The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-27

wanted resurfacing, since the cost of
that would not equal the interest on
the cost of paving with brick.
Wants Permanent Job.
}. o. Boyd then took the floor and
expressed himself very strongly in
FAVOR OF permanent paving instead of
mere temporary makeshifts. He be-
lieved Mr.. Golfers figures to be
very high. The tendency always was
to do temporary work and save lit
tie for the present. II we had all the
money that had been spent in the
past twenty-five years for macadam
temporary paving, the whole city
could be permanently paved He said
that the reason Franklin street wasn't
Travelled today was because it couldn't
be Travelled. He felt that If the peo-
pie decided in favor Of brick or con-
crete, that the laying of the paving
should be deferred until such a time
as the Electric company could get
the right kind of rails to put down.
Oiled macadam is but a makeshift,
substitute for som ething better. It was
only few years since Grand avenue
was repaved at great expense with
the cheaper macadam paving, but now
the street needed to be paved again
as the macadam was worn out. In
other cities, Mr.. Boyd said, the peo-
pie beg the commissioners to pave
at their expense, rather than remon-
strate against it as some are doing
in Keokuk "If the residents Of Frank
lin street want a temporary paving"
he said, sit means they want tenn
porary street, and the thing to do is
to abandon the street, turn the land
up to the center, over to the property
owners, and enter the houses by way
Of the alleys"
n. G. Henke agreed with Mr.. Boyd.
and thought that permanent paving
should be put in, so that never again
would the trouble of resurfacing come
up. He wanted to get the expense
over with.
Mr.. Davidson, Of the board OF
trustees Of the United Presbyterian
church, whose parsonage is located at
500 Franklin street, spoke briefly of
the church's position in the matter.
Riley McManus said he considered
macadam a better paving material
than concrete. He said the resurfac-
ing would last for years, and called
for vote on Mr.. Golfers motion, re-
questing the city commissioners to
resurface the street.
Mr.. Majors again took the floor and
upheld Mr.. Golfers figures. He said
that the curbing and guttering would
have to be replaced, an expense that
Mr. Boyd had not counted in. He
cited other cities that had put in
brick pavement within the last ten
or fifteen years and had not found 1t
permanent He felt that resurfac-
ing and oiling should be given a fair
trial.
Short-Sighted Engineering.
Mr. Boyd then replied that brick
paving could be laid permanently.
Some streets in Keokuk, paved with
brick, are not in good shape. but this
is because they have been laid with
out concrete base. He felt that the
old guttering and curbing should be
used To tear it out would be short
sighted engineering.
Charles Altes then stated that the
trouble with the street was due to the
constant excavating by various public
service corporations and plumbers.
He felt that the city should pay for
putting it in good shape. Mr.. Altes
said that the car tracks were not In
grade.
Mr., Ingle, OF the Electric company,
replied that when the track was put
in twenty-five years ago, it was put
in according to the grade of the city
engineer, and could not be changed
unless the entire street were changed
without aggravating the evil.
Chairman Evans then said that It
tvs
NJ the city's failure to see that they
were made. They were concerned
with the attitude of the city council