Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-02-16
THIRD WARD FAVORS
CEMENT WALKS
Large Number Met With counoil Fri
day Evening and Not a Dissenting
Voice is Heard on Laying of Ger
msnt Walk Where Practical

y
Last Friday evening was an in
teresting session of the city council
Fully forty of the residents of the
residents OF the west side gathered
at the city hall in response to the
published resolution giving notice
II intention to order cement walks
laid and asking the citizens to pre-
sent their arguments for or against
the resolution on that evening.
The resolution was taken up sec
tion by section and discussed. The
first portion talked of was that
rom A. Z. Woods corner to Indi-
ana street. A. E. Wright stated his
,cSition as being in favor of the
aging of cement walks but he
,hought that portion of College ay-
nue. from the Woods corner to In
lana street was much tco narrow
provide for cement walks on
uer side as it only had a width
erty live feet. He favored wild
the street first then putting
walks ana as one property holder
,g-s willing to give sufficient ground
3lf the south end Of his property TO
widen the street.
S. E. Chapman spoke on that sec
ton of the ordinance calling for a
walk on the north side o. Indiana
street and stated that only two fam
lies live west OF him on that street
md as the Greenwood avenue ditch
n along that line and was quite
high, that the building of the walk
at this time was unwise until that
ditch had been put underground.
A. B. Moss addressed the council
on that section of the resolution cal
ling for a walk along the west side
Of his warehouse and where the oil
.anks now stand. He stated that he
had reserved the property for ware
house. purposes and that sidewalk
would greatly hinder the hauling of
the heavy loads of wool and fruit
which were handled at this point.
For this reason he did not like to
think of putting in a walk there at
The present time but stated his posi-
ton clearly. He was in favor of
public improvement and if the people
Of the third ward insisted and the
council also he would comply with
their decision.
B. R. Fitch expressed himself as
in favor of cement walks and other
improvements but he thought that
part of College avenue from the
Short Line tracks TO Indiana street
was too narrow and like A. E. Wright
Mr.. Fitch was willing to donate from
his land sufficient to build the side
walk on if every other property own
er would do the same.
A P. Scritchfield spoke on the
building of the cement walk on, the
west side of the Moss warehouse and
called attention to the large amount
of travel that had been in the hab-
it of trailing its way across the va
cant lots through the mud and dust
he thought the walk should be built
on that line and clear up by the
Chinese resident and opposite the
station where a crossing
should be made. He did not think
it would interfere with the using OF
The property for warehouse purpcs $
as arrangements could be made
teams could pull across it
the same as across a public crossing
of cement. Mr.. Stanton who lives
down on College avenue between
the Short Line tracks and the corn
er Of Indiana street spoke on the
subject and said he had ware
house where he came from entirely
enclosed with cement walks and
that they experienced no difficulty.
He thought the walk should be built,
When asked as to whether he would
be willing to donate a strip OFF his
land to widen College avenue he
stated that ne had no land to give
away.
F. II. Lyon appeared for the prop
erty owners living on the west side
Of Indiana street and objected to
the removal of the present board
walk which was in good shape and
sufficient for all travel and inasmuch
as there was no walk at all on the
east side of this street he thought
1t unfair to ask the residents Of the
west side CT the street to take up
a good board walk and put down
cement.
Mr.. Dressler also spoke on this
section of the resolution and stated
that when the present board walk
running in front of his property be
came unfit and unsafe for use he
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