Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-25
PETITIONS FOR THAT AMOUNT
HAVE BEEN FILED OR ARE
BEING CIRCULATED.
WANT PAVING ON WEST
MAIN AND FREMONT STREETS
Petition For Improvement From Thir-
tcerth to West Of Seventeenth -
Want Street Paved to Railroad
CrosslrC-Pctition For Fremont.

! The paving budget for the year viii
he in excess Of TWO miles in addition
! to the large unfinished portion Of the
! I@lt contracts which are Ia be COM
ple;ed This year Additional petitions
I He'd Wednesday and today, with South
Twelfth street. from Boone TO Doty,
which was taken ont Of last years
contract, make little less than two
miles ut pavement N sight already.
In addition there are TWO petitions
being circulated which have not Yet
been fled. one Is for South Fifth
street. from Church 10 Nevada. and
the other is for West Nevada streets
from Third to Ninth street, or even
farther west. The council wants all
petitions in this week that the work
Of compiling them can he begun at
once preparatory TO advertising for
bids.
Main and Fremont In Nov.
The .ateS: petitions for paving that
have been filed are for West Main
street. from Thirteenth street west. 10
about midway between Seventeenth
ana EiShteenth streets. and Fremont
street from Fourth 10 Eighth street.
Fifteen property owners have signed
the petition 10 pave West Main street
which. with the school district prop
erty Of the Franklin school that fronts
the street for about a block. IS much
more than majority Of the front
coo:age. !, s understood the schoo!
BOARD VIII not Oppose the paving.
Want Paving Extended.
The paving peIjt!oned for i for as
far west as where q corner Of Linn
township !nler>ecis the south half OF
Main street. then extends west in the
center Il the street to the city limits
north q Main street.
Property owners living along the
north SIDE Of Main street. beyond the
corner Of Linn township are trying 10
devise some plan by which the pave
ment can 5e extended TO the NJ & ST.
L. crossing. a distance Of about three
blocks An effort IS 10 be made 10
interest the trustees OF the township
so that a way can be provided for paw
ing this stretch. A property owner
interested has made the suggestion
that il is probable that property own
ers on the north side Of Main street
would be willing TO assume more than
their share for one-half OF the pave
nlent il Linn township can be in
teresled in paying part OF the cost
Paving Petitioned For.
Nineteen property owners. owning
1911 front footage along Fremont
street from Fourth 20 Eighth streets.
have petitioned for pavement. An
effort was made 10 include Fremont
street. between Fourth and Fifth streets
last wear. when the block east was
paved. but property owners would not
sign. These property owners have
now joined with others who own
majority OF the front tootage.
The following is the pavement pet!-
toned for: Blocks.
Main street, Thirteenth to Seven
Fremont street. Fourth TO Eighth.
Summit street. Seventh TO Ninth.
sixth street. Church TO L;nn......
Eleventh avenue. Main 10 State
street ....................
Third street Church 70 Nevada.
Marion street Center to First
avenue ...................
1sH
In addition there = Twelfth street
from Boone 10 Doty, that "a 20 be IN
Guided. and South Fifth street and
Nevada street, the latter i the street
,.a;lvr-.,- limo &c huilr on thai street