The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-12-17
Property Owners
Discuss GradinQ
JAQUETH GIVES GOObADVICE
Suggests Narrower Roadway With Twenty Foot
MaCadam Strip In Center

The second meeting Of the
property owners who are plan
ming ON having an improvement
district created i'm the west end
OF the city, was held Wednesday
evening at the residence of Harry
Gains. A number of property
owners along the streets which
are proposed to have improved
were unable to be present be-
cause of sickness but a good rep
Presentation attended.
Besides the property owners in
tcrested Engineers Jaqueth and
Russell and a representative of
the Record were present by special
invitation. There were several
present who were not at the last
meeting and Chairman j. II. Neil
i'm calling the meeting to order,
outlined the purpose of the meet
ing and what had been done at
the previous meeting.
Harry Gains, chairman of the
committee which had been ap-
pointed at the previous meeting.
made a short report. He stated
that it was proposed to improve
Main street from Tenth to Twen-
iieth street, Twentieth street two
blocks to Idaho avenue and Ida
no avenue to the city limits. He
said that these streets constitut-
ed the principal thoroughfare in
the city for the reason that is over
them that all OF the farmers west
OF the city had TO pass i'm coming
t. or leaving the city and there
is as much travel ON these as on
any other streets i'm the city, thus
making it important that they be
improved i'm permanent manner
He said that the committee was
not prepared to make any recon-
mendations as to what the inn
Iprovements should be as that de-
pended in a great measure ON the
cost and that the committee was
not competent to determine that
| by themselves. He stated that ne
had invited Engineers Jaqueth
and Russell to attend the meet
ing and they would he able To
eVe the property owlicrs some III
formation along these lines and
advise them as to the kind of inn
pYovemenls which should be made
Chairman Neil stated that d. b
Stevens. who had been named as
member of the permanent COM
lmittee, had been unable to meet
lwith the other members and had
gone TO California for the winter
and NJ ID. Baldwin was appoint
ed as a member of the committee
in Mr.. Stevens place.
After a general discussion as
to the kind of improvements in
which the question of sewer was
brought up, Engineer Jaqueth was
called upon. He stated that ;
sewer could be put in as we'll anC
without any more expense afte
the grading had been done az
when it was being done. He ad.
'ised against the including Of ;
sewer with the other improve
= ments, first because the stat,
board of health was likely soor
to insist that the city provid,
p some other means of disposins
&. Of its sewerage besides DUMPING
{ into the river, which would ne
Cessitate a complete change in Tn,
sewerage system of the city anC
% put i'm a sewer now would make
hat much additional expense
] His second reason was that if tn,
. contemplated improvements cos
? too much it would be difficult tC
dispose Of the bonds.
4 He advised a narrow roadway
s thirty-four feet he said was wild
Q enough, we'll rounded up with
twenty foot strip i'm the cente
macadamized. He suggeste
r that no clay binder should b
r used but that the macadam be we
r bound together by being we
$ rolled with heavy roller II
n alsos uggested that an oil dress
ing should be used and stated ths