Seventh Street scales dispute fuels city row over move
In a letter to the editor J Max Clark defends longtime Seventh Street property owners against Alderman Farr and Street Commissioner Seaman over proposed scale removals. He recounts years of street grade changes, private losses, and his own efforts to adjust structures, drains, and sidewalks, arguing moves must consider costs to owners and city feasibility.
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Tribu
Farr
Seventh Street
Seaman
Dispatch
Greeley
Buckley
Oasis
Hunter Beine
J. Max Clark
City Council Accepts East Side Sewer Strip
The council approved moving city scales on Seventh Street to allow guttering and authorized culverts on Seventh and Twelfth avenues. Alderman Howard urged quick sidewalk work east of the river before cold weather, while the street committee weighs grades and filling material. The council also opened Nineteenth Street portions and approved Windsor water contract terms. A petition to stop burning rubbish led to committee review. a manhole permit was granted to Greeley Gas & Electric.
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Seventh Street
Farr
Hotchkiss
Peaman
Howard
Hays
Nineteenth Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Windsor
Place
Greeley
Greeley Gas & Electric Company
LaSalle Rail Shop Plans Stir Property Rush
LaSalle residents see land values soar as Union Pacific officials push to acquire property for new pullman car shops. Locators and railroad leaders have occupied the town for a week aiming to secure parcels while owners threaten condemnation suits to resist.
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LaSalle
Ayer
Union Pacific
Chickens Are Money Makers, Snyder’s Five Acre Plan
E.8. Snyder declares on Friday he could be wealthy in five years with chickens on five acres. He cites selling nine dozen chickens and over 100 dozen ewes from a small east side yard.
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Snyder
Burglars Raid a LaSalle Store
LaSalle September 21 burglars entered James Stewart’s store by forcing a window and stole merchandise worth about 200 dollars. Two men were arrested at Kersey attempting to sell goods matching the burglary descriptions, with the poolroom arrest at Johnston Harveyson’s.
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LaSalle
James Stewart
Stewart
Maton
Kersey
Marshal Morford
Johnston
Harveyson
Catholic Fair to Kick Off November Thirty at Armory Hall
Catholic organizers announce the annual fair from November 30 to December 11 at Armory Hall to fund the new St Peter's church. Father Casey plans fourteen to twenty booths with novel features as the project draws praise for its stone design and brick finish. The church is to be dedicated mid January and touted as the finest in northern Colorado.
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Nowse
Armory Hall
St. Peter's Church
Father Casey
Colorado
Sunday to Deliver Critical Sermon on Amusements in Boulder
Rev Billy Sunday will preach on amusements in Boulder as part of revival services next Friday night September 24 during Colorado Southern excursion from northern Colorado. He denounces theater gambling and dancing calling them major social evils while promising a striking, plain-spoken method of preaching. The special train departs at 4 10 p m with a round trip fare of 150 dollars.
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Billy Sunday
Boulder
Colorado & Southern
Colorado
Ethie Best
Sunday
Officer Errand Deters Young Hoboes After Railway Yard Trick
Officer Bill Ahrend rounded up four to five truant boys caught “hockey” near the railroad yards on Thursday. He seized their coats and brought them to the city marshal as officers warned the youths. A pocket deck of playing cards revealed their plans to become hoboes.
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Bill Ahrend
Ahrend
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