The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-05-16
PAYING IS ORDERED
Twenty-one Blocks Listed for I'm
provement This Season.

i Twenty-one blocks OF paving. AL
most mile and half of work to be
done this season. Resolutions were
adopted at meeting of the council
Monday evening for the reconstruc
tion of seven blocks of street paving
and fourteen blocks of new work. Ma
terial to be used to be decided upon
by the council later.
Pavement has been ordered for the
following streets: ~r f..s ..-.
Reconstruction work, where pave.
ment is now worn beyond hope of re.
pair, was authorized for one block on
Rock Island avenue between First
and Second streets, and on First ave.
nue. west, six blocks, between Market
street and the Iowa Central tracks.
New pavement was ordered as fol-
lows:
One block on A street, from High
avenue north to A avenue.
One block on Fourth street, from
High avenue north to A avenue.
Two blocks on Sixth street from
First avenue south to Third avenue.
Ten blocks on Fourth avenue be.
tween Seventh street and street.
This makes a total of twenty-one
blocks of new paved surface to be
laid during the season and there may
be several additional blocks added
before the close of the season.
1t was a somewhat busy session of
the council and they succeeded in
doing things before adjournment was
taken about eleven o'clock. Among
other things done the council voted
to grade South Eleventh street be-
tween the Burnside corner and the
city limits, to aid in the extension
of the street railway service, to the
extent of four hundred dollars. Should
the cost of the grading for that dis
lance be in excess of that amount
the difference will be paid by the
country club.
This matter was brought before
the council by special committee of
the members of the country club,
James A. Dewitt, Col. J. F. Mcneil.
A. Rosenblatt, J. S. Henderson and
Amos P Spencer. Mr.. Dewitt intro
duced the subject and explained the
position of the country club in ask
ing for the grading. The roadway is
to be hereafter maintained at no en-
pense to the city and it will be made
almost as good as a pavement with
ashes. Motion to grant the work was
made by Seibert, seconded by Mill
gan who together with Minnick and
Penders voted in favor of doing the
work while Messrs: Campfield, Blat-
tner and Lafollette voted no. claim
ing that other work should have pre-
ference. Mr.. Campfeld wanted to
wait awhile to think 1t over. Mr..
Lafollett stated that he could not
vote for street car extension on
South Eleventh street when his own
people were asking similar improve
ment to be used from day to day in
the natural course OF business. The
matter was discussed at length.
Messrs. Dewitt, Mcneil, Spencer the
Mayor and others talking of the
phases of the question. The queS-
ton was finally put and carried.
Walk on First Avenue.
Jonathan Fenwick wants side
walk on the south side of the west
end of First avenue to get into l.
street. The street and sidewalk COM
mittee will investigate necessary
grading, etc.
Dog Troubles.
Only 355 dog tags have been paid
for. Chief of Police Walls has list
paid for. Members of the council OBJ
iected to the building of pound and
the spending of the money paid by
the good citizens to make the other
fellows come to time. 1t was finally
voted that notice will be served that
owners of dogs or people keeping
or harboring a dog will be arrested
and fined under the ordinance for
such cases, made and provided, unless
such tax is paid by the end of the
week. Fine and costs will amount to
much more than a dog tag, so get
busy. Saturday is the last day of
grace.
Sewers.
! J. y. Thompson was granted a
sewer tappage in return for right-of'
way Cor sewer across property own
ed by him.
Don't Like Pills.
Councilman Seibert called attention
to the council to the prevalence Of
the medicine house distributor of free
samples OF medicine and the use o
the mail box by the agents. Post
master George True will be consulted
as to ways and means OF abatin,
the nuisance.
| Other Matters.
The bond of Wells q Stump plumb
ers. responsibility for work done wa
duly approved and filed.
Complaint was made of the settlinI
OF trenches where service pipes hav
been laid The city engineer wa
told to get busy with the responsible
parties.
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