The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-08-09
PROTEST APPARENTLY HAD
LITTLE OR NO EFFECT
1t Now seems Probable that All OF
Matches avenue VIII be Paved
with Asphalt.

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asphalt. at an estimated cost of $4,000.
Monday evening. was adopted by
unanimous vote of the four eouncilmen
present. in spite Of the fact that a
numerously signed protest against the
Improvement was read. The council
adopted, also, the plans and specifica-
iiors for the Improvement submitted
! by the city engineer
| The protest reads as follows:
North Yakima. Wash. July II. 1905
- 10 the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bers of the city Councils: Gentlemens
We, the undersigned. owners of prop
erty fronting on Natchez avenue, and
which said property would be includ-
ed in an assessment district formed
for the purpose of paving said Natchez
avenue with asphaltum. as prayed in n
petition heretofore filed with the city
granting of said petition and against
the paving of said street, as aforesaid,
for the following reasons:
\ -. So far as the business and traffic
| doom said avenue is concerned, there
is no necessity for the paving of the
same, unless 1t be upon a few blocks
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| "2. The said petition purports to ask
for the paving of said street through
out its entire length. and there is quite
a lot of vacant property upon said
street Upon which no one lives, except
| within few blocks in the central part
of the city. and there is no call or ne
cessity for the paving of said street
especially towards the ends thereof
l f,.~, thA ctn Nf,,k 81 a.
ton Of the persons living upon 1t.
| "3. The value of the property of your
petitioners and OF many others upon
said street would not Justify the great
expense which would be necessary in
paving the same.
1.-The undersigned own and hereby
represent the lots designated after
their respective names
| Here follows the names and the de-
scriptions of the property. the remon-
STRANGE being signed by NJ. w. Porter,
Anna Jungst A. r. McWain, r. ].
Lynch. D. L. Stone and Son. c. O. Rod
man, Mrs. McNeilly, Sister M. Flor
ence, James Pollock. Phoebe Hood,
Aurilla r. Thomas. f. f. Cleaver, John
Morrissey, Rev. FIR. Brusten, J. W.
Day. ]. p. Maltoon. O. b. Lum, John
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NJ. Harrison. A. F. Timms, Mrs J. A.
Shelley. Chas. Gull, Mrs. j. j. Arm
strong. s. Z. Farris, Charles Niles, A. L.
Churchill, J. A. Shelby. G. A. Kohls,
Fred Parker Mrs l.. b. Rinehart. John
9. Boyle (by Mrs. J. G. Boyle), Mrs. c.
| Pollock
| Attorney ]. O. Gull spoke In behalf
of those who signed the remonstrance
| IN OF tnd hat bn
sented was mainly on the north and
that the owners could not see the me-
cessity OF the present paving OF the
entire street. He admitted that the
paving would make fine street, but
begged the council to consider the ex-
pense to the property owners. many Of
whom were people earning small sal
aries and unable to bear the expense.
Even II the cost OF the Improvement
was made payable in ten years, the
installthents would be a serious burden
upon many. Those who petitioned for
the, paving. he declared. lived within
two or three blocks of Yakima avenue
on one side or the other. and the Pc
tition did not represent the wishes Of
all who owned lots on Natchex avenue.
The mayor replied to the argument.
He said there was no necessity for
paving Natchez avenue--it did not have
to he done. The city could get along
without it. 1t could get along
without electric roads. cement side
walks. and other improvements; 1t
could get along without the Northern
Pacific railroad. But North Yakima
had come to be looked upon as an en-
terprising community, and as the city
OF destiny" OF central Washington. II
this reputation Is lived up to, the peo-
pie OF the town must maintain H..
Nothing would ever be done II moth
ing was done that did not meet with
opposition. The cement walks laid In
the city had been laid in many places
aginst the protests of property owners,
who afterward declared they were
sorry they had signed the protests
North Yakima. be felt. could AFFORD the
Natchez avenue Improvement. and II
would be the very best and highest
class. of Improvement the city could
attempt II the council acted in re-
Spouse to the request OF those who
signed the remembrance, the city
would be taking step backward
from which II would not recover in ten
years.