Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-04
STREET GRADES
AND RESURVEYS
Views of COuncilmen, Present and
Past, Presented to People

be correct In all instances and make
permanent monuments and 70 make
map Of the entire district showing
exactly their status In In all respects
80 far as II pertains 10 = survey OF
them for the purpose OF street grad
ing"
Councilman Bedell when seen
said; I'VE are making q survey for
the purpose OF establishing grades in
the three districts recently created
by the council for that purpose.
These districts. as ! am informed,
have been surveyed, II not a. q whole.
at least for the most part BY former
surveyors. A number OF the profiles,
however, supposed TO be made By
these surveyors are missing and were
never turned over TO as. Wa have
been unable to ind any monuments
or field notes under the old surveys
70 guide ua. and without them We are
In the dark, and, taking everything
into consideration, the only thlng left
for IA to do IL 10 make a survey of
II over again. Where there are ia
existence proiilea showing established
grades the grade IL OF such q char
acter that were Il to be- followed II
would be very expensive. and would
In many instances practically destroy
the abutting property on the streets.
Where proper grades have been
made It Ia my understanding that
they Will not be disturbed. and our
work will involve only that where
grades have been established and
which are in an ungraded state. We
considered this entire matter care
fully before taking any action. We
fully realized that "a would mean the
expenditure Of money and We are
anxious 70 guard the city treasury a.
much as any one against unnecessary
expenditures. but IN this ease Il was
case OF absolute necessity We had
no alternative but to proceed and do
the work over again"
A. NJ. Haynes. the engineer. speak.
Ing OF his work, said: The alder
men object 10 the grades already e.
tablished in the districts which am
surveying. Their objections are
based on the ground that they are
expensive and unsatisfactory. The
grades run perfectly straight between
the streets. many OF them a. much ~
500 feet. We propose 20 make short
or grades and have vertical curves
and save damage 10 tho abutting
property. The old surveys are de-
hcint IN that there are no monuments
and no field notea are IN existence.
There are a number Of prohIea gone.
and those IN existence do not show
that they have ever been accepted BY
the council. On the profles the
earth work Is not calculated. no esti-
mates and yardage are in evidence.
and taking II all In all II is cheaper
and better to do the work over. Just
as we are doing It. aud when II IL
done II will be complete and anthem
tic throughout"
Former Mayor Collins, under
whose administration the frst survey
work was done was seen and asked II
the territory now being surveyed By
the city had not been surveyed and
grades established before. and replied
In the Affirmative "It Il an imposi-
ton on the people" he said. ito do
all this work over again" Contain
ing. he further said: This territory
was originally surveyed in part By
Todd and Edwards and afteFWard
checked up By and completed by Ger
IRISH. As learn II. the council nOw
maintains that the grades established
are too expensive 10 follow and that
II would do much damage to prop
erty. do not know just how they
arrived az this conclusion. No one
man on the council knows anything
about engineer work. and they are
compelled 70 rely upon their engi-
neer. as we did ours. feel that the
work was all right and Is all right.
and ! will venture TO predict that
after this engineer Is through with
his work another can be found who
would md fault with his work. and
would advise a resurvey Of the en-
tire district again. They claim. as
learn It. that some OF the prohles
are gone. can not understand this.
as they were made and placed In the