The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
No PAVING THIS SUMNER
MAYOR DURLAND SAYS PLAN CAN
NOT BE CARRIED OUT.
HOPES NOT TO BE REALIZED
Some Of the City Council Who Do Not
Desire to See Paving Go by the
Board Suggest a Method Which
May Solve the Difficulty.

May Solve the Difficulty.
Norfolk avenue will not be paved
this summer or fail. In Mayor Dur
lands opinion paving for this year ia
n dead letter and complications In the
, city finances seem to support this posi-.
ton.
During the Friday administration all
preliminary steps were taken to pro.
vide for the coating of Norfolk avenue
with brick from Seventh street TO the
Northfork bridge. by the terms OF
the paving ordinance the cost of street
Intersections fan on tho city and It Is
on this proposition that the paving pro.
ject seems doomed to come to at
least temporary grief.
For some months the general fund
Of the city has been in an exhausted
condition and as the cost OF paving the
something like $4,000 the condition of
city finances has been realized to at-
ford a possible obstacle to the immc-
diate paving on tho city's principal
business street.
At one time when the difficulty was
first preached 1t was understood that
private parties contemplated Offering
to take the city's certificate of In.
debtedness" in exchange for ready
cash to finance the street intersec-
ton paving but the doubtful legality
that hovers about Norfolks system
Of certificates" Is thought to have
occasioned alarm in the direction OF
these proposals.
Another way suggested out Of the
hole was for the city to borrow"
money from one city fund where n
cash balance flourished and place the
money temporarily in the street fund.
This has been common practice in
the past when city improvements
were hampered by prospective lack
of funds In the necessary quarter.
The present mayor however has de-
clared that such course would not
meet his approval.
Among some Of the council who
the board a new solution for the paw
ing middle is being worked out. If
Norfolk was n city of the first class
with a population above 5000 people
the few thousand dollars necessary to
carry the paving through could be
voted at n bond election held to give
Norfolk her first paved street
AT the last effort to determine the
city's population the number of peo-
pie fell a few hundred short of the
desired 5000 mark. A systematic CT
fort to raise Norfolk into the higher
class of cities is being seriously con
sidered.
If Norfolk wants to be a city of the
first class she can, 1t is said by Nor
/ rotn attorneys, nIins witnin Inc city
| limits several adjacent additions, real
| ly a part of Norfolk but never incor-
pOrated into the city. This can be
done, it is said, by action of the coun-
Gil preceding petition to the district
court. If Edgewater Park, Klug adj
dition, and part of Queen City, Park
and Hddse additions were added to
Norfolk a special census would make
! NorF0lly "itv 30 tho aret o1neo Dv
this move Norfolk would gain all the
| privileges that the law accords cities
having from 5000 to $4,000 people.
AS next spring will not show any
great surplus of cash in Norfolk's gen
cral fund, it is said that Norfolk to
gain paved streets should be a city
Of more than 5000 people when the
uayincr caasnn pnn,as nayt war Paw.
ing under this program would not be
possible this year, it is said, on ac-
count of incidental delays.
Speaking of the paving situation
Mayor Durland said yesterday: THE
| improvement that | am interested in
at this time is a public park for Nor
| folk. If we can get a public park of
twenty-five acres as has been proposed
think we ought to vote the neces-
sary bonds. AS regards paving | said
some months ago that | thought that
| there were other improvements more
| important than paving. Now | think
the park is one of these. We might
make arrangements to carry our paw,
ing through next year but premature
agitation might tend to injure the
park project which is where our pres
ent efforts ought to be conferred"
Concerning the announcement that
there will be no paving in Norfolk
this year, one business man said:
THE people of Norfolk will be deeply
disappointed to learn that the plans
for paving Norfolk avenue from Sev
enth street to the North Fork bridge
have fallen through. All preliminary
plans were taken last year under the
John Friday administration for the
paving, petition was properly signed
and presented to the city council and
an ordinance was passed. Every de
tail was attended to and the people
were given hope that at last this vita,
improvement would come. The an
nouncement that the present admin
istration can not see its way clear
to carry out the plans will be received
with regret. The paving Of the bust