Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-26

Ma}oT Sooundu saiu tnal II the oOnQ!
carry the work must be put In charge
OF an experienced man. who Will ses
that good material is used and Tn.
work properly done. This is not 4
matter original with the council" he
added. I'VE have been asked to take
IL up aud whatever the wishes of the
people are, the council will. of course
abide by"
Reports of the work done by differ
ent alderman in the wards OF the city
were then called for. While they could
report on part of the work only, the
results would show that the measure
Is reasonably sure OF passing. Many
OF the persons owning property are
out Of town; some needed more time
for consideration; some feared that
the expense would come this year Just
| after the sewers: some did not want
their walks torn up this year; some
| were afraid OF spelling their trees
Several people who objected at first,
when seen later signed the petitions
or withdrew their objections. The
people of the Fourth ward are not ia.
yorable to the city being in one dis
trict and thus all being taxed for
walks where the expense Will be great.
They prefer a plan similar to the
sewer districts. where each property
| owner will pay in proportion to the
size of his lot. Mr. Chapman wanted
the price stated
In discussing the latter point, Mayor
Goodman said the city could probably
get guarantee that the price would
not exceed Is or 20 cents foot, and
asked Mr.. Henderson's opinion. who
said that when work is first class that
20 cents is cheap since the walk lasts
for years. but that grading and hauling
could not be included in that price.
mat must be for the laying of the walk
only. He said that If a contractor
handled all the work and could lay
block of walks at time, he could
probably do the work for Is cents. but
II the city Is districted and the walks
laid In any part of the town as walks
wear out, the work would cost more
Under the latter conditions 20 cents a
foot would be cheap.
Herman Hanno spoke of that part of
Main avenue between Thirteenth and
the bridge and asked the council in
regard to grading same. He added
that his walk cost 5000 for twenty.nine
feet and If he continued same to the
bridge it would cost him $500. He
also said that the people owning the
lots along that high line walk would,
If compelled to put In cement walks.
nave to turn over their property to
the city, and the latter would then
have number of lots on their hands
which would not nearly pay for the
expense of the walk
Alderman Sites then asked If there
was not clause in the statutes au.
thorizing council to exclude certain
parts of the city where the putting In
OF cement walks would be impractical
at present. He also stated that IL
such portions Of the city could be
excluded from the cement district at
the discretion of the council this
would make the ordinance binding ex.
cept in cases where unusual conditions
exist
H. 7. Henderson said that be was
not familiar with the custom In COLI.
rado, but in eastern cities expensive
blocks were often excluded from side.
walk districts. Conditions often arose
such as Mr.. Hanno mentioned when
soil Is not settled and 1t would not
be advisable to lay walks especially at
such great expense. with the possl-
bility of doing work over later
Some discussion arose over the leav.
ing the city In one district or divid
Ing into four, there being points Of
advantage in both cases. This is some
thing our citizens should consider and
make their wishes known. The pc
ticn now being circulated provides for
, one district, and In case the people
want further division into four dis.
tricts, another petition will doubtless
be circulated.
Attorney A. R. Mollette spoke OF the
grading of walks and said that he
thought the grading. etc, should be
paid by the people as a whole while
the walks would have, under the stat
ute to be paid for by individual own
er. He said he was in favor Of district
ing the city, but did not see the ne
cessity for tearing out good walks
Let the laying of the cement walks be
done graually. that is. when walk
Is bad. let 1t be replaced by cement
Mr.. Mollette said he did not see why
II was necessary TO put in q block at
time.
This brought up the discussion as tc
the letting OF contracts, and the carry
ing out of same, Mr.. Henderson say
ing that no reputable contractor woult
be willing to take contract undel
such conditions. and explaining how
the law OF contracts would apply I,
the point as issue.