Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-26
PAVING JOB ONLY
FEW YEARS OLD
MUST BE RELAID
City Council Feels Only
Way Out Is to Act
Now

: Following n resolution adopted at
a meeting of the city council last;
night. residents of FL Centre will
be called upon to vote 4 $4,000
bond issue on March "a, to provide
new pavement for Main street
west of Ninth street, Sandalwood
drive, Fourth street and Len Rcy
avenue.
Considerable discussion preceded
the vote to call for Il bond issue.
il being the desire of the council
members to take action only after
the question had been given due
consideration.
Mayor George W. Anderson stat
ed this morning that the present
condition of the pavement OH the
streets before mentioned, is = dis
grace. People coming into the ci-
tv from the west. are impressed by
! the appearance of the beautiful new
courthouse. only to have their good
impressions bumped out of them by
the atrocious condition of the pave
ment in front of the county build
ing.
Likewise the pavment on Fourth
street, which is called upon to bear
considerable traffic, is in band con-
dition, this being also true OF the
Placement on SandalwOod and Len
Rey avenues.
1t is not fair to ask the proper
ty owner on the streets mentioned,
! n
ment. = the mayor stated this morn
ing. "as they have already been
assessed for the present pavement.
This pavement was more or less of
an experiment. which did not turn
out us well as it was hoped it would
The present pavement, although it
has only been down three or four
years, is really worse than no pave
ment ut all.
Plan Entire New Job
"The city council feels that it
must make the best of a bad bar
gain. and that the cheapest wav
for the taxpayers of FL Centre. is
to put i'll new pavement ON Main
and Fourth streets. Sandalwood and
fair to ask property owners ON these
streets to assume the mtire burden
and the city council believes that
the only fair way to handle the
matter is by Il bond issue, i'm which
the entire city will share.
The bond question will be voted
on separately in four sections. one
for each street to be paved. Mayor
Anderson madd it plain this morn
ing that 'the plans of the board do
not call for patch work, or trying
to repair the present pavement. An
absolutel V new pavement, two inch
cs thick, will be placed on the pre-
sent founda' ions, and the specifi-
cations call for a pavement that will
remain in good condition for many
years to come. He said il WAS un-
fortunate that a previous city coun-
eil had seen fit to conduc. an ex-
pertinent with thu present pave,
ment, but that Delaying n remedy
will not help matters in any way.
Prompt action is necessary if the
} city is to obtain any salvage what
ever from the expenditure put out
for the present pavement.
Practically every resident of FL
Centre is aware of the present con-
dition Of the pavement on the
streets mentioned. and it is absol-
utely necessary that these condi-
tions be improved, he said.
In addition to passing me resolu-
ton calling for the pavement
bond issue, the council voted TO eX-
tmd the sewer system ON Holt ave.
nud between Tenth aud Twelfth
street in response to Il petition
signed by residents of this section,
which is being rapidly built up. and
at the present time is without sew
er facilities.