The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-11

| Hon. Reed Green made terYenl
plea for fair treatment by the Board
in behalf of the citizens on Walnut
street. He said they were not OPP
posed to improvements, and lid not
wish to be put in the position of
opposing the Board Nor should the
! Board assume an attitude of an
tagonism to these citizens who owned
property on the street. had built their
homes there. many of them expected
to die there, ami who were expected
TO pay for the proposed improvement.
| They wanted the street improved and
well improved; but there was diff
ference of opinion as 10 the material
to be used. This is not an agitation
of one man, nor of the people of one
block, but the feeling of a large per
centage of people who We're opposed
to brick II would be but fair to con
slider their request, The petition was
the only one of its kind presented
sine the public Improvement era be
gan. If the Board would give citi-
zeus assurance that il would listen
to them, citizens would present ex-
pert and other testimony to prove the
the merits of the payements which
they asked the Board 10 consider
Andrew Lohr opposed brick on Wa
nut street because of the noise He !
said it would not bother him very
long (meaning that he is Well ad- !
yanced In years and would not be
here very long to hear the nolse) but
there were four churches. a hospital |
and several schools on the street |
which ought to be considered,
VIM. Kluge said there is more
asphalt on streets of Chicago than
any other material He would favor
concrete asphalt not only because il
would save $40 or $50 per lot but be-
caus 1t was bettr for residence
streets.
Alderman Kelly was in favor of |
treating everybody alike. He owned |
five lots and wanted brick He was
to putting a cheaper pave
ment on Walnut street.
F.. A. Smith said he spoke as an in
lividual and also as president Of the
Cairo & Thebes railroad company.
and favored brick. because he OK,
)ected to see heavy traffic on the
street especially in the vicinity Of
he railroad terminals He wanted the
city council to permit the railroad com
laay to lay its tracks across Walnut
street. at the same time the paving
was done. He would yield TO the
wishes of the majority of property
owners on the street
T. j. Kefth favored creosot-d
blocks. Asphalt had never given sat
sfaction. There was nothing in the
ak about noise. People paid no at
-ention to the street cars, and would
not be bothered by wagons on the
street He would ask however. that
the city authorities first require the
Wafer company to put in the house
before paving the street
Public service corpora
tons We're the greatest destroyers Of
tearing them up almost
as quickly as they We're laid down
The gas company was laying its main
Oh Walnut street and putting in the
house connections. He would have !
the water company 10 likewisee.
The mayor replied that the water
company was required to see that its
pipes were in good order in all
streets ordered paved.
J. b. Magee was opposed to brick
because OF noise. He favored inn.
but wanted a better pave I,
ment than brick is considered to be
for a residence street 1t would not
be fair to force the brick upon the
people on Walnut street. The bltho-
lithie pavement had proven satisfac-
tory in Chicago, Memphis. Natchez.
Nashville and elsewhere.
2. McManus said he was willing to
pay on four lots for brick pavement
on another street, but favored asphalt
for Walnut street which was a resi-
ience street.
Judge Dewey asked that the Board
provide for brick on the blocks from
Fifteenth to Seventeenth street,
where the Cairo & Thebes would oc-
cupy the street with its tracks. and
asked also that the company be per
mitted to lay its tracks across the
street when the street was paved.
Z. Butcher favored brick because
asphalt was slippery
The mayor said someone had han.l-
ed him 4 paper showing that the
frontage en- Walnut and Holbrook
was 1900 feet so that 5.474 fell
short Of a majority
Alderman Scullin said he had been
strong advocate of brick for traffic
streets: but would favor asphalt for
Walnut, having been converted toll
that by the representations that had
been made. He would favor delayingl
for ten days the consideration of
Walnut street, in order to look into
the matter thoroughly.
Alderman Meehan charged tbatl
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