Manchester Democrat., 1911-04-26
PASS ORDINANCE MONDAY -EN-
ENlhe FIXING NEW WlcTis
FOR ALL CITY STREETS.
FRAysl,a STREET GWNFRs FR9lIsT
Capt. Merry. Senator Thrill and Jos.
Hn.ohinecn Oppose Narrowing
Franklin Street.

ipWiue PiutsiS'tiy - =
of the city was adopted by the
council Ut its meeting Montiay even.
ing. ketersan, cles elane, qosn
and Hennessey vet d aye, He h'rns-
ton voting no.
A petition of property wR7rs
abutting on Franllin street was prs-
scented hy JOSEPH IIucfinson, as fol
lows:
To the HonoraIla Mayor ard coun-
Gil Of the City ef Man hss er
Iowa:
We, the undersigned beng tn
respective property owners o. proper
ty facing on FranESlin sire be-
tween Butler street and Clara aven-
ue, respectfully petition your Honor
able Body to orler the crr9 ana
a gutter three or four fee. w'df
aloSy both sides OF said Franklin
stree. between Euler street an
Clara avenu. AID tie space le-
tween the. cutters sr1uted viii
CTuSneu TUth u lliiSs NSP'A VI 80
12 inches. to be properly rolled ans
grade with said gutter, and 'ht
cost of same be torne as follows
The property owners pay r the
curb and half expense of gustsr an
grout, and expenses in laying sme,
and thst the other half lie borne by
the city. This is with the under
standing that the width Of sale
street remain as now, As fest fron
curb to curb.
To the petition wsre ARK D
signatures and in presenting i Mr.
Hutchinson stael that the nan5s
represented all bus three o. the prop
erts owners abusing on either side
of Franklin street from Blu + ssreA
on the south to Clara avenue on the
north. In the course Of hst ramarM
Mr.. Hutchinson id that While thf
!. property owners on franklin stree
were willing to 20 operste wi h ths
city and to bear their shire Of The
expense of improving the condition OF
the street, yet he found in inter
Z viewing stlie sevrsl owners fli;it !
was .ha universal and .emphatie,ssents
ment that the street should not 3le
cut narrower than IFS present W dti
AS feet. The ordnance proposed y,
the council provided fer he nErrow
ing of Franklin sirset to 40 feet.
Captain j. F. Merry spoke in FAY
or Of leaving the street al is presen
width but heartily endsrsed-tle q;
tion of the council in their eforss tt
improve the travelled ror ion. H'
advocated the use of crushed roci
with we'll rounded cenier and &c
ment curb and guster to carry Of
the surface water He sail that il
his travels he had observed tha
nothing added so much 70 TIE al
tractiveness OF a city as froa
we'll kent stree S. He urs2d th
necessity of at least AZ f1et o
Franklin street. owing to the lars
amount of traffic which dai y pass
es over this thoroughIara and Q
account of the congestsd conditio
here at certain times Of IN
year when gatherings are held
the fair grounds This being tn
only street to carry the traffic
and from the far grounds, he VIZ
strongly of the opinioa taat 1T Won
he mistake to cut this s.rSe,. u
pointed out the inadvisabilty ty
cr3wding horses and automob les
narrow streets, making the observ
tion that with,the Increasing numb
of automobiles there should be pie
ty Of room .op all the sreets
teams and motor vehicles to pas
He cited an instance of the nece
sity of this which came to his !
tice within the past month at Nlct
burg, where he saw team turn
to birm and run away becat
it was crowded in a nafr'
street by an automobile. He. el
ed with the remark that he bell
ed the council intended, and wo'
do what they believed was rls
npder the circumstances, and y
the wishes of the property own
who had their mopey invested
homes and who, lived on the s.re
where the improvements We're
be made, and who would be cal
upon to pay a large portion OF
cos. of making them, would he \
lv considered and respected.
r. w. Thrill spoke next
strongly advocated TIE As
street. He was particularly anN
tha. the West Union street sh'
not be narrowed to-s0 fseE as pro
cd for the reason that at Ger
times Of the year when large sa'
ines are held at Thrill park,
street at its present w,dth
none too wide to accomoda'e
congestion of teams and antomob
ue endorsed the PROPOSE ion to
move the trave led portion on fi
In and believed that crussed
nroperly lad would make n es
EN- paving. He rongly a Noe
tho use Of steam roller ard
tn hc believed that if The co
intended to make extensive imp
mants on the streets in
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