Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-31
PAVIllGIS
DELAYED
Matter Continued to Next Meet.
ing Of Council Two Weeks
Hence.
ASK CHANGE In THE STREETS
M. & St. L. Wants to Close
Streets to Aid Them in
Their Depot Plans.

Those who had expected that the
city council would take some action
On the paving proposition Monday
evening either to accept or reject the
petitions before them were doomed to
disappointment. ....Eq
The chairman of the street and
alley committee reported that his
committee had gone over the paving
petitions and had found the same to
cary the names of a sufficient num-
Der of signers but that he would
rather have the whole council act on
the matter and made motion to
have the same brot up at the next
meeting.
So the matter was again postponed
and with such action it may be in
ferred that all hopes Of having any
paving done this year went glimmer,
ing also. -f'ThT{5! isl.tA !i.ty
The one matter that did arouse Il
good deal Of interest however, and
q little feeling also was the request
from the NJ. & St L. Ry. and the CIR.
that the council pass resolution and
ordinance With a hurry up" clause
allowing said railroads IN the first
place to change certain side
tracks and switches, and in the sec
ond place asking the city to vacate
certain streets and alleys on the
north side. ,..E.s,%:a
Mr.. Case as the representative OF
these roads asked for speedy action
en- these matters because of the de.
sire of the company to get to work
Immediately on the new depot and
other improvements they intend to
make in Watertown
After the second reading of the
resolution permitting the railroad
companies to go ahead with their
switches a lively argument ensued
because of the seeming desire of the
some Of the members of the council
to go ahead and pass to the third
reading Of that resolution regarding
the vacating of streets, they think
ing it would mean no definite ac-
ton if they asked for the date to oe
set for hearing objections.
Mayor Martin in a few remarks
said that the city should be liberal
with the roads because of the fact
that it will only be short time un-
til the st. Louis will be one of the
most important roads in the city,
but that he did not feel like being
hasty in such matter as closing
streets and he thot because of that
fact when the council adjourned il
could adjourn to meet Tuesday night
and after going over the ground on
Tuesday would be more competent to
handle such an important matter.
Alderman Pritchard stated that he
did not think the city had any debts
to pay and that as far as the st. Lo-
uis railroad company is concerned
they never asked for anything, he
said, that they did not want it in
request they were the last one to
do anything in regard to making the
improvement asked for and addei
that he thot they could wait day O."
two.
Mr.. Case said that so far as that
was concerned it was perfectly sat
isfactory and that he would much
prefer to have the council act wisely
in the matter but at the same time
stated that the companies had ask
cd for nothing that they could not
justly claim the right to ask for.
He also added that the ST. Louis
railroad had some time ago purchas-
ed nearly the whole of the Stutenroth
addition which was the part wanted
closed and that the company is sole
owner of the property affected.
The streets asked to be closed are
Meilette, First, and Second streets
northwest, also the vacation of the
alley east OF Mellette Street, all of
Second street northwest in the Stu
tenroth addition, the alley in block
2. part of First street northwest.
In return for this the railway com.