The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-27
STREETS ARE TO BE IMPROVED
BY LIBERAL USE OF CRUSH
ED ROCK.
Assessment Districts Are to Be Pro
vided by Ordinance-Subject
Thoroughly Discussed.

! 10 at once commence the work or I'M
proving all the streets in the business
| district and a large number of thor
oughfares in the residence portion of
! the city.
| The meeting had been called by
| Mayor Hunt for the purpose of con-
| sidering the matter of the streets and
! after the subject had been thoroughly
discussed by members of the council
Attorney Blandford, City Engineer
| Clark n. G. Blalock and John w.
| Langdon. the committee on streets and
public improvements submitted a re-
port which was unanimously adopted.
and the city attorney instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance to carry out the
provisions of the report The recon-
! mendations made by the committee
were as follows:
We, your committee on streets and
public improvements. recommend that
| the following streets be improved by
graveling said streets with crushed
| rock in the best and most approved
form: and We further recommend that
an assessment district be established
| in each street to provide for the eX
pense of said Improvements:
Alder street from First street to city
limits
West Alder street on that part not
covered with crushed rock.
First street from Alder to Birch
street.
Second street from Alder to the city
limits.
East Main street from Main street
bridge to the city limits.
West Main street from Fifth street
| to Twelfth street.
"Palouse street from Main street to
Birch street.
Park street from Boyer avenue to
Newell street.
Fourth street from Alder street to
Chestnut street.
We further recommend that all
streets that have been improved with
crushed rock be put in a thorough
state of repair
Streets and Sidewalks.
Councilman Smith WAS the principal
went after the corpora tons for the
manner they We're pursuing in making
repairs to pipelines and telephone sys-
TENS. He accused them of digging up
the streets and leaving them iii a very
bad condition. and he urged, rigid en-
forcement of the present ordinance
requiring them to put the thor
oughfare in as good condition as
they We're before digging them up. He
also called attention to the dangerous
condition Of the sidewalks throughout
the city. He did not blame the street
commissioner and thought that official
should have more assistance to help
him keep in touch With the work of his
department. The practice of many
people riding bicycles at night without
carrying Il lantern was another abuse
spoken of by the councilman. and he
said if the present police force was not
sufficient to prevent the violation of
the ordinance Il special officer should
be appointed to look after it. Smith
also devoted some time to what he
termed as prize fights and thought
some action should be taken to stop
them. Chief of Police Brown was call
ed on for information and he said that
in his capacity as peace officer of
the city he had witnessed all of the
recent contests. but he did not cOnsid-
e1 that they had been brutal. but he
was of the opinion that any contest
that lasted 20 rounds had the semb-
lance of prize fight.
Tneater Ordinance.
Mayor Hunt called upon the COM
mittee on health and police to state
to the council what action had been
taken toward preparing an ordinance
covering the matter of safety IN pubic
buildings He asked the city attorney
if the council had power to close the
theater when that official gave an
opinion that he did not believe the city
had a right to do so. as there was no
ordinance on the city books along
those lines. Mayor Hunt then in
structed Mr.. Blandford to prepare and
| submit an ordinance on the subject at
! the next meeting of the council
New City Code.
The city clerk under proper legal
assistance. was instructed to prepare a
al