The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-17
COUNCIL PASSES
ON IMPROVEMENTS
BIGGEST BUNCH CT PAVING Or
DINANcES EVER GROUND
OUT IN CITY.
City Lawmakers Create Many AS
sessment Districts Providing for
Fixing Of Streets.

Gu the dig theatrical success and he
Sood-naturedly resigned himself to the
| big grist OF street work preiminaries
WIN sour-grape grace. The big doings
were started off when a protest, signed
by 10 West Rose street property own
ers, was filed, objecting to the paving
| OF that street from Seventh to Colville
street. In view of the fact that many
OF the slgners were not included in
| the proposed district, the prayer of
the petitioners on monitor of Coun-
| Gilman Whiteman, was denied. and the
ordinance creating the district was
given final passage
Another Protest Filed.
Another protest from property own
ers on North Third street between Oak
and Elm streets, was filed, asking that
North Third be paved only as far
| north as Oak street, as was being done
on North Second street Attorney S.
E. King, representing interested prop
thoroughfare was not an open one, and
not through one; that it is parallel
ed on the west by paved street and
| is likely to be on the east side tighten
! ing the traffic He argued that the
council, if determined to pave, should
| first condemn land for the opening Of
North Third, but said that these tax
| payers Who had been forced 10 pay for
the paving of North Fourth, should
not be compelled to stand portion OF
| the Improvement on North Third
Councilman Albert Niebergall said
he believed in Improvement, but
thought the council went a little too
far in deciding to pave Third street to
Elm, while North Second, a more i'm
portant street, was to be improved on
" to Oak street. Councilman White
man was willing to even things up by
extending the Second street district to
Elm street, and his motion that the
prayer of the petitioners be denied,
and that North Third be paved to Elm
street, was carried by vote of six to
one, Councilman Niebergall alone vot-
ing against it.
Some time later, when the ordin-
ances creating the assessment dis
tricts were being read by the clerk,
Councilman Bachtold, who had voted
to deny the prayer of the petitioners.
moved for reconsideration, which
was granted The motion was then
made that the petition be granted and
that the Third street district be short-
ened two blocks, taking the improve
rlent only to Oak street. This was
carried by a vote of five to one, Coun-
Gilman Whiteman being in favor of the
original improvement.
Extend Second Street.
| Councilman John Stack then intro
duced the motion that the Second
street district be extended to include
tho two blocks between Oak and E. m
street. but as there was no second to
the motion, no action was taken.
| Ordinances creating assessment dis
tricts in the various districts, were
passed as follows:
! No. 1886, creating Improvement dis
trict No. 81 Main street from Ninth
1 To the O. r. & N. depot; No. 1887.
creating improvement district No. 49,
North Second from Mill creek bridge
70 Oak street; No. 1888 creating i'm
movement district No. 80, North Sec
ond street from Mill creek bridge tc
Oak street: No. 1899, creating i'm
movement district No. 40, Rose street
a1lev between Third and Fourth
strets. No. 1890. creating improvement
district No. Al, Rose street from Sew
entb TO Colville; No. 1921, creating
Improvement district No. AZ, North
Snokane street from East Main to
East Rose street. No. 1892, creating
;nonrovement district No. 43, East Rose
street from Colville to Palouse street;
! No 1898. creating assessment district
No Al macadamize Crescent street
from Park to East Alder street; No
1894. creating Improvement district
No 1895, creating Improvement dis
trica No. 46, macadamize Washington
street from Grove to Park street, No.
1895 creating Improvement district No
A. macadamize East Rose street from
pa,o,so to the intersection of North
Pose with East Rose street, No. 1871
creating improvement district No. AZ
nacadamize Park street from east
.,dor to Chestnut street, No. $685.
creating improvement district No. 40
,,acadamize East Chestnut street from
PARK TO Pa,ouse street; No. 1899, Gre
at;ne improvement district No. SO,