Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-12
CITY COUNCIL IN
CONFERENCE OVER
Il. PAVING STREETS
Protest of Property Owners
Modified When Council
Explains Plan

Friendly conference characterized
last night s session of the city council
o with the result that many matters
which have been obscure because of
misunderstanding are now made cicat
and the way is opened to agreement
: by concessions or explanations.
III Delegations were present represent
ing property owners along several of
| the streets which are included in the
paving program.
On Olive street property owners pro
tested that full benefit of the improve
ment could not be had without a bridge
over the Date canal and tentative
agreement was made to include this
particular detail. Also, it was eNplain.
, ed that measures have been initiated
to light up this street in IN area where
light is much needed.
On Holt avenue and on sections of
He'll avenue it was brought out that
many of the property owners are i'll a
persc nal situation which might make
the Improvement prograhn 4 hardship
and the trustees agreed to give the
subject further investigation.
The paving projects were discussed
! " -uio' AAScss ~. VI. iit"iAtVh' a''"'N
Reading, +. B. Fuller, Charles Morgan;
A. w. Swanson and Others.
Trustee Anderson explained the
business side of the proposition. I'm
provement enterprises become hard
ship, he said, by initiating them in
flush times and paving for them IN
hard times. The burden of these things
would sit more lightly upon tax payers,
Mr. Anderson said, if they could have
foresight to get them under way when
times are depressed and then pay them
out in seasons of greater prosperity.
The tendency is to do these things the
other way around, thus making the sit
uation more difficult than it need be.
Mr.. Anderson said that all business
and financial data now available indi.
Gates steadily improving situation
and declared that Imperial Valley peo-
pie who have fought through their
: | problems to the present time could
well feel optimistic of the future.
Mayor Tells Purposes
Mayor Fawcett summed up the pay
ing situation, pointing out that the
council had no desire to force I'M
provements upon anyone, but that
the program which has been initiated
is designed simply to consolidate the
,, improvements which are already i'll
land paid for and to bring the benefits
to larger number of our citizens. A
conservative program of cross paving
| is need, Mr.. Fawcett said, to get fun
value out of the two main trunk lines
north and south through the city. An
} attempt has been made to eliminate
sections where it would appear that
the property could not bear the cost of
paving and merely to include thickly
u settled areas where benefit would be
reaped by the greatest number. Mr.
Fawcett illustrated the point by show
, | ing how few feeders to the Fifth
and Sixth street pavements would
, make it possible for large numbers of
school children to get to school in the
4 stormiest weather. '+'i
II The protestants went away with the
5 | feeling expressed that concessions and
1 adjustments would bring the PROPOSE
tion to basis which would be accept
J, able to the great majority if not to
S everyone.
II Gain by Team Work
Il George f. Bowles, chairman of the
3 | Chamber of Commerce good roads COM
!, mittee, reported to the council the
| developments in regard to the connect
!, ing link of highway between city paw
!; ing and state construction. Mayor
h Faweett added important facts to the
J, record which brought out the work
}. which has been done by the council
in general and Mayor Fawcett IN par
| ticular. The mayor gave credit to
;. everyone, including Congressman
/ Swing, who rendered important service
and has not been mentioned at all. lie
said that the incident illustrates tho
. results which can be obtained by
IS strong pull all together and suggested
lit as a precedent to be followed III
"a other public enterprises.
. The fact was brought out that TIN,
particular piece of paving will cost
- considerably more than was estimated
. Supervisor Brooks, wha was present
y stated that the change in the figures
:. would carry his proportion beyond tii'
70 funds which are available for thu
a. purpose and spoke pessimistically OF
m the prospect of road district No. be
q ing able to carry through the program
An effort will be made to work ou
70 some new basis or to modify the spe
NJ cifications in Il manner to bring th'
q. improvement within the funds avail
I able.
=. In connection with paving problem
2. the city engineer directs attention u
or the fact that the various projects ar
90 arranged in three groups. Olive ant
pr Brighton streets are in one proceeding
Orange street is another proceeding
and Holt, He'll, Hamilton, Vine, Wens
no ley and Len Rey are grouped togethe
=. in another proceeding. Protest agains
ar any Of this work must be made in reg
4. ular prescribed legal form and to
he effective must represent 81 per cen
Ia. of the property owners included in tn
he entire proceeding.
iul The costs exclusive of interest ar
It. as follows:
nm Olive street, 1927.
en- Brighton, Orange, Hamilton an
n. He'll, 1927 for a 60foot lot and $27
no for a 50foot lot.
n. Holt street, $304.50 for 6O-foo
re lot where the street is SO feet wide
il. and in the section where the street
"a feet wide, $3l2 for 80 foot lot an
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