HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 05/04/1950C. P. American 1950
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'A-Progranrfo'tealap.tfia-ru3liiig ol'tci
!dual-oil which had l{ecome so badly
'broken up. that it had to be torn uP lot
'pn most oL the slreais o} the city has ne
been ¢tarteJ. Tha matter was taken p,
up wlih the ally covndl by mem-Irv
bars of }he city planning board end pa
~It viea~aEreed that the properly frp
owners shov]d pay for l'ne oil lu ~ pr
front of their properly and the cky,oil
wduld pay far offing x11 street ahd !¢h
a\lay lntprsedlons. 'Phis is pmdl-I
cattyy tha some plan as avas used tFr
whdH tha originol oiling avas .done. en
Tkefe has ahvaya been somo mu• ~ f0;
uhderstending in regard to Inc use OL
aL duet Oil on 6lreels and r4ais.l dii
Many people have the idea that be- I pr
cause wnen dry l>n'1 light oiL•a'tir
street he6 the appcaranco'o[ real. ,
pavdoenl IhaT it should last lode-fp..
flmmly. The feel u toot this ligm liu
oil la of V0 use Cxcepl to lay 1hCl
dbst'and keeN road surfacing mo-(Ft_
}erlpl from' blalving away and ~ b0
usuaily~leaks one year el best. \4hcn
such oiled ¢UCeta become' pilled' ~~
wllh potholes (here is no known
mEtFypd_pf nntehing 1Nem 4p -p9o If'
manen}ly. Tho .use o[ granite-oil a
patching mA{eriol is a very tempm-~nl,
ety remedy and ~P re expeat¢ic:
t_hnn the city bas.funds'to pay.
TNo proposed plan is os follaxsJ to
The county, road deportment u m:Se
put an the oil at h cost of el-h{ IB1,th
~ents'a running'fool, sixteen fcr.;at'
wlda. q property owner who oe.ns F 1h
a full lot ('140 feet long) will pay.ivr ~ ~
his het[ of tha street in from of his
lot, or tourcents a foot [or an eighb N
Soot slrlp' 140 LeeL long ,and hiY
neighbor across me scree! will pay P
the other half to mek_e up the coun-
ty'a prlee. Thus tha total cost for a
Slxk~utr toot-_atritl li0. fca~ hang he
would be B !Imes;90 or E11.z0. Tha BJ
cost of each ~rapcrty owner on' each. Sr
sli!e of the "street would be hat( os Fo
that sum, or E0.g0. 'Phns, each pro- Ha
party owner would pay 4 cents o sm
running foot for his half of the
straet and the owner of the opposlta Vi
paroPerty womd pay lbe same' pr
mount.
On account o/ I:re fact lM1vt iha D[
INne la short bo(Ore this work must Lu
be done, it u hop¢d that nn properly ' '
owners inleresletl in having !fits oil- Pe
inB done Ihis spring suit] get togetaer' bx
with tech ne,gnborrr~~~ m cooly blocklha
and collect the malty a{ the ebvice; le
tale and tom it ver to ine city ~
recnreer at once. ~ 3a
Tnis is purely volunteer project, I
friends. The city has Insulhewn{ e
fdnds to d0 the iob and the pmpiC
usl pay foe the oiling i( lney won[ 4n
tt. Just to show what d womd cos:
tae edy to put Jown this type m~Do
0l1 on ell cross streets for two olocks
north and south of Pine street, a' Ee
hurried check o[ the map sbmrsi Elr
that there would be 3D blorks to belmo
covered. AllOaving jugq ine private8u
property foot vaunting 'alleys orlPx
street intersections) this •moWd G¢ Lo
8900 tact. There would Na br alleys 1
to cross ant 13 street interseefian3,Iste
which would atld 1790 reel more, 1
making a ]plat O[ 10,1490 [eel vt aq ta'y
or $811.20, avbich Is mare than thalmr
@r
city tan a[(m~d. 1 l
so H av want Zhu pJtng done.~Sa
lets yet Mrry and raise the necessary ~ S~:
cash for our own Mork and turn it ~ t
in to Herordcr Pinkbam at once Ti:e ~ ~~~
xork must be done this march e I
not al all Ihis year.
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