The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
B|TUUTH|C PAVING IS
THOUGHT TOO EXPENSIVE
Judge Grady Takes Exception to
Buting in of Construction
Company Representative
PAVING OF BROWN AND
HALL AYES. LAID OVER
This Action Taken After Consid-
cradle Discussion in Which
Both Sides Are Heard at Some
Length
VOL. XXI.


I, $50
Three-fourths of the time of the
city council Monday night was taken
up with the discussion of paving mat
ters The first mention of the sub
ject came up on the reading of the
veto of Mayor Schott of the ordinance,
adopted at the last meeting of the
council. providing for the paving of
North First street, from B street to
the city limits, with bitulithic paving
forty feet wide. The veto was sus-
tanned by unanimous vote of the
council.
Too Expensive Now
The mayor stated that he did this
despite the TACT that he owned prop
erty in the Selah valley and favored
such a road, but he did not think the
people could afford to pay for it at
this time, the cost of the improvement
eoualing the assessed valuation of the
property. or about $487 per lot The
mayor said he realized that the coun-
ty had gone to considerable expense
in paving the extension of North First
street from the city limits to the
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them half way.
There were several out-of town peo-
pie in the council chamber who asked
to be heard on the subject. One resi-
dent of the Selah uttered a protest
against the condition of North First
street from the city limits to b street.
in the winter time especially, saying
1t was impossible for the people who
desired to come to town from the
north, it being the only available en-
trance to the city. He declared the
city owed the people a, substantial
road to meet that built by the county.
Lancaster Speaks
County Commissioner Lancaster
stated it was the present. intention of
the commissioners to build perma-
nent highways radiating from the city
into all the valleys, giving them ac-
cess to the business section and he
believed it was up to the city to
build these roads with something as
good at least. The least the city could
do was to meet them half way.
Protests, on the part of number
of property owners along North First
street, were heard against bitulithic
because of its excessive cost compared
with other paving, and because the
property would not stand the assess
nent at this time. especially when
sewers and water were needed first.
Bitulithic was declared to be too high,
one speaker declaring something
cheaper would do just as well. An
other serious objection to doing the
work at this time was that it was so
late in the year that a good job could
not be done on account of frost.
Among those who spoke in behalf OF
First street property owners was o.
r. Schumann and Deputy Sheriff Hill
ler The latter declared that the nee
essary concrete bridges across the
bitches should be put in by the city
without expense to the property own
ers on that street.
Ready to Bid Lower
Mr. Olson, the representative of the
Warren Construction company, pro-
tested that the next bids on paving
would be lower and that the work
could be finished in a short time. The
city engineer at the request of the
mayor after his veto had been sus-
tanned. gave the cost of paving the
street tWenty-four feet wide, cutting
out the concrete curbing, cutters, etc,
at 5000 per lot, and the council pass
ed a resolution of intention to so pave
the street with bitulithic paving, from
3 street to the city limits
Brown and Hall Avenue
The matter of paving Brown and
Hall avenues came up and Judge
Thomas f. Grady. in his private ca
pacity as citizen and property owner
protested against the paving of Hall
avenue. declaring that it was in very
good condition. and not being a
main thoroughfare there was no ne
cessity for improving it at this time
The Judge declared that the people
living on Hall evenue did not feel
that the people on Brown avenue
should pave their street against their
wishes. and said that if their re-
nonstrance was denied they would
seek relief in the courts Judge
Grady took exception to the repre-
sentative of the Warren construction
company butting in every time there
was paving discussion in the coun-
ell AS for himself he felt the War
rem construction company had about
all the plums it should have in this
city, and he criticised the com pany's
representative for the statement that
its next bids would be lower
Grady Cheered
These remarks We're received with
applause by those in the audience
one First street resident stating that