Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-25

Full Width Paving in Two
Districts Now Appears
. TO Be Possible.

Prospects for the full paving Of
both University avenue and Walnut
street improved materially today when
word was received by the Grand
Forks Street Railway company that
enough steel ties for, the Walnut
street job could be shipped within five
days.
president of the Grand Forks city
commission, has ordered that the
work Of repairing the University ave-
nue. paving be resumed along the lines
originally planned which involved the
paving of the entire width of the
street.
Counter Petition. .
In the meantime, however, a u
ter petition to that 70; the ordinance
to relieve the street railway company
of paving costs during the next ten
years is being circulated. The new
petition protests against the passage
Of any ordinance or the taking of any
action which would exempt the COM
pany in any way from its obligations
for Improvement expenses. and urges
that in the event that the company
is unable to continue its service the
city commission take steps toward es-
tablishing a. municipal owned street
railway system.
Situation ThreShed Out.
Steps towards the solution of the
present tangle were taken at a meet
ing of University avenue residents
and members Of the city commission
held Thursday evening at the city
hall. At tina time the situation was
thoroughly threshed over in connec
ton with the objections Of the Uni
versity avenue people to plan adopted
by the city commission which pro-
vided that the space between the
street car rails on University ave-
nue. should not be paved for the pres
ent except at street intersections. The
steel ties purchases by the street rail-
way company for the University ave.
nue. job would then be used on Wal
nut street.
It developed, however. at the meet
Ing that there was a possibility that
the street railway company might be
able to obtain ties for the Walnut
street job In time to complete it, pro-
viding that the money to pay for
these ties could be obtained or assur-
2nce obtained that 1t could be raised,
It was also found hat 1t would be
! possible for the city to advance for
this purpose $500 which it had been
intended to use for the temporary
crawling on University enu The
money "OulO U0 CHdTSou up gains
the street railway company for final
settlement.
This 1t was pointed out would prob.
ably help to remedy the financial dis.
ability under which the street railway
company has been laboring, and ir
the light of the information received
today by the street railway company
It appears entirely probable that the
difficulty will be solved, providing the
ordinance granting relief to the com
pany IL passed.
O'Keefe Explains Position.
It was explained by Mayor OKeeft
Thursday night that the city had M
alternative to paving Walnut stree
for the full width as otherwise I
would be impossible to levy take
against the property owners to NEE
the warrants for this Job which hat
already been issued. Under these cir
cunastances. and as it war essentla
that car service to the south enc
should be maintained, the city com
mission had regarded it as necessar,
to find some material to complet,
the work. and the University avenu,
material had appeared to be all tina
was available, he said.