Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-12
DISCUSSES
THE PAVING
QUESTION
CITY COUNCIL CAN ONLY SUG-
GEST AND MUST ORDER KIND
or PAVING PROPERTY OWNERS
DEMAND.

The committee to which was re-
ferred at the last meeting of the city
council the remonstrance against
the Improvement of Winter street
with concrete pavement and advo-
eating the substitution of bitulithic
pavement on the ground that the
concrete was not of a lasting char
acter but in the nature of an expert
ment, submitted its report to the
council last evening and which re-
port is as follows:
ITO the honorable Mayor and
Common Council;
We, your committee to whom was
referred the remonstrances against
the Improvement of Winter street,
with concrete, desire to report as
follows:
The remonstrance represents but
one side of one block of this pro-
posed Improvement, hence is of 10
effect.
In regard to this improvement,
your committee wishes to state, that
the property owners affected held a
number of open meetings to discuss
the kind of improvement wanted
A committee representing the
property owners and made up of
good business men interested, visi-
ted Portland to investigate the Has
sam pavement and recommend an
all rock concrete pavement.
The council sent the city engineer
to Portland for further investigation
and after a most careful comparison
of tried plans and specification The
city engineer presented to this coun-
ell the specifications for Winter
street which meet with general ap-
proval by property owners on this
street.
These Specifications are not in the
nature of an experiment as they are
based on years of trial.
Your committee wishes further to
state, that the introduction of a sys-
tenn of concrete streets in Salem was
brought about directly by the petit
TONERS of property owners, and not
by members of this council as
charged by a recent publication.
Yet the committee on streets do
not hesitate to endorse a concrete
street under the specifications as
adopted by the council.
GIDEON STOLZ,
A. HUCKSTEIN."
Prior to a vote being taken upon
the adoption of the report Council
man Stoltz addressed the council
for the purpose of more fully OK
planning his position on the subject.
He commenced with the remark
that there was a movement on foot
to influence the property owners
against the laying of concrete pave
ment and then proceeded to state
that one of the papers had made an
attack upon il. He had much re-
spect for the press, he state, ana
realized that il was in a position IN
assist much in the pavement move
ment and also that on the other
hand that it could do much in The
pavement movement and also tina.
on the other hand that it could do
much harm by way of encouraging
remonstrances against the pave
ment He believed that the opposi-
ton against the concrete pavement
was due to the lack OF a thorough
know'e edge on the subject.
He then went on TO explain thai
the council under its charter could
not exercise the right of eminent
domaia and that IL therefore was
not in position TO say what kind
of pavement should be laid; that
this was matter for che property
owners and that when they indicated
their desire through a petition tina
the council was powerless 10 say TO
them that another kind OF pave
ment should be used. He further
stated that should too much en-
be lent the property
owners 10 remonstranoe against the
concrete pavement that il would
have the effect of defeating much %
the pavement and he made an ear
nest plea against this and concluded
BY saving that in the. matter %
payemens the council was giving the
people Just what they wanted
Other street Natter
The city attorney submitted 3