Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-27
STAR TED
SOME HIN
A Petition is Presented 70 ths
Commissions Asking that
Asphalt be Considered.
CONCRETE SUPPORTERS SORE
Paving Proposition Still Unsettled
Those Favorins asphalt Paw
ing Will Try Again.

1t begins to look tc man up tres
that il property owners who are af-
fected and interested in the paving
of the business section of the city
don't get down to business and set
tie on some definite kind Of paving
material and stay settled and not start
in "insurrection" that there will be
no paving done in the city OF Wa.er-
town during the year of 1913. IN
The fireworks were touched off at
the Monday evening meeting Of the
city commissioners when petition
was presented asking that the COM
missioners entertain the proposition
to use asphaltic concrete paving.
This brought Col. .Stover to his feet
and he said he thought the pavement
proposition was settled couple OF
weeks ago when the property owners,
met at the city hall and voted Oh the
kind of paving preferred. Col Slower,
handled the subject in his characters.
tic style and took a few poksass
Fellows who could or would ir.s--4.ss .ss.l
| by their agreement to abide by the
decision Of the property owners at a
meeting a couple of weeks ago when,
concrete paving won over asphalt by
a vote of three to one.
Hantcn Changes Opinion.
John B. Hanten was; also present at
the meeting and explained to the COM
missioners that while lie had voted
for concrete paving at the previous
meeting of the property holders, he
had changed his mind and that he was
now in favor of concrete asphalt
pavement. He said he had drawn up
the petition for the property owners
desiring concrete asphalt pavement
The commissioners had a resolution
prepared on the paving proposition
and had left the kind of paving ma,
terial blank.
AS a result uf the discussion it was
finally decided that the resolutions
would be given their first reading
Monday night naming concrete as
the kind of paving to be used. The
date for hearing on this resolution
will be March 81, and If in the mean
time petition is received by the COM
mission signed by more than 50 per
cent of the abutting property in the
, district to be paved asking that as
phaltic concrete pavement be used
, then the resolution will be amended
, and changed to call for asphaltic con-
!. crete instead Of plain concrete. With
: this understanding which was accept
: able to both sides the resolutions
3 we're given their first reading.
!. The commissioners have not taken
= any part in the paving proposition
n preferring to let the property owners
e settle the matter among Themselves
: Commissioner Snyder said that he
u hoped that the matter would be settled
e without having paving war" He
e also stated that he felt that the com.
J. missioners were in duty bound to
II stand by the action of the previous
T. property owners meeting when those
r in favor of concrete paving won by
y three to one.
>. w. H. Stokes and others owning
acreage property within the city iim
- its are not satisfied with their taz
assessment and will take the matte.
Q into court as a test case to settle the
matter.
Ordinance ABS came up for its fina
reading and was passed by a unani
) nous vote of the commissioners pres
ent.