and
Hannah. Messrs. Jake wallerstein.
Harry Meyers. J. r. Smith, Adolph
We'll, T. o. Leech. l.. NJ. Rieke. ST.,
John @. Rinckleff, and W. r. Parker.
Mayor Yeiser presided, and an infor-
NAL discussion was entered INFO. Moth
ing dfienite was decided in regard to
the material, but it seemed to be the
sense Of the meeting that it is time
for Paducah to begin making perma-
nent street improvements In the busis1
ness part of the city, and that it ought
to be done right. 80 n.
II was estimated that to permanents.
ly improve the five blocks of streets
named, would cost $50, Half of
this would be paid by the property
owners, leaving $4,000 to be- paid
as the city's share Of them. II is esti-
mated that with sl.66 levy, $1,000
of this could be raised the other 81, 900
raised by curtsiling other appropris.
tions.
This is is only estimated, but is be-
lieved to be correct.
The gentlemen who discussed the
subject seemed to be thoroughly in
harmony with the idea of permanent
street improvements, and 1t is thought
the matter has gone so far that the
officials cannot we'll back out. The
resolution adopted, and which will be
presented TO the council, is as follows:
Paducah, KY, February 8, 1908.
To the Hon. Mayor and Members Of
the Genera. Council;
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
members of your board and citizens
having been appointed as a special
committee to investigate the advisa-
bility of improving Second street be-
tween Broadway and jefferson and
Third Fourth and Fifth streets be-
tween jefferson and Court, beg to re-
port that at meeting held this day
the matter was fully discussed and
the prevailing opinion was that sub
stantial improvements be made on the
above mentioned streets and we there
fore recommend that an ordinance be
drawn, amending the apportionment
ordinance, setting aside SIS, 900 to
cover the city's portion of the cost for
improving the above named streets.
the tax levy not to exceed sl.65. We
believe that the time has come when
all the principal streets over which
heavy traffic passed should be improv-
ed with some substantial and lasting
material.
We believe, further, that such i'm
provements enhance the value of tho
property abutting thereon, and at tho
same time saving to the city consider
able expense for annual repairs, all OF
which we respectfully submit and
trust that the report will be ooncurred
in.
]. wALLERsTEIN,
YOUNG TAYLOR.
ADoLPH WELL.
7. O. LEECH,
LOUIS RIEKE,