The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-06-20
NOT MUCH PAVING
WILL BE ORDERED
Fourth Avenue. and Sixth Street Elk
cluded From the List. IS
c AVE. AND | ST KNOCKED OUT
After Hours of Discussion High Ave,
nue. and First Avenue From Mar.
ket Street to M. & ST. L. Or
dered Reconstructed.


mo paving goes on Fourth avenue
this year. Eight widows owning prop
erty on the street, armed with a pro.
test representing almost one-half of
the property fronting the avenue,
made such an impression on the
council members that the proposed
Improvement was defeated. They
would not even advertise for bids for
the street even though tn property
owners were to be asked concerning
the kind of paving preferred when
the bids were received and no work
would be done unless a majority of
the property owners on the street
were then willing to have paving put
in. .en- - q ..--.I. .
The council voted to reconstruct
the paving on First avenue from
Market street to the Iowa Central
main line right-of-way, to reconstruct
High avenue west between the same
limits, and to treat likewise Rock
Island avenue paving between Third
and First Streets
The reconstruction of the streets
is retinishing of the surface of the
paving as now laid. The pavement
is thoroughly cleaned to develop all
holes and imperfections, rolled down,
and the inequalities then filled with
concrete to present an even surface
The top will be treated with asphalt
making an even, durable and desir.
able pavement. This work it was
stated can be done at from forty to
sixty cents square yard and makes
a. most excellent pavement.
New paving was ordered for North
A street between High and A ave
nues, five kinds of work to be voted
for. Blattner was the only negative
voice.
North Fourth street between High
and A avenues was ordered paved on
the same conditions, ,Blattner voting
no.
Practically all of the property own
ers along South Sixth street between
Third and First avenues entered pro-
test against the paving proposed for
that section of the street and it was
not taken up for consideration, being
dropped from the list by general con.
sent.
Having considered the proposed
paving sections separately, the coun-
n hn
ton as amended and considered, that
is, dropping out Fourth avenue and
Sixth street work, and the same was
adopted. Blattner said nay.
When the councilmen took seats in
the session they were met by COM
pany of women who were making per-
sOnal protest by their presence
against the proposed improvement on
Fourth avenue. Mrs. Rose A. Martin
addressed the council in plain but
forceful language telling what she
thought of the proposed improvement,
and Mrs. Louise Harbach had a dou-
BILE protest, against work on Fourth
avenue and First avenue west. 9th
ers of the company were Mrs. Kate
Brock, Mrs. Lou Blattner, Mrs. Lizzie
Bevan, Mrs. Magdalene Neagle, Miss
Edith and Miss M. Mae Frost, repre-
senting their mother, Mrs. Anna M.
Frost, Mrs Susan McCarty and Mrs.
Emma Boyer Mrs. Blattner, Mrs.
Bevan and Miss Frost added to the
personal objections raised by the 9th
ers and when the vote on the avenue
was called up it was defeated. Camp
field first moved the paving of Fourth
avenue between Seventh and G
streets Blattner was favorable to
work on this avenue but wanted the
paving done through to ID street.
This plan was also favored by others
among those who objected to any OF
the work The women charged the
council with unfairness and Skull
duggery" in leaving the block between
C and ID streets from the advertising,
Fin order that they might have a
majority of the property owners on
the rest of the avenue represented as
not protesting" There was a wordy
eNCUdHSe VI III tuS
ginning the women and their inter
ests we're represented by Attorney
John NJ. Heron and what he had
said was seconded by the widows
themselves. When II became evident
from the trend of the talk of council
members that the vote would be
against advertising for the bid, the
advice of City Engineer Bridges fav-
oring the securing of the information
Notwithstanding resolution was
withdrawn and Mr.. Campfield offered
a substitute to pave Fourth avenue
between Market street and street,
the other block to ID street to be adj
vertised later and paved in connec-
ton. This resolution was defeated In
vote, Seibert and Laffollett voting
nay.
Laffollett and Seibert moved the
reconstruction work on First avenue
and Campfield voted against 1t. Talks
concerning the reconstruction work
on High and First avenues were
made by w. r. Lacey, H. II. Sheriff
and Frank Fitch. John G. Williams,
a property owner on Fourth avenue,
came to protest against work on that
.thoroughfare, but when he learned OF
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