The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

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Grade Ordinancy be Enacted.
Rapid City needs IN ordinance
establishing a uniform grade for
ALI, streets and sidewalks within the
city limits. Such an ordinance is
needed Immediately RIGHT NOW,
and it Is worse than folly to put it
of any longer. Rapid City has out
grown its infancy and is now city
OF some size and destined to become
soon one of the leading cities OF the
Middle West.
So far the city has failed TO estab-
lish grade ordinance of any kind
the city council simply delegating
power or authority TO the street com
missioner and walk committee to
establish grades, etc. This certainly
is a very crude and school-boy way
OF doing business. few years ago
a man was elected mayor of the city;
he appointed his committee on
streets and walks. This committee
had their ideas of what constituted
proper grades for streets and walks,
and walks were made according to
their ideas. A few years later new
and different mayor and council was
elected. A new street and walk COM
mittee was appointed of men having
distinctly different ideas of grades.
New walks were constructed accord
ing to their ideas and directions. AS
a consequence the city has not uni
form walk and there is not single
foot of PERMANENT walk in town
Now, until an ordinance is duly
and legally passed establishing per-
1nanent grades for streets and walks,
there is no authority to compel any
property owner to build his walk up
to any grade dictated by any COM
mittee of the council.
AS an illustration we call atten-
ton to the walk on the north side of
st. Joe street between Sixth and
Seventh streets. The mayor of the
city at the time that walk was made,
had his street and walk committee
to establish the grade and set stakes
indicating how high the walk should
be. MT. Chas. Buell. complied with
the grade from the west corner
where the United States Land Office
is, east as far as his property ex-
tended; the property owners from
the east corner did likewise as far
as the Lynch grocer. Then, Mr..
John Schrad. larned ground
between ti1~ss - SINS refused to
put his wall .rade indicat-
ed, and as a conz eace there is an
abrupt drop at his property line.
Under the existing ordinances there
is no way to compel Mr.. schrader
to put his walk up to grade Let the
city council establish. by ordinance,
a grade on that street, and then,
dear readers, see how quickly Mr..
Schrader will have to come up with
his walk to the line specified.
Another illustration of the imper-
feet workings OF the present system
In vogue. is along the west side OF
Seventh street at the Sweeney block
Mr.. Sweeney built new walk and
put down drain gutter in the
street. The gutter is fully from
eight to ten inches too high for the
grade. Of the street, and instead o,
being benefit in any manner what
ever, it is simply an obstruction IL
the street, occupying about two fee
OF space in width and extending tn,
entire length Of the block.
These walks are being forced oil
the citizens, and in justice, propert,
owners are entitled to protection
The walks are, or should be at least
intended to be permanent. The tim
has come now, RIGHT NOW, for tn,
council to give the property owner
4 and taxpayers protection from thi
enforced expense.
Public policy and good sense de
N mand that there should be uniform
grade established for every stree
and walk in the city. when such
measure is established very few,
any Of the existing walks will cor
81 form to the uniform grade. VIII
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