Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-17
'CITY WILL PAVE BUT
|. PROPERTY OWNERS TO
PAY OR REMONSTRATE
Collection of $4,000 Donation
Is Put Up To Property
Owners

The city council at quiet session
last night passed resolutions authorizing
the advertising Of the intentions to pave
the Portland road and the Fairgrounds
road and the new "JitneyU ordinance
was read twice by title only to be
fully discussed at the next meeting Of
the council September 7. II is required
that the city advertise the intention to
improve the Portland road and the
Fairgrounds road for 10 days to give
the property owners time to demonstrate
against the Improvement.
The petitions for improvement which
were presented at u previous meeting
asked that the roads be improved at
cost Of Of not more than 50 cents per
square yard for the Portland road and
Of not more than go cents for the Fair.
grounds road. II was stated in the peti
tion that the state sighway commits.
sion had promised TO give $4,000 toward
this Improvement and that the mer.
chants Of the town had promised anoth-
er thousand dollars, the city had prom.
lscd to do the grading 80 that the work
could be done for cost of not more
than 60 cents per square yard to the
property owners.
The question was raised last night as
to who would pay tho deficit in case
the work could not be done by the city
for 90 cents per square yard and IL was
explained by Mayor White that the
$1,000 spoken Of was in the nature Of
donation and rebate to the property
owners II the pavement could be put
down at an ultimate cost Of not more
than 60 cents per square yard, all well
nnd good but that If it could not be
put down at this price the owners Of
ubntting property must stand the bin. |
The city rejected all bids offered for
this work and decided to put down
bituminons concrete pavement No. 4 on
both roads, the work TO be done by day
labor with the city's machinery.
II was stated that many Of the prop.
crty owners Of this road were under
the Impression that the city guaranteed !
to put down the pavement at cost Of
not more than GO cents when the pcti, |
lion was accepted by the council but il |
was explained by Councilman Macy
That the declaration of intention ia |
pave was 80 worded that the city would
put the pavement down at the lowest
possible cost and il the property owners
received the expected donations that
the cost would probably not exceed 60 !
cents per square yard. If the people
along the Fairgrounds road doubted the
good faith Of either the highway com.
mission or the down town merchant,
they should demonstrate against the
paving as the entire cost must be assess
'd TO the abulting property
A communication was read from the |
Commercial club asking permission to
'rcct canvas shelter and shelves for
. public market On the north side Of |
Ferry street just east of Liberty street |
Ihe petition was signed by George G. |
Will \. Eckerlein and V. Nadstanek |
property owners and George +. Rodgers
IT, q, Shipley aud John II. Scott, the
committee from the Commercial club |
The petition was granted
\ report of the street committee
recommending the widening Of A street
,"u W." No''p ''ocr'y street was adopted,
;, 4 ", 'po''"l vomm'tt'e reported that
."',t ""n "o'n'nR III th' papers held |
~ Wv 'vwp""H 10 require tue covering |
" y. IuV uIl'n ON DIVISION street from
',,,,. 'u,1 10 uiBa s,',H' as requested by the
.'' "u"'', Guu 'no' the matter was TO be
" ,'',yu W,.' 'u''"vr n Pe'l''on Tor a light
,n Nel'r street between Fifteenth
ll"H 'u'ner 'ouu was rejected and
'ku'S were recommended at the inter
,yv,,1u ,y',,,.... oI W to9',,rn'h aud Trade and
'"u,,''ehln ana belcNuo'
me '''y recorder was authorized to
'u',"''G r SN corey MIGRANTS and fiji,
'HbS, lnr r. u T. Ky, company
'sN'' ',.' p'sm'NNo" TO abandon their fran
"l'' WIS.,. Vu 9'Ny"t',n'h street from the IN.
',n'"Ou .1 vi Jefferson street to the
l,"'." WY UNITS IT was explained
Nv, '"' ., ,uv ,",,E'oonoS hod been fenced
UP NsN'Nst the ear line aud there was
NV h'''WllN Nl running iNpli line over ]
.IN ~ property Ioe ordinance was pass