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1 BCBXiIMrTOK XJAJjl. tlliL dLMi.Ift.Hi' KO.il/Itu* Can be (*«,,«* »«. M«k It Pa»*atfte t iTor »«• jmx* |«ft ili,m* Us-. b*eu a 4* loiii 1 that Is ffnftTf*! «t fr*'}u*-ut iotarvaialot « g*M*t • «| ft.* It*** * I Us I *suit* UiUtM ii«r# lt;1 .;*• t.lt; ibliM to help tbs]1 matuw. but bar# 1st it | sju in go* I *lt;•lt;h«t H Ui« Nftd lt;N4 K9( »«•) fltio,; *n t la had! I weatoer lifts we Lara *; pn . nt »* u u*#| in*aihle tu wof ft at it T*u wtnier v * out attatns «riU msofiilxs tbe iatAB«coUic*.* ! annoyance jar pro.j !lt;s L«i to und* rg on auwint of tiae bod roads Last winter the Ament* net* iu tm isr**»H« and (ben*wan- not so man? complaints Tbi* wmier it Nexus as though we arltl hots the eld rate of affair* and be afflicted with suchroad* that all traeel wlU be flopped.The road within the dtp that need* arten*tioo u that iaadutf to Aspen Grot* cemetery. After otaetOfr the macadamized street#on North Hoi tt ts a.most iropoeub.e for tit team* to puli a carriage through tba deep mod thatiatobe fonnJ inal'atreete not aeaca !**ixed Thl* ftate of affiur* Ht a«t very creditable to the dtp. and as now i*lima when all dtlaane can sea jar. horn things are situated we'.believe that it U a time when steps can be taken to prevent •neb roads in the tat are Tber* should be a food macadamized road from M*rtb Seventh street to the cemetery. It would not be fight to make the adjoining property owner* pay the entire expense of such construction at this time nor is it probable that a sufficient number of s foaturea coaid be obtained to* petition for such improvement*, as the rcsi denta in that part of the city would not be willinc to be taxed for tbo entire amount.The amonnt of macadamized road necessary would not be much more than half amile, and if subscription papers were circa* latest in that jwrt of the town or. in fact, in the entire city, a large sum of money might be rai-wd for the purpoaa of making *uch a road a* is necv^arv. Then the city cotin* ci! might do the right thing by appropria-ting such a sum of money ftom the yenernl fund oft be • ity to jay the balance Nowjis the best time for starting a scheme of this kind as all persons can see the immediatenets! of slt;.n»e improvement* in this direc.lion, and anv one who ha* had occasion to make the trip to the oetuetery iu a hack lately will nr**! no urging to approve of any measure that will gite relief The city own* a number of *t *ne quarries in various pans of the city and could procure enough ruck in a short time make a rlt;*a i a»le enough tor two team* pa** This would !*e all that »■* necessary for the present as the carbine and guttering of the streets would tnakr the expense too great Then the street commissioner could i tic allowed mot* men and teams .* hi* Je |i par*.ment and could do the work in a short time. and without a large expenditure of money Theviljr engineer thinks that aisilsllc rwi could he built from Seventhstreet to the cemetery ;U a cot? of lew than two thousand dollar* and as the advantageswould be great nut only to the res.dents Inthe northern fart of the city, but also to all cur dliutn wa hope that *lef*s may he taken soon to make a good road where it is so badly neededIi uaks^Sik-. A .aftuAM. MW * k ...
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1880
Page 8
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