The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-22
Decides TO Let Street Contracts
June 30th.
Sfo,mwatcr sewers aud street Ia he
Let ~ one Contract. and Side.
walks In Another.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED.


ing Kentucky avenue from First TO
Ninth and Jefferson from Second to
Ninth. and cross streets, and II de-
veloped that II property owners have
to pay for the storm water sewerage
the cost to them of reconstructing
the street VIII be about SO from
foot. Formerly the city paid for
storm water sewerage which distrib-
uted It's cost among the various prop
crty owners The storm water sew
erags often drains large area. and
was heretofore paid for by the city
Recently. however. after much
street paving had been done and the
city had paid for the storm water
sewerage II was decided that the
storm water sewerage is part of
the street, and must be partly paid
for by The property owner. the latter
TO pay half and the city half, and the
cost on Jefferson and Kentucky
streets will be SO foot As many
property owners will have to pay SO
a foot while their neighbor around
the other side OF the block, who gets
just az much benefit from It as any
one else, will not have to pay half
as much. there is probability of
trouble SNrm water sewerage Is
not needed on every block or street.
Sometimes storm water sewerage
on one block will drain several 9TH
ers, bui under the new construction
of the law the property owners on
that one block will have to payy all
the cost of II. while others getting
just as much benefit will have to pay
nothing.
In regard to these new streets TO
/ be improved il was decided to have
bids opened June 30. and the storm
water sewerage and paving contract
will be LEI 10 one person and firm
and the sidewalks 10 another. Here
tofore the storm water sewerage has
been let TO one. the paving to anoth-
er and the sidewalks 10 still another.
The board decided to buy from
Contractor Thomas Bridges a "por-
cupine scarlher" for $500. The board
recently started to buy from the fac
tory but learned that Mrs Bridges
had one he did not need and would
sell much cheaper. (, is a machine
for tearing up streets that are to be
re-rolled.
The board discussed the removal
Of the garbage dump from the foot
OF Clay street to point below the |.
/ G. incline, but did nothing.
Mr.. j A Bauer offered the city
enough property for $325 through
the dogwod factory property to open
a street from Sixth 90 the river, but
the proposition was referred to the
city engineer TO ascertain II the city
hasn't already enough property OF
it's own to open the street when it
needs one.
Street Inspector Alonzo Elliott
was Instructed to repair Tenth
street on each side from Jackson TO
Tennessee by grading and graveling.
This is where the street is 100 feet
wide and has a wide area of dirt be-
tween the grayeled thoroughfare
proper. Automobiles and others
have converted the dirt portion into
a speedway and raise so much dust
that the residents can hardly keep
their windows up. The board thinks
that perhaps by Improving the sides
of the street where gravel was plac-
ed the owners OF vehicles may be
kpt on the dirt part. II was first or
dered that the latter be fenced up,
but the city solicitor reported that II
this was done the city would have to
put up lights to prevent people from
running into the fence and getting
damages, aud the city hasn't the
lights to spare.
The hoard ordered Market Mus
ter Frank smedley to allow no bug
giles hereafter 10 stop at theBroad-
way, entrance OF The market house
and block II while their owners go
TO market The nuisance has been
very great, Broadway as we'll as
Second street often being impossible
because OF the number OF buggies
LEFT standing In front OF the market.
The contract for grading and gray
cling 10Th street from Monroe TO the
Il Hinklevlle road was let TO u. c.
Terrell, whose bid was As cents per
lineai foot
Estimates against property owners
for the sidewalks ON Broadway be-
tween Firth and Ninth We're turned
over To Contractor Harry Baldwin
A deed of property from Or S, n,