The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-16
CITY Council Orders Main
Street Paved North From
Third Street to Bridge

Monday evenings Council meeting
to discuss the proposition of extend
ing the paving north on Main street
from Third to the Sank River bridge,
four blocks, was held at the Com
munity Club rooms to accommodate
the large number of citizens who were
interested in the proposition.
At a previous meeting a quite
largely signed petition, asking for
the improvement, had been presented
to the Council and Monday evening
was set for the date for the final de-
termination and to give any property
owners opposing, an opportunity to
be heard.
A petition of remonstrance signed
by George R. Bergman Co., Lee
Johnson, H. G. Borgmann, Ellen
Rennicks, Mrs. M Hogan, Florence
Ebbens, A Markson and John Tomb
ers, was presented. Mr.. Johnson and
Mrs. Rennicks had signed the origin
al petition asking for the paving.
After the remonstrance had been
read by the City Clerk j. F. Coop
er, letters were read from Lee john
son and DR.. Rennicks, dated at 20
P. M, Monday afternoon, asking
that their names be taken off from
the remonstrance and placed back on
the oroginal petition.
President Bohall of the Council
threw the question open for discus
sion. l.. P. Krebs, manager of the
Blue Valley Creamery Company,
stated that his organization were very
anxious to see the paving proceed be-
cause it would tend to make condi-
tions about their place of business
more clearly and sanitary.
George Borgmann stated that if
the proposition went through he
would like to have an agreement in
writing which would permit him to
operate twenty ton tractors on the
paving. He stated that it was neces-
sary to operate these tractors in ord
er to operate his business.
The total estimated cost for the
improvement as figured by City En-
gineer j. E. Bonner, taking black
top paving as basis, is $16,249. so
Of this amount the property owners
would be called upon to pay $1O,347.-
20; the state for the IS foot strip,
$5,9O2.40, and the city $4,411.80.
This estimated cost would include
not only the paving but the building
of storm sewers and the laying OF
curling and cutters. There are
$500 yards of paving contemplated.
The plan calls for the paving of the
full width of the street to the north
side of the Northern Pacific railroad
tracks, and from the railroad tracks
to the bridge, 40 feet wide.
D. B. Caughren of the Merchants
National Bank was very strongly in
favor of the proposition and stated
that it should be matter of civic
pride to all citizens to see this paving
extended.
In arguing against the laying of the
paving, Mr.. Bergman called atten-
ton to the fact that if the improve
ment was forced through it would
work a severe hardship on a number
of the property owners along the
route, in some cases meaning a prac-
tically confscation of the property.
P. B. Hanson, H. S. Halverson,
Thomas Peart, W.. A. Moore, j. A.
Schoenhoff, Fay Cooper, Thomas
Sullivan, Howard Bishop, F. W..
Sprague, and 4. F. Strebel spoke in
favor of the improvement, the latter
calling attention to the fact that no
public improvement was ever made
but what it worked hardship on GER
tain individuals but the good Of the