The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-12-02
Street GRADE CONTROVERSY
STREET MARKS OUT OF LINE
city Engineer read and city Fathers
Disagree Gas Pips Controversy BFiass
Oat Fasts Pipes We're ses PLACED ~
CFoSshnR CrateFS,

Street grades and street work 10 u
very iiye subject among the city ON
ciais AMI with many citizens who
feel agRrievea over the work % City
Engineer Todd. The controversy
started over the surveying u shsr.
man and Fifth streets, Eheu the rec
idsuts--oF large portion 0f them
protested 20 this board Of trustees
against grading tkese streets q. cord
Ing to the probes of the engineer.
Their claim was that the engineer
bad attempted 10 keep grades down
20 too i0M q percentage, 20 the detFl
neat of ab1ttiug property Ia many
Instances. This was SoiloMed by the
officials making changes 20 more
nearly conform 20 the contour % the
gFoand, and In % doing they ignored
the WoFk u the engineer, which wss
~ much ~ saying that hs ala not
know BITE bnsinesa.
MF. Todd vas employed BY the city
20 survey sud make pFufilsE u all ths
streets aud claims that his Judgment,
after q quarter ~ q ceataFy's s4psF
isncs. ought 20 10 worth more than
that u ps=wons uho knoW nothinR
about civil engineering. Oos shinR
IL ceFtain. Mr.. Todd has been paid
for doing thu woEk aud IL II IL all 20
DO oveF agAiH shs PEOPLE uho are
compelled 20 put 40 the expense siii
not appFeeiats IL.
Tho claim IL also made that Mr.
Todd, Wbo uas employed 70 put gal
vhBiEed iron posts 80 the crnteF %
each stF@st crossing mhcFs graded.
has vAoe@drd biz authority AD3 iRnoF.
"a tbs order u the board ot trustees
~ placing these pousS ca ali surrey,
Sd, aud an9raded EtFcetH, as sell ~
on thope already graded. aud that
these poets are not In the centeF ~
the siFvss Intersections. Memharp ~
tho bOaFd disagree a. 60 she sAact
meaning ~ the resolution aud Ne
print II helow NJ u ia entered on the
minutas of the meeting auth uFiainR
The uork
"Moved by ME. ABdFsw tbu, the
village engineer he employed 10 #ss
at the csntvr Of the intersection Of
ell graded streets. = piece ~ QUO
inch galFonisei RAs pipe. threc feet
lcnR. driven iHtn the ground leaving
The top q tbs pipe sin incbea belou
ths surface ~ she established grade.
said pipe TO be allied uith charcoal
The motion was seconded hy Mr. VIII
lame aud carried.
There seems 20 b. some Ambigu,
tty Go = part ~ thu resolution. hut
most Of tbo MENTORS o. the board
claim tha, II means she exact Inter
section center Of all graded streets
andstha center dces mt mean ak
ipchep Ur one foot from the center.
aud that uBRraded sseess are not In.
cluded. Mr.. Todd has heen raid for
this work aud IL seems To be as up
satisfactory ~ bis street grades.
when asked by the Press for his
version Of the matter he said that In
doing this work he had followed the
instructions Of the board ~ near NJ
posi- bile and that be did not under.
stand that the marks we're 20 Is
placed In the exact center TO be- used
% marks from which eide lines Of she
street could De obtained. lie PLACED
them on all steets that had been sur.
veJed aud come Of them were several
feet below the surface on unsraded
streets. lie admits that none oil
NNner -, IA che awaae s.aatar mnA -. -
that II the board wanted the worn
done 30 closely aud accurately a. thai
II would cost the city $1,000 OF
more. He made no claim that thes'
posts we're correctly placed in tb,
center, stating that 30 do 90 would
involve a vast amount Of work which
be did not believe the city woul,
oaTe to pay for.