Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-18
COUNCIL ADOPTS ANOTHER RES.
oLuTloN OF NECESSITY AT
MONDAYS MEETING.
MANY NEW SIDEWALKS
WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
Gregory Believes Word "eranitoid"
Should Be Eliminated From specifi-
cations, and This Will Likely Be
Done When Objections Are Heard
Other Street Improvements.

The city council Monday night
adopted a resolution of necessity for
the paving of twenty additional blocks,
with combined curb and gutter and
granitoid concrete. The new paving
includes six blocks on May street, and
on that street it is specified that the
width of the street shall be twenty
feet from curb TO curb.
With the twenty blocks additional
the paving budget of the present sea-
son aggregates over seven and one
half miles.
The council Monday night discussed
permanent sidewalks on different
streets, adopted resolution calling for
the reconstruction of other walks now
declared to be dangerous, and estab-
lished by ordinance the grades of sew
eral streets and alleys. In one alley,
running east and west between the
north and south alley AMI Third av-
enue, and north of State street, the
property owners are themselves plan
ming to pave This is the alley between
the George W. LaPlant and C. F.
Reimer properties.
The New Paving.
The resolution of necessity calls for
combined curb and gutter, and gran
itoid concrete paving, com posed of FIVE
inches of concrete and one and one
half inches of surface, exclusive of
foundation. Objections to the paving
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included in the resolution follow:
May street, Third avenue to Ninth
avenue.
avenue.
Fremont street, Third to Fourth
street.
Linn street, Center to Sixth street.
Fifth street, north from Park street
Ito alley running west.
Fourth avenue, G. G. W. tracks to
Market street.
Market street, Second avenue to
First avenue
All alleys extending from Main to
Church street, and Third avenue to
Fifth avenue.
Engineer to Prepare Plans.
Plans and specifications for the
ed in the resolution of a week ago
were called for by resolution on the
part of the city engineer. The specfica-
ton are to be considered at a meeting
to be held May "a. j.
Should Eliminate "Granitoid."
Mr.. Gregory said, in connection with
the resolution, that he thought the
council should eliminate the word
;S@S<l
the city was likely to get into some
controversy over the patented kind OF
pavement; also that the use of the
name "granitoid' would have an effect
of keeping out bidders that should bio
on the work.
Mr.. Gregory moved that the wore
"granitoid" be eliminated from the res.
olution, but later withdrew it when City
Solicitor Northup gave it as his opr.
ion that the present resolution woule
have to conform to the original resolu.
ton of necessity.
Mr.. PSen1cka expressed himself a!
believing that there was some danger
in using the word "granitoid," ans
Mayor Ingledue said he thought tina
the change could be made by amend
ment in both resolutions, and in tn,
plans and specifications, at the tim
fixed for hearing objections to the pro
posed paving.
New Sidewalks Proposed.
Chairman Herman, of the streets AM
alleys committee, presented a resolution
for new permanent sidewalks, but ac
ton was finally deferred because ther
are more walks to be covered in III
list. AS proposed, the list includes tn
north side of West Main, from Tent
to Thirteenth; the south side of Yves
Boone, from Ninth to Twelfth; the cas-
side Of Iowa street, from High to South
the west side of South Third avenue
from Arson TO High: the east side .
Third avenue, from Main to Boone; an
the east side of Eighth avenue, fror
the alley to Woodbury. street.
According to the resolution the cit
will do the work and assess the cos
providing the walks are not laid With
thirty days.
To Open State Street.
On a motion by Mr.. Gregory, Mayo
1ngledue appointed a committee G
three to confer with George w. Smit
and see on what terms his land coul
be purchased for the opening of Stat
street from Twelfth street to it's preser
chair appointed Messrs. Gregory, Psen
icka, and Herman. .
MRS. WEBER DEAD.