Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-02-20
new SIDEWALKS
ARE DESIRED
Residents on Park Addition Hill Ask
City Council to Order the Walks
Constructed This Spring
PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BUILD
Pledge Themselves 10 Construct Con-
crete Walks in Front of Residences

Judging lTOm all pItSeHI JliuiSd-
tions it is very probable that Bon
ners Ferry will this spring see the
building of more concrete sidewalks
in its residence districts than have
ever been built before. 1t is now
practically assured that approx
mately 364 feet of new concrete walk
will be built by property owners
up Park addition hill and through
out Riverview, Park and Eagle Park
additions. If present plans do not
miscarry this work will be done as
soon as the frost is out of the
ground, and a four-foot cement walk
will be built.
The committee appointed some
time ago by the city council to in
terview property owners regarding
the proposed walk met in special
session with the council last Friday
night and laid before that body the
results of their work and what they
desired the council to do Briefly
stated the report was to the effect
that practically all property owners.
except a few nonresident ones and
one or two whom it had not been
possible to see, had signified their
willingness to build the desired walk
adjoining their respective properties.
The report further showed that resi-
dents living in this section had
pledged themselves to build 364t lin
ear feet of sidewalk provided the
city would give a certain amount
of assistance. The assistance asked
was to the effect that the city
should build a sidewalk running
from the foot of the hill starting
near the Bliss billboard, up to the
o. S. Davis property. At the foot
of the hill the city owns three
lots. From these lots to the Davis
property there is no private prop
ertv abutting, this strip being not
within the city limits. The petit
| TONERS ask the city to build this
stretch of walk and also cross walks
at street and alley CROSSINGS. in all
total of approximately 1906 linear
feet of walk for the city as com
pared to 3641 feet to be built by the
property owners. OF course no cross
walks would be built by the city
in Eagle Park addition which is not
within the city corporate limits. but
! G.. w. Spoerry has agreed to builC
those. The petitioners also ask the
city to do some necessary grading
of the sidehill.
The petitioners Justify their appea
on the grounds that the new side
walks would be a great improvement
for the city and would probably re
suit in further work of similar ma
ture being done in other parts o
the town. Furthermore they notet
the fact that very little, if any
money had been expended in stree
or alley work by the city in thi
section. They further signified thei
willingness that if similar improve
ments were desired in other part
of the town they would be glad t.
have the city help wherever tn
city's help is necessary. 1t was ais
argued that after the grading wa
done, the sidehill could be seeded t
grass and the present unsightly ban
turned into a thing of beauty.
The council will take final actioI
upon the matter tonight While no
thing has been determined as yet. j
is the hope of the petitioners tina
the council will order the walk
built. Members of the council hav
admitted that the walks are a neces
!, sity. The only question is one o
finances. There is not enough mon
ey now on hand to construct tn
city's portion of the walk and Their
appears some Discrimination to incu
a debt which the following tow
board would have to finance, mas
much as the present boards teri
of office will soon expire. The pc
titioners recognize this condition an
would be satisfied if the board wi
pass an ordinance ordering the walk
constructed as petitioned for Befor
the work could be done the ne,
board would have taken office an
the matter of actually building tn
city's share could be handled b
them.
Yesterday morning County Sur
lveyor Cave began making survey