The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-04
BROADWAY TRACKS
MOVED TO ONE SIDE
For Double Tracking Between
Ninth and Eleventh Street.
Fraternity building Lights Too Low
and Violate City Ordinance
Ordered Changed.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

II Permission was given the Paducah
| Traction company last night at the
meeting of the board of public works
ITO lay track on the north side of
1 Broadway between Ninth and Elev-
enth streets. The company will begin
work as soon as conditions will allow
At present the track is in the middle
OF the street and by placing it on the
northern side half of the work for a
double track will be completed. The
company may double track to the rail
road before the street Is improved.
A letter was read from the Padu-
car Traction company stating that re-
pairs would be made TO any of the i'm
proved streets or sidewalks, where
they have been injured by the traction
company. Mr.. Foss was present, as
representative of the company, and
said the work would begin with warm
weather.
| The Longfellow school needs the
unused North Twelfth street for a
playground. The street might be
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school yard, ard until II is improved
or opened for traffic be used by the
children. City Engineer Washington
Twin see if it is possible, and report to
the board.
Hugh Burrows and Ed Tyree COM
planned to the board that water drains
from the street over their private
! property since new drain pipe was
placed across the street. City En-
gineer Washington explained that no
more water ran on the property since
the Improvement, and pointed out that
the property was a regular drainage.
The board will make an examination
of the condition.
Many of the alleys are In bad con
dltion. and several property owners
on the alley between Sixth and Sew
enth streets and Broadway and Ken
lucky avenue wish the alley inn
proved. The board has no money
with which to pave it, and for the
present several loads of gravel will
be placed there.
Reports Received.
| A. FRANKIE. sewer inspector, wanted
the board to employ another man to
assist him in flushing the sewers and
manholes, but the board decided that
he can use a trusty from the city
prison for the purpose. The allow
ance for the sewer work Is limited.
February 25 there were IS street
lights out at night, and February 30
there were only two. J. o. Keebler,
superintendent of the light plant, ex-
planned the trouble. Before the old
Telephone was removed from the
plant he had residents living on the
corner telephone him, but since the
removal he has ceased receiving these
notices. Since the police have re-
ported the lights not burning the
trouble is remedied as before. Mr..
Keebler said he has not been able to
have the police cooperate with him
before.
Two lights on the Fraternity build
ling are below 8 feet and several inches
high. and a person with an umbrella
cannot walk under the lights. Mr..
Katterjohn said he touched one sew
eral DAYS ago and received a shock,
Street Inspector Il. Il. Bell was in
structed to have the lights removed
or get warrants if the owners did not
obey
| The city solicitor will attend the
next meeting of the board as the
board desires to learn under what con
EDITIONS the property owners pay for
lall of the improvements.
Mr.. Hiram Smedley reported an al
Hey near South Fourth street near
Husbands street in bad condition
since the sewer had been laid. The
street inspector will clean out the al
Hey.
| The city will place guard on
Third street near the Island creek
bridge. The board ordered a private
property owner to do the work but it
| is not his property and the board or
dered the improvement.
| The traction company will place
gravel between its tracks on Jeffer-
son boulevard in a short time. The
lstreet has been improved and the ties
of the track are uncovered at present,
If possible Frank Kirchoff. Fourth
and Ohio streets, will be allowed to
Iuse old curblng in the Improvement of
the sidewalk.
President Rudy and Messrs. Will
Ilian, Katteriohn and IOuis KOlb Jr