The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
Property Owners Flood County
Board With Petitions.
WANT MACADAM|zED ROADS
Pleasant Strest, East Alder and
College Place People File
Petitions Today.

The campaign for better roads all
over the county is on, judging from the
number of petitions for road improve
ments that poured in on the county
commissioners this morning. Petitions
for macadamizing three thoroughfares
were filed with the board this morning
and it is understood that two more
petitions are being prepared and will
fore the board adjourns. College Place
people were in early with a big petit
ton praying for the macadamizing of a
mile of road connecting College Place
with the mile of road built by the gov
ernment experts last year. The COL
leeg Place people had the names OF '5
prominent property owners attached
to their petition, accompanied by the
usual bond to secure the cost of sur
veving and other expenses of viewing
the road if the commissioners turn
down the petition.
Want East Alder Macadamized.
Property owners on East Alder street
are hot after the commissioners 10
have that thoroughfare macadamized
between the city limits and the Trimble
road. a distance, of about mile and
quarter, and a petition bearing the
names of a large number of property
owners within the district was filed
with the board this morning. The road
in the petition is designated as the
C. M. Stoval road.
Pleasant Street in Line.
Following closely the petition filed
by East Alder street property owners
a big petition from property owners on
Pleasant street praying for the macad-
amizing of that street from the city
limits to the Russell creek road. dis
tance of one and half miles, was
filed. Property owners in that district
had raised a bonus of nearly Sl,2oo
this morning to help pay for the i'm
provements. Sums ranging from 50 tc
$500 were subscribed by property own
ers VINO will be benefited by the pro-
posed Improvement.
The total length of the roads peu-
toned for is about four miles and the
estimated cost is placed at close e
$4,000. Petitions praying for the ma
cadamizing of the Miles c. Moore ROAD
between the city limits and the Seepe
rood .nd another asking for the ma
cadamizing of the c. L. Whitney roa'
between the city limits and the stat
line. are being circulated and WI
probably be filed with the commis
sioners tomorrow. The petitions nie
this morning were tabled by the com
missioners to be taken up at some III
ture date, when all the petitions ~
kindred improvements are IN "A
opinion from County Attorney Wliso'
defining the mode of procedure III ao'
ing on petitions of the kind filed TO-DAY
was submitted to the board and Is
follows:
What Sections Apply.
There will be presented to you
nalf dozen or more petitions for III,
proving certain roads in different di
rections from Walla Walla.
Il have prepared few forms and
understand that other forms have bee
prepared by different attorneys, a
of which will be presented to you wit
the bonds. as provided by the statut
for your action.
"The law under which these petition
are filed commences at section 1O9
the 1906 compilation of road law
Section ia provides for the petition
section lis for the bond, and sectio
ZIG provides that if the bond be az