The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-25
CITY COMMISSION
OBJECTIONS TO SIDEWALK RES
OLUTION HEARD-NO IMNIE-
date ACTION TAKEN.

The main topic for discussion al
the meeting of the city commission
last night was sidewalks-and more
sidewalks. Several property owners
appeared and registered objections
to the resolution passed upon las
week and yer heard by the commits,
sioners, all of whom were present.
H. III. Frudenfeld, b. Z. Ketchan
and #. j.. Mundt were the first to be
heard by the commissioners. They
registered an objection to putting In
sidewalks in front of property which
they were interested in in the north.
west part of the city. 1t seems thai
one property only in the block desires
a sidewalk and these gentlemen
seemed to think that he should not
be allowed to force in the walks
They urged the commissioners to
look over the ground which they
agreed to do.
Ira F. Blewitt then. took up the dis.
cussion on behalf of property owners
on Egan avenue N. He pointed out
the expense of lowering the walks,
the damage to the trees and urged
that the matter be deferred, at least
until after the conditions became
normal, as with all expenses increas-
ing it would work a hardship on
some of the property owners to do
this work at this time. He called at
tention to the legal aspects of the
case, and said he was making no
threat of litigation, but that he
thought it might be well for the COM
missioners to give careful considera-
ton to the matter before final action
was taken.
Geo. r. Farmer declared he had
very little to say except to corrobo-
rate the sentiments expressed by Mr..
Blewitt. He urged that something
be done to defer this work until after
the war. He cited sidewalks in cities
he had visited and said that many of
them were above grade, and thought
that it would be unnecessary to cut
the sidewalks down to grade, thereby
destroying the trees planted 80 or
more years ago.
III. w. Brown, j. Il. Rosenow and
Rev. II. w. Minish also spoke, all
along the same line, that the work
should be deferred until conditions
became normal and the citizens did
not have the different war measures
to raise money for.
After all the protests were heard
Commissioner Schmidt moved that
the matter be deferred for two weeks
at least, and that if the owners will
make the walks safe and passable,
that the matter may be deferred a
year OF more. This was agreed to.
G. p. Rensvold appeared before
the commission and said that when
the paving was put in on Second
street NE the drainage outlet to the
alley at the real of his property was
cut off and that the alley was in bad
shape in wet weather, but that a few
loads OF gravel would put it in pass
able condition. The commissioners
told him that it would be repaired.
The bids for the sewer to be put in
near the northwest city limits were
opened and the bid of Clarence Kip
pei of 81 cents a foot was accepted.
j. f. Rosenow vas present and rep
resented the county commissioners in
this matter.
1t was announced that the long
looked for pump had arrived, which
was the cause for much jubilation
among the commissioners.
A tractor for grading was discuss
ed, but nothing definite was done, as
it was the consensus of opinion that
the commissioners should get In
touch with some of the other cities
of the state which are using such an
implement to see if any advantage
would be gained by purchasing a
tractor before taking final action.