The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-04-14
nTELls REPORTER WHAT POLICY NE
WILL PURSUE.
STOP STREET WORK FOR SEWERS
Thinks MsesdamizIns Of Streets Until
Sewer Question is Settled A Waste
Of Money.

running OF things In as economical
manner a. Il consistent with the best
interests oE the community and at the
same time endeavor 10 get some i'm
provements made that viii be sub
stantial said Mayor Moriarty in re
sponse 10 our request for some in
formations as TO what policy he in
tends 70 pursue as mayor for the com
ing year,
"Ono thing want to state emphati-
caily. and that is that there will be no
more mecadamixing done until the
sewers are put In. II we are going 70
cave sewers the time 70 put them in Is
before any expensive improvements are
made on our streets so that once the
street is made II will not be disturbed /
again
Then. yoa intend advocating
sewer system we contiuued
~ certainly am in favor OF putting |
in tho main sewers on the three
principal streets the coming year that
Is ON Superior avenue, Crystal avenue
and Marquette avenue. guess that
the principal territory was embraced
"A sewer district No. when the sub
lect was up last year
How do you propose 10 finance the
~ystom was the next query.
4By a general assessment, 80 far as
tie trunk sewers are concerned. find
that the talk about the mines not
wsinting 10 concede this plan il not
srue. The miaing companies are per
fectIy willing that the main sewers
throughout the city should be bnilt by
\ 4 tax upon the city AZ large. II is the
Froisting OF tie latterals and connections
apon the city ~ large that the large
interests lfict; upon paying aud even ~
the case OF the latterals the mining
interests are willing to stand . share
u the expense
what about street work We IN
quired further-
"Not going to do any more than is
absolutely necessary TO cure bad places
AHl NINr MNfhN kuAh ~ Ahr I'M 80
favor Of having constructed OK concrete
80 that we will have something after
they arc down. ! am also going 70 in
sist upon the universal repair of side
walks whore they are faulty. don't
believe la making poor man OF q
widow woman fix up his or her side
walk ana letting some fellow who IL
we'll able,to fix his slide ont. Anyone
who has a had walk aHd against whom
complaint is fled will fix his walk or
the city Will do IL and charge IL up.
There is another point in sidewalk
improvement matters that ! wish yor
would touch upon in your iuteryiew
and that is the lowering Of walgs whore
they are more than 10 inches above
the gutter A supreme court decision
rendered something over year ago in
"a case brought up from Gladstone
makes the municipality and the owner
Jointly responsible for an injury re-
,ceived by falling of a walk that is
more than 10 inches above the curb
We have number OF such walks in the
,oity my own walk among others. and
/ am going TO advocate the lowering
of these walks or the placing OF rail
ing on the outer edge. such precau-
tion 10 necessary TO protect the city
against big damage suit some OF
these days
Anything to oifsf on the electric
sight and water system we continu.
I'D.
" mo. excepting ths | want more
dghts aud want the street lights 10 be
kept burning. understand that there
IL 10 be- installed or that there Is about
installed, new system by which the
street lights will be- put oE a circuit
by themselves. feel oertain that
!. whom TINT systeI gets TO working we
will have better service
4 "Oh, yes. just wait minute said
the Mayor as we were leaving. There
10 another little matter that / want
sou TO mention and that Is the keeping
Of the streets clear Of wagons, buggfes
wood. boxes aud other debris such
stuff in the streets Of the city. 81.
pecially In the main business thoro.
fare, gives a place a very bad look.
will insist that all such truck be kept
OF the streets and you can say that
this one point mean 70 win ON even
II miss ON all the other good things
! have IN mind