Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-04
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Busineas Mems Union Committee
Recommends Paving 70
City Council. !.
PROPERTY OWNERS WILLING
Twenty-nine Blocks to be Paved
With Concrete is Plan
of Comm;ttee.
PROPERTY OWNERS WILLING

Inc committee on paving appointed
| by the Business Mems Union, met last
Monday evening and voted to recon.
mend to the city council that twen.
ty-nine blocks be paved this year and
that concrete be used. AS it will
take several months to complete the
preliminary work on the streets, such
as the connecting of water, gas, and
telephone connections to each lot, il
is doubtful if there would be an act
ual work done on the. paving propo
sition this season.
The following streets will be recon-
mended paved with concrete:
On Kemp avenue from the Great
| Northern tracks to section line or
Fifth St east, distance of ten
blocks. ..t III
On First Avenue North from First
St. West to Fourth st. East, a dis.
tance of five blocks. ~
On First Avenue South from First
st. West to Second st. East, a dis.
tance of three blocks. H..
On Oak Street from Third Avenue
=. to Second Avenue S., distance OF
four blocks. "A.
On Second St. e. from First Ave.
nue. N. to First Ave. S., distance OF
two blocks. ~
A well attended meeting of the Busi.
ness Mems Union was held last We'd
nesday evening in the city hall, a,
which time resolutions were adopted
netitioning the city council to &c
| ahead with plans for paving, and al
SC other public work. Cement was
favored at the meeting as the mater
ia for paving, inas1nuch as it is a
| home product, and also cheaper thar
any other kind of paving material.
! Regarding Storm Sewers.
To the Honorable Mayor and the
City Council of Watertown, S. D..
July 27, 1911: At meeting of the
Business Mems Union the following
1 resolution was uninanimously adopt
/ ed:
! Resolved, That this Union mosi
heartily commenGs the proposed ac
ton of the council in ordering the
construction of storm water sewers
and respectfully requests and recon
mends that your honorable body take
such action as would enable the i'm
mediate commencement and early
completion of said work.
/ Asking for Paving.
To the Honorable Mayor and the
City Council, Watertown, S. D., July
| 27, 1911: At meeting of the Busi
hess Mems Union the following res
olution was unanimously adopted:
/ Resolved, That it is the sense O.
this Union that conditions demand
that immediate action be taken b,
your honorable body to cause the bus
mess streets of said city to be paved
that it is further the sense of thi!
4 Union, by reason of cost, local native
/ material and the large number of ex
pert concrete workmen residing il
4 Watertown, that cement concrete b.
exclusively used in the construction
4 Of said pavement.
The president was, by unanimou
4 vote of the union, instructed to ap
point several speakers to go befor,
the council at their adjourned meet
4 ing Friday night with each membe
CT the Union appointed as a commit
lee of one to be present to demon
{, strate to 1he council that much in
terest is being taken in regard to tn
proposed civic improvements.
q The report of the secretary fo
the year ending was as follows
Total disbursements 1903. 6
q Total receipts ~: 699. O
L Balance in treasury ........ 49O.5
Cash on hand July 81, 1911 695. 2
4 The treasurer's report was as 70
Z lows:
. Total credits .............. 81, ,591 8
Total debts 903.6
Balance ....5............. 6ST7
/ Subscriptions collected ..... 1890
The president announced that an e
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