Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-12
Many PETITION FOR
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
PROPERTY OWNERS IN 60 PER
CENT OF BRICK DISTRICT
WANT CHANGE,
BLOCKS OUT OF
THIRTY FAVOR CONCRETE
Those of Another Block Also Come in
Concrete Class Providing Council
Insists on Paving-Property Owners
in Seven Books File Remonstrances;
Those of Remainder Say Nothing.

in Seven Books File Remonstrances;
Those of Remainder Say Nothing.
Property owners in so per cent of the
proposed brick paving district outlined
by the city council a month ago pc
titioned that body on Wednesday
night that their paving be made con-
crete rather than brick. A total Of
eighteen blocks out of the thirty and
one quarter in the district are repre-
sented by the petitioning property
owners.
Those in seven more blocks want no
paving at all, and demonstrated against
it, but in one block, Boone street be-
tween Third and Fourth avenues. the
property owners insisted on having
concrete if the council refused to grant
their remonstrance.
In the remaining five and one-quar-
ter blocks there are no complaints on
brick, and no circumstances.
The list of streets where property
owners have petitioned for concrete
instead of brick. is as follows:
South Fourth street, Main to Church.
Thirteenth street, Main to Summit.
East Church street, Fifth to Seventh
avenue.
South Second street. Main TO Church.
West Church street, Ninth 70
Twelfth
Twelfth street. Church to Main.
East North street, Center to Second
avenue.
Alleys between Second and Third
avenues and Main TO Church.
Sixth avenue. Church TO Main.
South Fourth avenue, Church to
Boone.
Boone street, between Third and
Fourth avenues, providing council re-
fuses to grant rernonstrance against
paving Of any kind.
Others Who Object to Any.
After a big majority of the property
owners affected in the proposed brick
district petitioned that their pavement
be concrete rather than brick. others in
the district remonstrat ted against paw
ing of any kind. The property owners
who object to paving are those on the
following streets, totaling seven blocks:
Market street, between First and
Second avenues.
Boone street, Third 10 Fourth ave-
nue..
South Third avenue, Nevada street
20 Northwestern right -of-way.
South Sixth street, Church to Rail
road.
This leaves five and one-quarter
blocks TO which neither objection nor
change is made or asked. The five and
quarter blocks comprise Third
street Main to Church; Nevada street,
end Of present paving to First street;
Linn street. Center TO First: and the
alleys between Main and State and
Third avenue 70 the north and south al
ley. and the sections of alleys between
Third and fourth avenues and Boone
and Nevada streets.
Many Want Twenty four Foot Streets.
In the petitions for concrete instead
Of brick many property owners asked
that the council make the streets TWEEN
ty-four feet wide. Most Of them also
specify that the paving not cost more
than s1.40 per square yard. Some re-
quest the use of the Mason City speci-
fcations. which call for two-inch
wearing surface Of sand and cement,
without crushed granite. The Fond du
Lac specifications. which the council
evidences a desire TO adopt, calls for
wearing surface Of one and one-flalf
inches Of crushed granite and sand
The fact that the Mason City specifica-
tons We're asked for in some of the
petitions was inspired by Mr.. George F.
Kirby. who prepared his petition in
that way. and other property owners
took his Judgment in the matter.
The South Fourth street petitioners
asked that the paving not cost over
81 40. and the width of the street be not
over twenty four feet.
The East Church street petition ask
ed for a twentysix foot street and sug-
gested that the paving need not cost
over $3.50.
The West Church street petition ask
ed that the street be made made TWEEN
ty-four feet wide, specifications similar
to those in Mason City
A twenty-foot street is wanted on
East North.
The Sixth avenue petition asks for
Mason City specifications, with
twenty-four foot street.
A twenty-four foot pavem ent is
wanted on South Fourth avenue. In
this petition it was necessary that the
school board join
The "Reminiscences.
The circumstances set forth multi
tudinous objections. On Market street
The property owners say the street is
too narrow to pave, and that the traf-
hc is all on First and Second avenue
On Boone street between Third and
Fourth avenues, the property owners
say the paving is not needed, will be of
no advantage to the property, and will
cause hardships in meeting payments.
The Chicago and Northwestern Pail
way Company set forth legal objec-
tons by the score to show why the
city should not pave from Nevada
street south. The abutting property Of
the Northwestern, the railroad attor-
neys declare, is private property and
not subject to special assessment.
On South Sixth street the petitioners
claim that most of them are labor
ing men and persons Of small means.
and that the having will come the long
way of many of the lots, and will there
fore cost in excess of the benefits
Another objection was also filed
with the council. on Seventh street
from Main to Church. This block,
however, is in the concrete section, the
ohiectiopc for NOT