The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-18
PROTEST KILLS BUT P0R-
TON Of IMPROVEMENTS
While Some Sections of Contemplated
West End Improvement District Pro-
test Against Work, Grand View Res
idents Are Anxious to Hurry Work

A considerable portion of last
nights session of the city council was
taken up in hearing the protests to
the proposed improvements in the
west end and also on Poplar street.
The residents of that section have
been scared out by the reports of the
excessive cost of the work and were
on hand in person or by petition. The
council promptly killed the resolution
providing for this improvement and
acted favorably on the petition of the
Grandview residents who have asked
for the early commencement of work
in that section of the city
The petition as presented by the
Grandview residents makes quite an
uneven and isolated district and it
was the sense of the members of the
council that this district should con-
meet up with the other sections and
streets that have been improved and
the resolution as adopted provides for
the improvement of D street to Pop
lar; E street to First; street from
King to Washington; Washington to
F; Alaska, Orondo to F; F. Alaska
to Washington, and Palouse from city
limits to King street.
The general plan is for 4 ~ foot
concrete sidewalks with cement curbs
and cutters, graded streets with
crushed rock. This is the scheme of
, Improvement with the exception of
Washington avenue, which is to be
macadamized, having six inches of
crushed rock. d street is also to
have six inches of rock. The side
walks on Washington avenue are also
to be six feet. The Improvement also
contemplates ten year bonding plan.
1t is expected that by the coming
week there will be other contiguous
territory which will petition to be an
nexed to this improvement district,
but as the residents of Grandview are
anxious to hurry the work along, the
resolution was passed last night, but
if there should be more territory to
be added it can be annexed to this
plan at the coming meeting. B street
residents have wanted the improve
ments but were not represented at
>the meeting held in the engineers Of
flee Monday night.
Poplar Street Protests.
A remonstrance against the pro-
posed improvements on Poplar street
was read last night. 1t developed in
the discussion of a number of resi-
dents who were present that the form
. of improvement planned for that sec
ton was not understood. It was gen.
orally understood that the improve
ments were to cost some SO per front
foot and hence the protest, but when
l. was shown that the plan was sim
ply to grade the streets, lay a light
macadam, ~ foot sidewalk, and at
a cost not to exceed $3.50 to $500 for
each so foot lot, there was a change
eff heart and it is likely that reso
luton along that line will be intro
duced at the coming meeting of the
council.
Passed Okanogan Ordinance.
The ordinance providing for the i'm
provement of Okanogan avenue was
given the third reading and passed.
1t is now up to the advertising for
bids for the work
Plans for Library.
Chairman Thomas, of the park and
library board, reported that the COM
mittee has adopted a design for the
new Carnegie library, submitted by
Architect Gray. This provides for a
building of red pressed brick and
concrete trimmings. Full details will
be worked out the coming week, with
the estimated cost.
Bills presented by Drs Haskell and
Blake & Schiltz for caring for people
who were injured on the streets i'm
mediately after the floods of the
spring before the streets could be
fixed, were not allowed by the coun-
ell. c. B. Halbert, chairman of the
committee to which this matter was
turned over by the council last week,
reported that as the city was in no
way to blame for the damage, it is
not liable for these bills.
Lights for Cascade Street
In the matter of electric lights for
Cascade street, it was decided to in
stall incandescent bulbs at various
places so as to illumine the way.
Committee Reports on Sidewalks.
Investigations of the sidewalks be-
ing laid on Orondo street show, &C
cording to the report of the street
committee, that the walks are being
laid according to the agreement made