The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-09
Brick for the Avenue.


different meetings held at various
times relative to the Improvement
of the streets and city of North
Yakima, | trust l will not be
out of place in placing before YOU
my notions and ideas relative to
the subject in question. To begin
with, / am citizen, a resident and
taxpayer of North Yakima, and have
the welfare, growth, upbuilding ana
beautifying of the city at heart as
much as any person living in it.
believe the city ought to be put in
as near perfect sanitary condition
as possible. To help matters, our
water supply ought to be taken
from the Natchez river above where
the Tieton empties into the Natchez
thus avoiding the muddy, clay laden
waters, every time there is rise in
the rivers. A short extension of the
power companys canal would rem
edy the matter and do away with .
great deal of Objectionable matter
from the Tieton source. During
high water there is as distinct line
drawn almost as day and night; the
Natchez is comparatively clear.
muddy. That color and sediment
cannot be filtered out, other than
with porcelain filter and that fill
ter will require cleansing every hour
| to secure any great amount of flow
| The idea of settling basins is out of
the question, as that mixture will
not become clear short of severa,
months. From actual tests six
weeks has little or no effect. After
the water supply has been thoroughly
| remedied, the next step should be
complete and up-to-date sewage
system. Without that we never can
+, have our city in sanitary condition
1t is true some steps nave lately
been taken in the direction of sew
age. but as yet no results have
been obtained, and at the present
rate of progress the present genera
ton will be lucky II they live to
see any. Some previous brainy may
self conceit when they think of their
far-sightehess in allowing some
would-be engineer to convince them
that the proper thing to do was to
put a sewer down Yakima avenue,
about the size of a stove-pipe, and
lay it from six to eight feet deep.
The unpleasant recollections of pres.
ent sewer contracts and proceedings
are two well known to be recall
ed, but let us hope that some time
this will be overcome The prob
lem that has been uppermost in the
minds of most of the progressive.
people of late has been the paving
of our streets. but ! am sorry -
note that the late freeze-up and
snow and good seighing incident
thereto has somewhat lowered the
problem.
Now | believe in the street paw
ing proposition to the fullest extern.
and leaving another part unpaved.
If it's a good proposition in one
part of the city it certainly must be
in another. what is sauce for the
goose ought to be sauce for the gan
der" If it enhances the value OF
property in one place--and am pos
tive it will in any localty-it will
in another. 1 don't believe in being
selfish in this matter: / don't be-
lieve in making fish of one and
flesh of another" We want work
done that will be a source of benefi;
to the city. to every individual in
the city, and that will be a means
of making our city grow. prosper
and be a pride to every resident One
consideration in wanting the whole
city paved is this: In letting a con-
tract Tor the paving. no matter what
the specifications may De. you can
always make much better terms for
a large contract than You can for
small one. The question of the
material to be used has been sub
ject for much discussion, and is
certainly one that ought TO have !
very thorough looking into. One
can hear the praises of asphalt. of
chemically treated wood blocks.
and of vitvfied bricks. all presented