The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-21

AnOIntf IllttllHB VI Iuc splOpCl-
ty owners in the proposed new
improvement district which takes
in Main street from Eleventh to
Twentieth streets, two blocks on
Twentieth street and Idaho avenue
to the city limits, was held We'd
nesday evening. The meeting
was held at ther esidence of Ghas.
Leavitt and was we'll attended.
At previous meeting, attend
ed by Engineers Jaqueth and Rus
sell, they had offered to prepare
plans for the improvements and
an estimate of their cost and En-
gineer Russell was present at the
meeting Wednesday with tenta-
tive plans and estimates.
Mr.. Russell stated that taking
the grade established about three
years ago, there would be ap-
proximately 1000 yards of cut and
$4,000 yards Of fill. This would
necessitate the getting of nearly
one-half of the dirt from outside
the district, which would increase
the cost of grading and he esti-
mated the cost at fifty cents per
yard, which would make a total of
96,50O.OO for grading. This he
raised to 100000 as a miximum
cost for the grading.
These figures were based on
the plan of having a SO foot road
way with the remainder of the
street sloped up or down, as the
case might be, to the property
line, and provided for surface
drainage At the previous meet
ing it had been suggested that a
2O-foOt macadam road way be
provided in the center of the
street. Mr.. Russell estimated
the cost of putting in a nine-inch
bituloid pavement 20 feet wide for
the entire street at S13000.00
This would bring the entire cost
Of the improvement up to $780,
10000 and would make the aver
age cost per fifty foot lot about
/. St47.OO.
: Several of the property owners
stated that there we're lots in the
district that would not sell fOl
more than enough to pay for the
cost of the improvements, espec-
ially those on the corners of MaiT
and Seventeenth and Center anC
Twentieth, which are already bur.
dened with the improvements il
district number four.
There was considerable discus.
sion in regard to the fill in diff.
ferent parts of the street and tn
difficulty in getting dirt and sug
gestions were made that some o
the fills we're greater than neces
sary. This was the opinion o
Engineer Russell and Mr.. Bald
win of the committee, who ha
been over the proposed improve
ment with the engineer.
Mr.. Russell stated that fror
going over the ground withou
making any survey he believe
that grade could be obtained s
that the cuts and fills would b
about equal. This would no
only lessen the amount of dirt {
be handled but as the hauls woul
be much shorter it would cut dow
the expense per yard for movin
and that by doing this the cost c
grading could be cut down one
half or to $500, instead of 500
as given in his first figures. H
also stated that instead of a
inch macadam, 6-inch could /
used, as on other streets in IL
city. This would cut down I'll
cost of macadam one-third, or NJ
to exceed 100000, making Il
entire cost of the improvemei
si3,5OO, OF not to exceed Si4
10000.
This would bring the averal
cost per lot down to about $40
: which could be further lowered
making the macadam 1 6 feet Wi
instead of 20 and using an {
dressing instead of bitulOid.
making these last mention