The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-14

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dividing equally the honors between
the pros" and "antis" in the much
mooted paving contest. The commits
sion adopted a resolution to surface
Egan avenue between the main track
OF the Milwaukee railway, between
Second and Third streets, north to
the north line Of Seventh street. and
ing from Seventh street to the north
line of Thirteenth street.
Quick Work.
1t required only about ten minutes
for the commissioners to consider the
petitions and protests. There was no
formal, written protest against the
petition TO pave from the railway
track to Seventh street. Claus Hex
ON and O. T. Thompson submitted a
general written protest. AS it did
not deal with either section of the
proposed paving specifically, but coy-
cred the whole length of the improve
ment, it did not come under the Of
fetal eye of the commissioners.
After the commissioners had
glanced over the document dealing
with that part Of Egan avenue be
tween Seventh and Thirteenth streets
presented by j.. w. Dawson, the petit
ton was handed to City Engineer
Charles A. Trimmer, who reported
that the instrument bore the names
of owners Of more than the required
amount of property needed to reject
the paving. To carry the protest il
was necessary to have the sanction Of
the owners of SIS per cent Of the
property that would be affected by
the paving, which would mean 1,612
feet. Frontage represented by the
signers of the protest amounted to
1.721 feet-a little more than 60 per
cent of the total.
Yet Time for Objections.
After all three members of the
commission had voted to accept the
petition providing for paving as far
north as Seventh street, and to reject
the one calling for the paving be
tween Seventh and Thirteenth streets
Mayor George II. Waskey explained
that there still remains twenty days
in which to make written protests,
before bids are advertised for.
When the fifty or so property own
ers present we're informed by the
mayor that any oral protests they
wished to make would be heard, Or,
S. Wooley said that he believed that
as the city generally shared in the
advantages paving would bring, the
cost of surfacing intersections should
be borne by the municipality. Q. I.
Thompson told he had been reliably
informed that the city may legally
pay for the work on intersections,
and in substantiation Of his conten-
ton he cited the fact that other cities
in the state are paying for the surfac-
ing Of crossings.
No Funds Now.
Mayor Waskey explained that
there is no fund out Of which TO de
fray such expenses. He told that il
would be possible to vote bonds foi
the purpose.
When asked by Claus Hexom if the
city will be asked TO vote bonds
Mayor Waskey said the question was
one that could not be answered off.
hand.
Prior to last nights meeting, mer
behind the protests explained tina.
while they did not want to see pavini
laid before new water mains were in
stalled in Egan avenue, the MAR
point at issue was the city's refusa
/ - Il oF,.xv ~ a1.t IS fIo vrnvnrnI In,
provement of intersections.
Following the meeting there was
some discussion as to whether i
would not cost more per foot to pave
four blocks and a half than it would
to have paved the full ten and one
half blocks.
Estimates of Cost.
Estimates of the cost of various
kinds Of paving had been given by
City Engineer Trimmer as follows:
Creosoted wood blocks, 25-foot lot
s312.50; asphaltic concrete, 25-foo
lot, $3.50; bitulithic, 25-foot lot
$3.50; sheet asphalt (natural), 25
foot lot, s216.25; sheet asphalt (oil)
25-foot lot, s205; concrete, 25-foo
lot, $500.
The foregoing prices include thu
cost of widening sidewalks, with {
clear width of roadway of %seyent.
feet, or for the widening of walks t.
fifteen feet, with a four-foot parkinf
in the center of the street, leaving
thirty-three-foot roadway or eitheI
side.
Increase Very Slight.
City Engineer Trimmer said tn
cutting off of the paving north o
Seventh street would make scarcel'
noticeable difference in cost of thu
paving. He pointed out that mucl
the larger part of the contemplated
work is embraced in that part of thu
paving to be done south of Seventh
street. The whole strip from thu
railway to Thirteenth street com
prised about $4,000 square yards
BY the rejection of the petition t.
pave north of Seventh street, onl.
about 1000 square yards are cut off
1t was pointed out. The strips o
paving in the north end of the stree
were to have been much narrowe
than those down town according II