The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-06
HUNKS OF THE LUCRE
Nearly Half a Million Dollars to
be Spent in Paducah.
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars for
Streets, Giving Paduoah Nearly
Five Miles of It.
THE STREETS TO BE PAVED

The success OF the bond issue pro-
position means more to Paducah than
the average citizen has guessed. II
means the expenditure in Paducah of
nearly half million dollars within
the next year for public improvements
alone. In rebuilding the streets with
brick or asphalt, the property owners
will have to pay half the cost. The
$3.50, 900 bonds issued for the street
improvements will therefore be the
oity's half, and the $3.50, 900 as the
property owners half means $500, 900
for street improvements alone.
The sidewalks. which are rebuilt
and improved at the same time, are
under the law improved ct the exclu.
sive expense Of the property owners,
and it 10 estimated that they will cost
from e75,0o0 to eio0,o additional.
according TO the kind of improvement.
weather brick or asphalt This means
. total Of $500, 900 to be spent for
streets and sidewalks.
In addition TO that there will be
es5. 900 for . city hospital and esb..
900 for q new market house. making
. total of S460. 900 to be spent here in
side . year.
There 10 still quite . great deal to
do, however. before the work on these
improvements can commence. A mat
ter that 10 of general interest to the
public IL how many blocks Of street
and which streets, will be improved
with this $500, 900. Members Of the
municipal board think that at least
so blocks and possibly IS blocks of
streets, can be rebuilt with brick or
asphalt for $500, 900. With the four
blocks already built and the seven re-
Gently started, this will give Paducah
over Ave miles OF improved streets.
As to the streets to be improved,
this has not been decided and proba-
bly, will not be by the present boards.
A prominent city official, however,
stated today that he thought il would
be good idea to have Third street
from Court to the Island Greek bridge,
about fourteen blocks and Fifth street
from the NJ, O. and st. l.. passenger
and freight depot to the Illinois Cen
trail freight depot at Sixth and Camp
bell streets, sixteen or more blocks,
and then improve Broadway, Ken
lucky and Jefferson streets ct least to
Ninth II not the railroad crossing and
the cross streets.
This would give the residents Of the
CITY on both the North and South sides
some of the benefits Of the improve
ment, In addition to the general beue-
fits that would accrue to every citizen
from such q public improvement.
A member Of the council stated that
he would this evening make motion
ct the board meeting to have the city
solicitor at once prepare and file a
suit to test the validity of the bond
issue in order to have everything
ready for floating the bonds later on.
"This," he said, sis often done.
and when you offer your bonds for
sale you can show the prospective pur-
chasers that they are valid and have
been tested in the highest courts. 1t
would require only about 60 days to
get such a suit through all the courts.
there being no objection to it. d"
Before the bonds can be issued there
must be passed ordinances, etc. 1t
seems to be the general opinion that
the boards should begin the necessary
work at once, and be ready to let the
contracts for the improvements. work
to begin not later than April. Louis.
Vile is now making her street i'm
provement contracts to begin in April
and contracts thus started will have
eight months Of good weather to run.
II il estimated that the work here can
be completed refore the year 10 out
Whether the boards now in office, who
go out in January, will take any &C.
ton at all in the bond question is moi
certain.
1t is probable tho city engineer will
now be ordered to make measurements
surveys. etc.. however for the streets
and have all this kind Of work com
pleted before hand. The issue OF the
market house bonds and the prelimi'
naries to beginning work will not be
90 complicated and not require SC
much time.
The foregoing il only q small part