The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-23
THOSE SEVENTH STREET SCALES
Editor the Trihu"o'

Editor the Trihu""'
noted in your issue OF l lhulsua,
last that Alderman Farr reported y
the council OF the previous lleetlum' ~
that two owners of scales on SeNSu''
street had said their scales Wo'ilu No no
he moved unless the city moved tnell
at its own expense. Ana IN !ou'
issue of Saturday you report tila
street Commissioner Seaman Is Ful,
TO move in the matter with ulspaton
and that unless these owners com
ply, their scales Will be cut on rom
use by an open gutter whlch ne WI, WIZ
place around them. But why ul'l
Won not publish the names of these
two obstreperous owners VINO az
said to be thus defyiDg the powers
that be and thereby not only NloIat-
ing the ordinances but standing di-
rectly in the path of progress. You
should have done so, and | am as
nosed to remedy the oversight in the
case of one of them at least, Tor l
supnose | am one of the two guilty
parties. | doubt whether my part
ner in distress ever said just what
alderman Farr reported us as saying.
and | know ! never said ANYTHING OF
the kind. by no means think the
MS in his report to the council, nut
I think he misunderstood us. and at
all events he misunderstood and mis-
quoted me. What did say was that
| had been to the expense of moving I
raising and fixing those scales so
many times in the past that | was
getting little weary and would IKE
10 know where | was at next time |
they were moved, and in order TO
be sure they filled the bill this time
| thought would let the city do the
lob to suit itself and charge me up
with the bill. and in that case ! would
have something definite TO tie to IN
the future.
We are considerable owners OF
property on Seventh street, and
heavy -aNpayers-b both of us-in
Greeley: and we are equally inter-
ested with all other citizens in what
ever will make for its Improvement
and prosperity. Certainly have
never stood in the way OF any legitl-
mate enterprise in street betterments c
live and own property on three g
streets and have petitiond and help Z
ID raise the money to grade each II
ii them twice. and one OF them three u
ines, end have generally beaded the e.
lists with my name and my money. 81
sut the grades and lines have been u
itered so many times on our streets o.
hat It tas worked Inconvenience and "
ndue hardship in numerous cases. oil
.et me instance some of these in ir
to myself. | am not 10
egging sympathy. and am not pro-
osing to defy laws and ordinances
settlement of nersonai grievances. AT
ut | think you Will see when / get co
,roush that ! cannot be justly blam- he
If do not jump every time some ed
ne makes a new move on Seventh ST;
rect. When | built my shops down te'
lere. there was no established grade pl
r. Buckley was our city engineer
the time and tho oasis had been to
'mpleted on its present site, with tn
e street at that section of it too OF
gh for the good of the city. 1 had -
ardly completed my building when ar
r. Buckleys successor in office no. va
fed me that the structure which | CO
ad placed on the lines marked out tn
i me by his pl adecessor protrudod at
the street eight inches: n~s for Sc
tenty-fve years since that day had eN
zen expecting an arbitrary order to en-
ONS IL JAIN, NHtu DtuOlu liult 4 l.
ings its revenges, Jr last year a co
W survey Set me back inside the ha
rect line four inches. However. ia
e same survey cut down the side a
les to my lots to such an extent re-
at I now have but forty-eight feet fo
d ten inches between the walls of
= two neishbors instead of the fifty
It and five inches which I suppose gu
no. To-, <InN
y. So much for that aspect of the an
uation. of
Mr.. Hunter being mayor soon aft o
my buildings were constructed he IN
ID the street filled in my vicinity. So
le street further down should have W
zen cut down at the time. but the re
isis being already constructed and 10
her buildings down there. it was
It done. After the Tirst street grad oi
e was done. I was left in a hole. p'
fter the second, I moved my scales a.
nd raised my floors. After the =
lird I raised my scales and moved
lie drain pipe from going around
lem to 90 straight down the curb e.
ne under the sidewalk When / r.
ut in my cement sidewalk in my c'
'ont last year I was compelled to b
aise my HoorS second time. and | -
'ade reimbursement of my drain u
tpe. necessitated by the construc- q
ION OF the gutter curb. and this, un- r
er the direction of the street com p
missioner. Had I known of the move $
ov on foot | could have moved my $
Gales for less money and with less in
Convenience to myself then than 7 can /
10 it now But on .ho other hand Q
he time had not arrival for m a
'ther general tear up and read lust c
nent which is due with almost rye1y
Incoming set of new officials. I
trust now that have shown suf-
fcient reason why, for one. I did not
'pring with enthusiastic alacrity to
meet this freshly arisen aldermanic
emergency. III we grant the neces-
'fty OF some move in the direction