Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-07-01
THE WORK ALONG THE WHOLE
LINE OF IMPROVEMENTS
THE 12-INCH STORM SEWER
The Outside Districts Come in for
Their Share-Crushed Rock
Material.

The city engineers report for the
end OF the month Of June will show
that the various classes of street i'm
provement have progressed more ra-
pidly than the casual observer would
suppose from outward appearances.
This week contractors have COM
pleted their contract on cement side
walks and curbs for the Sixth street
Improvement, from the south side of
l. street to the north side of B street.
about $4,000 square feet of sidewalk,
5000 lineal feet of concrete straight
curb and $50 lineal feet of circular
curb at street corners. There yet
remains 125 feet on the east side
and $50 feet on the west side of
Sixth street along F street of side
walk and curb to complete the entire
contract for concrete work.
At the north end of the improve
ment property owners have thought
to continue the good work along
their private property in line with
the Sixth street work. A. B. Cornell,
T. W. Williams and the Methodist
church are putting their sidewalk
lines to grade and will lay about 800
feet Of cement walk. In front Of
the Williams and Cornell property
will be laid a six-foot walk with two
feet on the inside and four feet on
the outside for parking purposes,
with concrete curb at the 12-foot
line. This private work will add much
to the finish OF the streets at this
point from the fact that the surface
OF Sixth street at It's intersection
with B street has been lowered about
foot and half In order to equal
ize the grades for the proper drain
age to the middle Of the blocks east
and west and also to obtain an un-
broken grade line from A to d streets
along Sixth. Owing to a delay in the
shipment Of some machinery the ac-
tual laying Of pavement may not be-
gin for week from now, yet every
thing else is being finished up, so
that nothing will be in the way when
this work does begin with the ex-
nf
Southern Pacific's ground, the sub
grading is practically finished, which
shows the grade and crown of the
streets as II will appear when COM
pleted only the pavement will add
inches to the height thereof
The 12-inch storm sewer with g.
inch lateras and catch basin system
has been completed with the excep-
tion of few inlets along the rail-
way tracks The number and loca-
tion to be made by the railroad COM
pany. This Thursday night the city
council will receive for consideration
the city engineers plan, estimates
and specifications for the pavement
on II street from the west line OF
Fifth street TO the east line Of
Seventh street. also G street continu-
ing from Seventh to Eighth street at
the new depot.
Last week we published a synop-
sis OF the city engineers plan for the
improvement OF lower Sixth street,
which seems to meet with the approx
al Of the property owners interested,
with the exception OF the assessment
Of the entire cost OF the storm sewer
10 the abutting property, and II Is
probable that they will ask by petit
tlon, at the proper time, that they be
rebated a portion Of this assessment
upon the ground that the cost OF the
sewer is a little out Of proportion for
the class OF Improvement contem
plated. and IS chargeable TO a gen
eral fund
Aside from theso improvements
along the business streets II Is not 20
be forgotten that the outside dis
trlcts are doing things Iowa street,
from sixth street 30 the Hood place
east Of Ninth street will be COM
pleted with standard ma-adam. as
originally CONTEMPLATED This street
FOR wear has been 'he oause Of much
lust complaint and dissatisfaction,