The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-17
Town Board In
Regular Meeting

The town board met Monday
evening for the regular monthly
meeting and waded through big
grist of bills and other matters
which accrued during the month.
Mayor McFadden was MS usual
in the chair and Trustees Nolan
and Sanderson were absent, the
former on account Of the serious
illness of his wife and the hitter
being away ON II visit.
The minutes of previous regular
and adjourned meetings were read
and approved.
A. j. Rccht presented n petition
to the Board signed by a large
number of property owners ask
ing for the much discussed cross
walk in the middle of the business
block, 1t was moved by Trustee
Barth to lay the petition over un.
til next meeting. Motion carried.
Trustee Chinn voted nay. The
motion was put and carried before
beng discussed and discussion
followed lead by Attorney Geo. b.
Campbell, followed by A. j. Recht
and Wesley Staley. Mr.. Camp
bell pointed out that by laying the
matter over till the October meet
ing it might be too late to con-
struct the walk and that tNore
might be bad weather Intervening.
lie urged that it was a crossing
that was used more than any other
crossing in town and that tho pc.
tition signed by a large number
OF the taxpayers should receive
due consideration. Mr.. Rccht al.
so insisted that the walk was
badly needed and should be put
in at once, that the expenditure
was nominal as compared to the
benefit to the taxpayers. Mr..
Staley expressed an opinion that
the walk was needed badly md
rather than do without it he would
be willing to dig down in his own
pocket, although he. thought that
sort of thing had been done too
much. Mayor McFaddan express.
ed an opinion that il was not the
place for II crossing and that il it
was put in another one might be
asked for ut Ullcry's crossing and
II so it would have to be put in.
His chief objection, however, was
that the town was short Of general
funds and that the new pumping
plant was tho important thing
right now.
| after the discussion Trustee
Barth moved to reconsider the mo.
non to lay over till next meeting,
but not getting a second the mo-
ton was left to stand.
| Later in the evening, however.
the matter was rcconsidered and
it was decided to put in the walk
and the work will go forward
within week.
| There il little question but that
the taxpayers Of the town will ap.
prove of the action of the Board
IN building tins walk, as it is need.
ed badly in bad weather.
The matter Of installing a du.
piicatc pumping system was taken
up. Trustee Nolan who was to
have taken charge of the matter
has seen unable to do anything
IN that direction on account of the
serious illness of his wife and has
been compelled to resign from that
position. The question of employ
ing an engineer to direct the work
was discussed but il was thought
That 1t might be better to contract
Tor the plant with some company
and have them supcrintend the in.
stating with n guarantee of the
plant, which seems TO us 70 be the
most feasible plan. The present
plant IL giving considerable
trouble and mourning quite an cx.
ira expense, and the new plant liz
deemed necessary as n guarantee
against n water famine or con.
migration.
Some gentlemen representing
n pump concern in Denver were
present and were anxious to make
the board "A proposition. An nd
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