The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-22
TO EXTEND CAR line.
City Council VIII Appropriate $500
But No Mere.

Ninth avenue east. for the extension
OF the street car line to the Holiness
University. 1t agreed in the resolu-
ton for the expenditure that the
Traction Company might, II it desir-
ed, by filing in the cuts raise City
Engineer Shannon's first grade. the
one accepted by the Council last
night, to a grade Of about two and
one-half per cent. Further than this
the city, the Council thought, was I'M
able to do anything for the project.
The resolution for the expenditure
was made by Councilman O'Hearne
Of the First ward, and is: THAT we
adopt the first profile of Engineer
Shannon as the grade on Ninth ave-
nue. east, provided the plat is accept
able to the city and free from encum-
brance; and that the city expend $500
toward grading said avenue, and pro-
viding that the oskaloosa Traction
Company or the Holiness Association
finish the grading and the street rail-
way company build and operate an
electric car line on the same. And
that the Traction Company shall have
the privilege of raising the grade at
the two fills and the grade leading
from the two fills shall not exceed
two and one-half per cent and making
the east cut not more than four feet
at the corporation line. And the
above resolution shall not be binding
upon the city unless all the conditions
are complied with"
Such was the disposition of the mat
ter by the Council, after almost four
hours elaboration at special meet
ing last evening, held for the purposes
Of considering the extension, and for
consideration of the Hanna Company's
erroneous assessment.
Mr.. Shannon's second profile offer
ed, which was drawn after the plan OF
Mayor williams, was Immediately
abandoned after the discussion in the
Council last evening. Even the May
or, father Of the grade, was the frst
TO denounce 1t. 1--WE cannot expend
that sum-" declared Mr.. Williams. 1t
is out of the question. have looked
the ground over and such grade.
contemplating as it does a NIL Oh
about seven feet in the nollows, would
he ruinous to much Of the ADJOINING
property Figures as to the cost OF
SUCH a grade were, however, submit
ted and the Council was up against
The proposition Of an expenditure Oh
s1.74O.4O, the estimated cost OF tne
work, as submitted by Engineer
Brady of the Traction Company upon
an estimate based upon the grade.
The discussion Of the dinerent
Grades and estimates was full ana
free and rose to the dramatic when
councilman Kenworthy declared tnat
tha councilmen we're not servants Oh
the corporation, either the Holiness
Association, nor the Traction CO.. put
of the people. "The Traction Com
many" declared Mr.. KenwortnE 40
sume past understanding when II
comes in here and asks US to expenu
this s1.74O.oo in producing a grade lor
,ts particular benefit. We are not ser
wants Of either the Traction 20. OF
.ho holiness Association, but OF the
neonle and we cannot expend such a
sum that the Traction Company may
not have to increase their insufficient
mower. to the sacrifice of the consider
able grading we have promised"
The Council figured over the conui-
ton of its treasury. I'VE nave Dus
$500 that can be used LOT that 81
,npo was the result of the pondertng'
and the proposition embodied in tne
resolution was suggested by council,
man o'Hearne, who afterwards mo'eu
its adoption.
This measure was objected TO ps
Mr. Garner Of the Traction Company
who declared that his people "ouiu
in all probability abandon the pro1ec'
if the city could not establish the mrs.
Shannon grade Of itself. Mr.. L. WI
liams, representing the Holiness AS
ISOLATION, declared that It was unaDie
to advance any money for the grading
as the energies of the Association
were devoted entirely to building W
the school.
Mr.. Garner In his objection declared
that the Company would put into thu
Improvement outside the grading
about $4,000 in extending the hne
for three-fourths Of mile, and in add