Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
SEVEN BLOCKS o.
PAVING ORDERED. I
FOUR couhcILMEk FAVOR pllv-..i
ING EAST MAIN STREET AND
u MADISON AND Fnt1ETTE.
| IslE lllll '|'l STREETS 4 rs u OILED. ID
Council Dstsrn4ned to- Keep on lvyith z5
Campaign 70 Improve ana
s sssutify cry. $.!

seven more blocks OF paving, unless
the signs 5of the times fail. Meet
fdng irregular session on Monday ey-
ening, the city council granted the.
petition Of "A. d. Long, Jennie sP. Les
Roy and "A. R.kLe Roy, asking that.
East Main street be u paved 81 from
Brewer street to the east line Of To-
Wa street. The petition was present
led to the council at a recent meeting
and when the Proposition came up for
consideration vigorous protests were
registered against the paving 5s5I Of
that thoroughfare and q the m alter
was continued until the meeting of
last Monday night. at the time this
petton was presented a, pett-
tion. signed BY upwards OF q hum
dred citizens was presented to- the
council, In which they urged upon the
council the idea Of paving the
streets, beginning with the s. main
thoroughfares leading into the city,
and 2, ceaseEthe endless patchwork
That has cost this sctty thousands OF
dollars. a goodly number OF the
property owners on East Main street
We're present at the meeting. $5' AZ
number Of the men present protested
against the paving of: the; street.
Their protests 1t the Monday nights L
meeting fell upon deaf ears, and that 4
the council seems satisfied that paw
Ing ts the only solut lion Is evident
from the vote to j III
In addition to ordering the pave
ment on Main street the council al
80 decided to pave . block ON; Mad
sison, north OF Main street, I and one,
block on Fayettes street, from the 1
east linesof Madison sstreet&to frank.
lin street. lf there ever, vas 81 block /
In this city that needs paving It s2 II 9
the block north sof, Main on Madison.
After every shower the atreetss be- N
tween the offices Of aaDr. III &; A. May
and the chester Press has been
2 mudhols and 3 disgrace to q cons
muntty that lays u any claim to be-;
Ing date. The council has tax
en- the wise step, and we hope that,
the good work started on Monday
night win continue
FL Two petitions for id dditional slec
trio lights were presented 1t s the
Monday night seasion. One OF tho
petitions was signed ~ i number ~
the citizens In the c. R.s Harris la1ghs
borhoods aud . second was II stGnoa
by several resi- idantsSo6 East Brewer
and Iowa streets. Both petitions
Ertslfsiyed favorable actton and ghtss.
ordered sinntalfe I
q 2. y II. Finch petit tttoned the council
with respect to oiling Brewer street
from Main to the Illinois Central rail-
way tracks Following the psessnta-
tion OF this pei etition many othersSwere
brought before tie colncil. IT. was
finally agreed by the counc cilmen that
IL the property owners were sWilling
toS pay for the material and pay the
cost Of spreading the oil; the city I,
would get the street to proper grade,
where 1T did mot require an unusual 4
amount OF :excayatinga or filling. AZ
ter considerable discussion Of the sub. 4
jectf q resolution was passed giving
the citizens the privilege OF tmproy-s
ing the streets In this manner. It ia
likely that the oil treatment will ID
resOrted to on many Of the Fesidenc0S
streets Of the city this fall. III
The contract for the. construction
Of the curb and gutter on Liberty
street was awarded to- VIM. Jewell, Il
his being the only bid received. Mr.
JEWELS bid was 35c per lineaI foot.
/ The report OF the Hartford Boiler
was read, showing that the
boilers ats the pumping station are in i
good condit ion. 81, i5s<
e c. 81. Seeds, city treasurer, 4 y sub
mitted his monthly report, which
showed . neat balance In the treas
lry. The report was accepted and
placed on file. s;I Y. as Z g 555
\ The usual grist Of bills WIS allow
ed before the council adjourned. H. n
e.. Ram. who Mas overtOyed at the y
thought Of getting rid Of the unsisht-
" mud hole to the east OF his office,
invited the members Of the council, 4
the mayor and others to- the sTterney
and .'set them vi" to the boys.