Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-09
As TO CITY GRADES
PRESENT COMPREHENSIVE AND
UNIFORM PLAN SHOULD
NOT Be iNTERFERED
WITH. =.
BETTER STICK TO ESTABLISHED
GRADES NOW THAN TO
POSTPONE THE .
MATTER.
PRESENT HARDsHlPs 'NsieNIFl-
CENT COMPARED WITH Fu-
1uRE TROUBLES FOL-
LOWING DIFFER
;'~ EMIT coURE.
TRIBUNE HEADS THE LIST WITH
FIFTY DoLLADs TO BEAU
riFY THE METHODIST
CHURCH PROPERTY

The Bismarck Tribune long ago ad-.
vocated the passage OF a city oro1-
nance making it necessary for any
property holder before erecting a
building upon his property in the CITY
of Bismarck, to first obtain permit
from the city or. the engineers de-
partment, upon the obtaining Of Wnicn
it would te necessaryto have: the
levels given and the corners estaD-
lished. Then IL there should be any
change in the future. the y property
owner would not be liable for the
damage done If any. 80
Now let us take the specific case OF
the block on Thayer street, between
Fourth and Fifth, the old Moorehouse
property, now Hinckley on the corner
Of Fourth and the new Methodist
church on the corner of Fifth, ;When
the sidewalks were constructed IN
= front of this property, the editor or
the Tribune plead personally with the
owners Of the property to have tGe
walks lowered to grade as established
ac that time by the grading OF the
street. = Here is a. street running
straight through the city with the ex-
aeption of this one block, both sides
NJ the street all the way through the
. c;tv are nearly level. Il Why should the
one side be tipped up in, this partlcu-
lar block The owners at the time
argued that the cost ct excavattng
would be considerable and before the
eitv would be of enough Importance
to warrant the establishing OF the
proper grade, 1--WE would be dead and
gone. -. =.
Cities are not made in this way.
Nor is the terracing of block DAM
age TO property, In some instances 1T
adds more to the real value of the
rroue.ty than the cost of the retain
inc walls and terraces. Take the
rev Methodist church property, for
instance. A landscape engineer can
oIan a terrace for this property that
will conform to- the proper grades
of the streets and at the same time
add greatly to the architectural ap-
.nearance of this, magnificent edlnce.
To be sure it will cost a little TO
do this. But why sDoil street or
church property? ! Why not protect
tn, interests of the public as well
, az the church CORPORATION. Let US
Z nave HUE 80
Sas the neople Of all other cities have
had where there is civic pride and Ind
enterprise. !; IA INV. MI Is i. T., ~ e
5e What is now being done In the way
OF street improvements should be per
mnnent. Let us not Waver from this
long DELAYED but proper decision. II
tn conform with the proper grades
the church PEOPLE will be put to ex.
ira expense in providing terraces or
/, ctaining walls, let us be patriotic
aud liberal enough to- help ont the Pro '
s.nscition without endangering q much
[, more important problen,-the beau
trying Of the whole city. Il Isl
The Tribune heads the list with
$50 Ia landscape the. Methodist church
prcnerty In ssconf ormity with the es-
ablishad; grades that make tor &
greater and q more beautiful BIS
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