Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-03
PAVING PROPOSITION
SETTLED MONDAY
COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO PAVE
UNION AND MAIN
STREETS.
PROPERTY OWNERS OBJ @ J {; !

couneilmsn Defer To Expressed Wia'
OF Large Majority Of Prop
erty owners. Vi
The city council met Mond eVe:'
ing to consider the paving prop 81
ton and to dispose OF q large amount l'
OF unfinished business which had 81
cnmulated during the past f lev
weeks. The property owners res' t
ing on Union and Main streets pre- pre-
scented remostrances against the IT.
posed paving which contained tn
names Of such a large majority 81
Z the owners that the council determan
ed not to pave these streets until
there was substantial showing
made to them Of a change Of sentii
.ment regarding the position. The
4 councilmen were taken by surpris:
especially In regard to Main street. a
few weeks ago, when the propose. ios,
first came up, they had good reason
to believe from converse tons with
property owners that the paving wa;
much desired. The same was true to
some extent on Union street. Certsin
property owners appeared before the
council and urged that this street .e
paved with some substantial materlal
and assured the council that a pei
ton would be filed in due season. Re.
lying upon what appeared to be
the sentiment Of those Interested. the
council took the preliminary stsps
necessary to legalize the ordering If
q paving. These steps included tn;
setting OF the time when objections
to the proposition could be presented
by property owners, and as above
stated, the council were greatly sur
prised to find that the negative side
OF the paving proposition had be n
thoroughly agitated and remon.
strances nied containing a large M:
jority Of the names OF the q property
owners on both streets. The coun-
+ cilmen have mo desire-to force any
public improvement upon a ne'ghbor.
hood that Is opposed to It. and the
4 sentiment manifested Monday even.
ing put them in a rather embarras !
s ing position when It Is considered
that 4 is their earnest desire to car
~ out tn wtshes q the people IN
respect to improvements made. II
be consistent with their own desirsA
and honest intentions! they decided
not to proceed any further with the
paving proposition on either street
until a substantial number OF the
property owners come in and H sss
for the improvement and show them
selves to be- practically agreed upo-
the character OF the paving desired.
Two blocks OF paving on Madison and
Delaware streets win be construct ed
this season as this improvement ts
deemed absolutely necessary. In fret
the council passed resolutions for
all Of the paving but agreed that
none should be ordered in exe ept ur-
on the demand of the properly own
4 ers. as above stated. The re son fer
passing the resolution Of necessity
was ito preserve for future use all
benefits from the steps already TAX
en- so that il at any time paving is
desired on either Union or Main
I streets, the expenses OF the preEmin-
ary work will not have to be taken
again. AS the matter. now stands.
paving can be ordered by the coun-
ell at any time, but this will not be
done until the property owners make
q satisfactory showing to the council
that they are sincere in their, desire
for street improvements.
The council passed a ordinance re-
lating to explosives which appears in
another column.
1t was ordered that all teleph- me
and electric light poles in the city
which are not in use are to be re
moved within thirty days.
v. L. Collarl was elected engineer
OF the water works for the coming
year. 5sa
Upon motion committee cons s.
Ing Of Peterson, Goen and Cleveland
was appointed to report on all Of the
public improvements made during
the past year.
Councilman Hennessey rendered his
resignation as member OF the
street committee and Councilman
Hetherington was appointed in his
place. st Mr.. Hennessey takes Mr.
Hetherington's place on the commit
tee on ordinances, claims and public
buildings. The council then adjourn
ed until Monday, April 8.
Meeting as a Board of Review, AS
SCISSOR Chamberlain reported that his
books were not ready to turn In and
adjournment will be had from day t.
day until the assessor has completed
his work
The council met as Board o.
Health and elected DR.. T. J. Burns
as health officer for the coming year