The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-12
BIG TALK IN CITY HALL
Thorough Investigation Of All Sides OF
the vexlns Problem by couneii
and Party Of Business
Men.

Oiling 1t AFTER lne CITY SoonSAA AA''
prepared the surface;
That C. NJ Rich will give $50 and
that J. b. Gabeline, president OF the
Standard -Four Tire company VIII
give another $50 on his subscription
list;
That steps will begin at once to
permanently pave Main street extern
sion for at least twenty-feet width,
with concrete, but that this work can
not be finished before 1921;
That in order to pave out there IL
| will be necessary to form paving
district and assess the property ior
considerable distance on each side
| OF Main street, perhaps to the Flank
road on one side and to the old
fair grounds on the other side
These are the conclusions OF a con-
ference in the city hall yesterday
afternoon between a dozen keokuk
| citizens and the city council.
/ The Attack on Main Street Extension.
The men present were G. M. Rich,
L. A. Hamill, T. R. bartholomew, j.
! O. Boyd, Leonard Matless, G. F. Nc
Farland, ]. B. Gabeline, J. Albert
Kiedaisch, John Nagel James NJ.
JOSGPl1 H. AhS&NdAhdiu, NJ ~
Baur, G. w. Durrett and G. d. Scholl.
Mr.. Mcfarland said the party had
just come from the Keokuk Indus
trial association rooms, where they
had considered the Improvement of
Main street extension, which he said
is now intolerable to those who drive
over 1t.
"The time has come when some
8, 10 coid ~ Mo
Farland, "and we have come to con-
suit with you about it."
Mr.. Durrett asked whether An
schultz hill and Commercial alley had
not been omitted by the speaker for
the group, but Mr.. Mcfarland said
he was instructed to stick to Main
street extension as a text.
OIL Is a Necessity.
Commissioner Hickey said Main !
street extension could be fixed, il !
arrangements could be made to oil it !
at once afterward, but it is pure |
waste of money to put macadam on |
there without OIL
He said he had understood that ,
the automobile club were going to
help out on the cost, by oiling it. |
President Bartholomew, of the club, !
said it had intended to do SO, but !
that its treasury had not been sup
piled with funds to any great extent |
after third of its membership had /
contributed.
James NJ. Fulton asked why the
city cannot go ahead and oil the
street as part of the repairs, and |
c. F. Mcfarland said down town
the adjoining property owners pay |
for oiling Mayor Lotion said the
city has not money to buy oil for it,
but it can get it ready for oiling for
about $3.50 and would be glad to do !
this
Wen go the limit for you" he
said once.
oiIing by the City.
1t would cost about $4,000 for the |
city TO get ready to oil streets, Com i
missioner Hickey said, as this is the 1
cost Of putting in a proper plant.
new law gives authority to pro- /
vide an oiling fund, but there is no |
such fund yet in Keokuk, he said.
There was some discussion about |
the cost of oiling the extension road, |
and various estimates Were given by |
different men.
Five different groups were talking
on five different topics at the same
time in five different parts of the
council chamber, and ideas were thick
as flies around plate of peaches.
The Mayor is Willing.
Mayor Lotion told his group that
he wanted to pave Main street extern
sion as much as anybody, if it were
possible, and once suggested that
the keokuk Automobile club might
help start the program with finan-
cial aid.
Mayor Lotion repeated this when
the meeting came to order again,
stating that if the motor club will
furnish the 5000 worth of oil, and Gil
the street, the city will fix it ready
for oiling at once-and next year the
permanent work will be started on
its routine way.
Financed in Hurry.
This was unanimously adopted as
the best way.
And this morning President Bar
tholomew, of the Keokuk Automobile |
club, announced that the money will
be ready and the oil ordered at once. /
While the conversation was gem
eral, Hickey said Commercial aIlev
is similar to Main street extension
and macadam will not hold there
without oil.
Z. w. Durrett said it was suggested
to pave Main street extension with
brlck, but Hickey said there is NOT
money enough to do that.
The Permanent PAVING.
we have cut that deficit do,rr