The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
STREET PAVING CAMPAIGN

STREET PAVING CAMPAIGN
Business Mems Luncheon Developed
Strong Sentiment on Paving
Mit:hell's Main Thoroughfare.
Paving Main street has been a sub
jec. an6er discussion among the bust
ness men of the city f,r several years.
sometimes getting favorable con-
s%idaration and other times something
III a setback.
AT the business mems luncheon at
The Mitchell hote! Friday evening
this paving prop ,si,toE was given
mere serious con sill :ration than ever
before. Judging from the discussion
If Il very Favorable nature.
Owing to the colo weather the at
tendance was not SO large at the
monthly meeting as was desired for
the matters that came before the ses-
sion. The luncheon was served in
fine shape under the direction Of
| Landlord Byers and his wife, and it
was very appetizing.
President Upton called the as
sembly to order and stated that 1t
was the intention to have MI. P. ].
Dougherty, attorney for the state
railroad commission present and de-
liver an address. explaining the work
of the commission. MI. Dougherty
however. was not present, and he
sent no word to the committee why
he was detained. Commissioner Ness
was also unable to be present on &C.
count Of a very severe cold.
Mr.. Upton referred to matters
which have been landed for tho city
tho Manhattan OIL Z Linsesd Co.'S
plant. the Capitalization Of . hos
market for shipment 70 coast psck-
ers.. which may mean much fot NTH.
ell in I'll, future Year,. TIE pifftss111i-
dent suggested that the ps,vinIgg prop
osition bs taken uir C thi1s 'hmsvm
secure an expression from the bust
ness men.
He stated that he had looked at
the legal side Of the paving question
with reference to involving the city
in the expenditure Of money for paw
ing the intersections Of streets. and
he asserted that the entire expense
could legally be assessed to the prop
erty abutting On Main street.
Mayor Hitchcock expressed him
self as being in favor of paving Main
street and as much Of the side streets
as possible. The laying Of the drain
age sewer he considered one Of the
things necessary before paving and
with this provided for the paving
would naturally follow. This can
not be done in a few moments" the
mayor said. "a sentiment must be
created among a majority of the
property owners on Main street, and
they must have the spirit of patriot.
ism in this movement to pave Main
street. In the way of preparation
the polls along Main street, those Of
the Telegraph and electric light com.
pany, should be moved to the alleys
or placed under ground. Whether
this can be done or not will have tc
be determined later. All business
places must be connected with the
water mains and the sewer, and
teams must not be hitched on Main
street. We can never have an at
tractive thoroughfare until we cease
making a stable of it. The process
of leading up to the paving PROPOSE
ton is necessarily going to be slow
but l am confident it will come
Mitchell is getting into the class of 6
city and emerging from the town. an6
this, l believe, to be the very step
pingstone."
John Michels has been enthusiast.
on the paving matter for some time
and he expressed himself as being IL
thorough sympathy with it. Mr.
Michels, in urging the paving, said;
The first impression a person get!
of a town is the one that lasts, ant
when visitors come to Mitchell tn,
first view they get is Of one MAR
street. At the present time the stree
is not particularly inviting. In Min
neapolis they are using the creosot'
block almost exclusively, and 1t ha,
been found to have the lasting quail
ity. l learned that the expense o
paving a 25-foot lot runs from $40,