Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-14
PAVINGIS
DlTCHED
Council Unanimously Turns Down
Petition for Paving of
Streets.
WOULD COST CITY TOO MUCH
Object to twenty-five Per Cent.
Clause Which is Heavy
ON Tax Payers.

Because of the twenty-five per
cent clause included in the paving pc
tition presented by the property own
ers to the city council, the matter was
unanimously voted down Monday
night at the regular council meeting.
The following were the opinions of
the various councilmen before the
votes We're taken:
Alderman Pritchard: in the clause
stating that the city pay twenty-five
per cent of the cost along the abut-
ting property from the general fund,
also for the streets and ALLEYS, we,
the committee do not feel like passing
on it in such capacity but wisE, to re-
fe: it to the entire council. Person
ally am opposed to it,
Alderman Fahnestock: II am op-
posed to the city paying the twenty
five per cent on the abutting proper
ty from the general fund as this puts
too much onto the city,
Objects Strenuously.
Alderman Reed: Il object strenu-
ously to the city paying for rtwen5-
five per cent of the paving from the
general fund besides paving the alleys
and intersecting streets. With the
added twenty-five pesa esnt the COM
plete cost to rthes city would be about
forty-eight per cent. II think If the
petition was allowed to go tls1,u as it
is there would be no trouble in get
ting nearly every property owner in
the city to pave as it would give
mighty cheap pavement for any own
er. Put me down against it,
Alderman Shaw: Il am not i'm ia
vor of this petition on account of the
aforementioned clause 1t is apt TO
reflect sooner or later on the city
council.
Alderman Lampy: Il do not like
this clause in the petition and feel
that we should vote against it."
Mr.. Lampy made motion that the
petition as it was be rejected and it
was unanimously voted down.
Called For Paving.
The petition ito the city called for
the paving of the street intersections,
the alleys and the paying of twenty
five per cent from the general fund
for all paving along abutting property.
Statistics were given Monday night to
show that without the twenty-five per
cent clause the city would be paying
twenty-three per cent and if they
were to pay the additional twenty-five
Fer cent it would practically mean
that the city pay for one-half OF the
pavement out of the general fund.
The petition must be altered in some
way to handle this matter which will
make it satisfactory to both the sigu-
ers and the council. The matter wlll
be referred back 10 the committee
who circulated the petition and VIII
be remedied before the passage of
the proposed paving resolution.
The matter of the ordering in of
sidewalk on the property of Messrs.
John Wolf, S. F. Spencer and DR.. l..
G. Hill On the north side caused no
end of comment and the gentlemen
were there in person to register their
objections.
# Didn't Like Their Style.
They all objected to the way the
petition was passed around and not
to The building of the sidewalk.
.@. DR.. Hill in a few words expressed
himself as willing to build his walk
! hut said that he thought when they
passed petition around they should
at least present the same to the own
i ers who should have to pay for it.
s. F. Spencer also registered an
objection because the sidewalk peti-
tton was not presented to him for
signing. While putting most of the
blame for his not knowing of the
PETITIONS existence upon the man
who circulated the same, Mr.. Spencer
3 inferred that the council were aware
Of Its presence and kept the matter
dark until it had suf1cient signers to
!; present to that bod He alse eana.. e