The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-12-09

most up-to-date sewage disposal plant
in the northwest, Minot will have es-
tablished it's leadership in the matter
Of sewage treatment and the plant
will be an example to other cities of
the northwest, which will eventually
have to deal with the same problem.
The fact must be kept in mind by
the people Of the City that state roads
are being constructed on highways
leading from different directions into
the city and of immediate concern
to the city is the planning and con
struction of suitable roadways within
the city to connect with the state
plated. A very good entrance to the
city from the east Of the Theodore
Roosevelt Highway on which state
road work is being done, has been Sc
cured. The state road project on this
highway has been extended to con-
meet with Ninth street Southeast at
the new reinforced concrete bridge.
Additional right of way is now being
secured by the city to widen Fourth
Avenue between Ninth street and the
entrance to Riverside Park In the
West portion of the city, diagonal
street should be laid out and improved
to extend West Central Avenue at the
vaduct and connect with the state
road on the Theodore Roosevelt high
way leading west of the city. Some
improven ent can be made in the street
connections to the road leading to the
City from the north and which has
been des gnated as a state road. a
very important highway to the city
will be the state road leading from
the south. Nothing definite has been
done in securing roadway to con-
meet with this south road which will
lead directly to the business section
of the city. This road serves a very
large territory and the matter of Sc
curing roadway that will give di
rect entrance to the business portion
of the city is very important.
An improvement which has won
some initial commentator and will
merit more in the future is that of
planting trees and grass in the resi-
Dental streets in connection with the
work of grading, paving, curbing and
laying walks. The streets in East
wood Park addition show good ex-
ample Of what Improvement will do
in the way of beautifying the city.
The work along this line has thus far
been done by cooperation Of the Park
Board and the city. The actual costs
of the planting and maintaining OF the
trees and grass is assessed against the
property in connection with the other
costs Of improvements to be assessed
or separate contract for this work is
let. During the past year, the trees
and grass on the streets in Eastwood
Park addition were maintained by the
Park Board on a contract with the
city on the basis Of the actual cost of
the work. A contract for the plant
ing and maintaining Of grass was also
let on streets in the Northeast section
of the city. Due to the lateness of the.
season in which the planting was done,
a good stand of grass was not Sc
cured, but it is hoped during the next
year to make good showing on these
streets. Plans have been made for the
paving of several streets in the South
section Of the city and it is the inten-
tion to include the work of planting
the trees and grass in the parking
spaces on these streets when the paw
ing work is done.
There are many other lines Of mu-
nicipal improvement work in regard
to which much could be said but which
we now have no further time to dis
cuss. am glad to have had this op-
portunity of stating these few facts to
you today and the city is glad to have
the cooperation of the Rotary Club in
solving some of its problems.