- G?y 
 
HOW TO OBTAIN 
 
 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 
 
 IN THE 
 
 City of St. Louis. 
 
 WRITTEN BY 
 
 F. L. STEMME. 
 
 SuPT. Street Department. 
 
 Press of R & T. a. Ennif Stationlrv Co., St. Louis 
 
 COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR. 
 
Class ^^74 
 
 Book SzSsz 
 

HOW TO OBTAIN 
 
 Public Improvements 
 
 ■IN THE- 
 
 , - CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 
 
 Written by F. L. SteMME, Supt. Street Department. 
 
 / 
 COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR. 
 
 3 / f ^f ^' 
 
St. Louis, July, 1892. 
 
 The result sought to be accomplished in this 
 pamphlet is to make property owners, real 
 estate dealers, builders and the public in general 
 acquainted with the method r)f how to obtain 
 public improvements. 
 
 As our great and beloved city has progressed 
 so rapidly within the past fifteen years, an in- 
 structor like this has long been required, and 
 believing that the interest of the property owners 
 will be greatly benefitted, it is my intention in 
 offering the following, to be instrumental in guid- 
 ing those whoare yet unaware as to the ways and 
 means by which public improvements are pro- 
 cured in this city. 
 
 Beinu confident that this book will accomplish 
 its mission of usefulness, 1 am. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 F. L. STEfflME, 
 
 Superintendent Street Department. 
 

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MAYOR E. A. NOONAN. 
 
Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L, Stemme. 
 
CYRUS P. WALBRIDGE, 
 President of the Council. 
 
Street Commissioner's Office, ) 
 July i6th, 1892. 5 
 1 have examined carefully the circular letter prepared by Mr. Stemme directing the proper 
 proceedinjis in obtaining certain matters provided for in the Ordinances and relating to the 
 improvement of streets, alleys, etc., and heartily recommend it to the consideration of those who 
 may desire accurate and thorough information regarding the matters referred to. Mr. Stemme's 
 long experience as Superintendent of one of the divisions of the Street Department has given him 
 an opportunity to study carefully the provisions of the Ordinances relating to the matters in ques- 
 tion, and 1 am satisfied that if his suggestions are considered, and his directions followed, the 
 property owners and tax payers will be greatly benefitted thereby. There is no other publication 
 containing the information that has been collected and collatfd by Mr. Stemme, and he deserves a 
 great deal of credit for his work in this direction. 
 
 M. J. Murphy, Street Commissioner. 
 
Fo SCHi^liEK'^ i WM. RUSSELL ALLEN . C LflUS VIETH8. 
 
 I RLLEN 5 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Hardware 
 ^^Xutlery 
 
 Paint, Glass, 
 
 builders' supplies, 
 Farm Implements 
 
 AND 
 
 Tar and Roofing Felt. 
 
 ^ 1$) til ® 
 
 Jefferson Avenue and Victor Street 
 
 NOS. 2505 AND 2507 SOUTH. 
 
 iZIETHS 
 
 J iVo. 1*?*1 South Fr>iirth Strcc^t. 
 
 Southern Hotel Building, 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
 de^eral Qo9(:raetor5 
 
 . • ■ FOR • • ■ 
 
 GRANITE, WOOD 
 AND OTHER 
 PAVEMENTS, 
 
 Street Railroads, Water Works, Etc. 
 
OPENING A STREET OR ALLEY. 
 
 There are two ways of opening a street or alley, first, by dedication and second by the 
 so-called condemnation process. 
 
 When property owners see the necessity to open a street, either for public convenience 
 or in order to make their property more valuable and to brin.y it on the market, they may dedicate 
 a strip of ground to public use as a street or alley. This is done in the following manner : 
 
 After conckiding unanimously to give up their property without any compensation, the 
 property owners will submit to the Board of Public Improvements a map (a tracing not to exceed 
 21 .\ 34 inches) upon which the proposed street or alley is distinctly outlined, with a pledge affixed 
 to same, similar to the following : 
 
 " We, the undersigned property owners, hereby agree to dedicate to public use forever a 
 strip of land sixty feet wide, as shown on the above map to be used as a street." 
 
 (Acknowledgment of Notary Public.) (Seals.) 
 
 This map is placed before the Board of Public Improvements for approval. If said Board 
 gives the matter a favorable consideration and accepts the dedication, two copies (blue prints) of 
 the dedication map are made, one is retained at the Street Commissioner's office for file, one is 
 sent to the office of the Recorder of Deeds to be recorded, and the original map is returned to the 
 owners. After the matter has been recorded the street becomes a public highway. 
 
WM. H. HARTLEY 
 THOS. J. WARD. 
 
 WARD & HARTLEY, 
 
 Contractors and Builders of Brick Work, 
 
 No. ';o6 Olive Street, Room 18, 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 -«cgi 
 
 WE HAVE BUILT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, 
 
 THE NEW UNION DEPOT, 
 ^Mr ^ THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 
 
 AND THE NEW CITY HALL. 
 
 
OPENING A STREET BY ORDINANCE. 
 
 Should property owners not be willing to dedicate, they may petition for the opening of a 
 street or alley under ordinance. Printed forms of such petitions can be obtained at the officeof the 
 Street Commissioner. The petition should read similar to the following : 
 
 ■" We, the undersigned property owners in the vicinity of Kings highway hereby petition 
 your honorable Board to designate a day upon which it will consider the opening of Esther avenue 
 from Kings highway to Union avenue, and to recommend to the Municipal Assembly an ordinance 
 for said opening." 
 
 This petition is circulated among the property owners to obtain their signatures, then it 
 is submitted to the Board of Public Improvements, there at a meeting of said Board it is read 
 before the members, signed by the President of said Board, numbered and referred to the Street 
 Commissioner who will in due time have a map prepared, a preliminary survey made in order to 
 show whether and how improvements, if any, would be effected by the contemplated opening. 
 Then the matter may be advertised for a public hearing, and the property owners, by this adver- 
 tisement, are invited to appear before the Board of Public Improvements on a certain day mentioned 
 in the publication. 
 
 The Street Commissioner, however, may place the matter before the Board and submit 
 an ordinance without notifying the property owners thereof, if he chooses, if the Board recom- 
 
SKRAINKA^ 
 
 CONSTRUCTION | 
 ——COMPANY, I 
 
 \General Contractors, | 
 
 404 MARKET ST. Room 30S. \ 
 
 ST. LOUIS, ]\IO. 
 
 GRANITE QUARRIES -LIMESTONE QUARRIES. 1 
 
 MARTIN WIPFLER, 
 
 AND . ■ . 
 
 4830 L7TBHDIE H3ZENUE, 
 
 St. Couis, fC[o , 
 
 Granite, Wood and Limestone Pavements, 
 
 Public and Private Sewers, Heavy Masonry. { JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 
 
Soeaker of the House of Delegates. 
 
mends the opening, an ordinance will be drawn up in the Street Department and referred to the 
 Board, said Board will submit the ordinance to the Municipal Assembly. After the ordinance lias 
 been passed by the Council and House of Delegates and ten days after the Mayor has approved 
 same it becomes a law. Then the Street Commissioner has a complete survey made of said street, 
 has the building lines properly defined upon the ground and a map constructed showing all 
 obstructions. Meantime, the titles of the respective properties effected by the opening are investi- 
 gated and the Law Department, under the supervision of the City Counselor, will carry on the 
 legal proceedings. 
 
 Commissioners will be appointed by the Court to appraise the value of the property 
 involved, and will determine what compensations said owners who relinquish their property shall 
 receive, and who shall pay said compensations, or, in brief, will fix the benefits and damages. For 
 this purpose a set of maps is furnished by the Street Commissioner showing a certain area sur- 
 rounding the street in question. 
 
 The Commissioners will establish a district in which property owners are assessed ; 
 there are no limits as to the dimensions of said district, this is left entirely to the judgment of said 
 Commissioners. Finally, after all damages are paid, the street is considered a public highway. 
 It may, however, take a year or longer before the matter is settled. 
 
 hi the opening of an alley, the ta.xation cannot extend beyond the block in which the 
 alley is located. 
 
A. H. KANSTEINER I iTrrEL&CTTMQ 
 
 leal Kstiitc 
 
 ^usxvviiucc 
 
 PLynBER5 
 
 riotitVH 2'\ibUc • 
 
 No. 4022 New Manchester Road given to all 
 
 PERSONAL ATTENTION 
 
 GIVEN 
 
 WORK 
 
 SECRETARY 
 
 Rock Spring Loan and Building Associations 
 
 Nos. I and 2. 
 
 SATISFACTION 
 GUARANTEED 
 
 'fKiClS Kl/^SOM/^lLi 
 
STREET COMMISblONER M. J, MURPHY. 
 
REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 Whenever a street or an alley which has been duly dedicated or established by law as 
 above mentioned, has not been opened, or is in any way or manner obstructed, the Street Com- 
 missioner may, upon his own motion or at the request of any person interested therein, inform 
 the Board of Public improvements thereof, and if said Board finds that said opening or removal of 
 obstructions is desirable as a matter of public convenience or necessity, he will give the City 
 Counselor information thereof in writing, which shall be accompanied by a plat showing such 
 obstructions or encroachments to be removed. 
 
 Upon the receipt of such information and plat, the City Counselor will forward to the 
 City Marshal a written order signed by the Mayor and himself to enforce the law. The City 
 Marshal will give the owners fronting upon said obstructions at least five days' notice in writing, 
 to the effect tliat if said obstructions are not removed upon the expiration of flu- time men.tioned 
 in said notice, that the same will be removed by him at the expense of such owners. The 
 Ma\'oi, however, has the authority of granting a stay of execution, and property owners may 
 apply to him for same. 
 
O'FALLON I 
 PARK #-- 
 PLACE 
 
 THE HOST 
 BEAUTIFUL 
 HOME SITE 
 IN THE 
 NORTH END. 
 
 High AltitLKie. Magnificent Location. 
 Adjoining Beautiful O'Fallon Park on the 
 south. Building restrictions a feature. 
 Full street improvements to be made at 
 once. 
 
 For particulars and terms, apply to 
 
 J. H. GUNDLACH & CO. 
 
 3715 NORTH BROADWAY. 
 
 OPPOSITE POWER HOUSE. ..^.^ 
 
 HENRY E. LEWIS. 
 
 CYRUS HALL. 
 
 ^ LeWI5 6^ HflLL, 
 
 Investigators of Titles 
 
 . • ■ TO • ■ • 
 
 REAL ESTATE, 
 
 CONyEYHNCERS, Etc. 
 
 714 CHESTNUT STREET, 
 
 ._ ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
TM/^£ irifcsr ff£Pr 
 
 Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L. Stemme. 
 
GRADES OF STREETS AND ALLEYS. 
 
 The grades of streets and alleys are fixed in the Street Commissioner's office and are 
 established by the Municipal Assembly. 
 
 The proposed and established grades can always be procured from the profiles in the 
 Street Department. 
 
 If property owners should desire to have a grade changed they must petition the Board of 
 Public hiiprovemeiits for said change. 
 
 SEWERS. 
 
 Sewers are constructed at the request of the Board of Health, or in response to petitions 
 from property owners. 
 
 The Sewer Commissioner will, with the approval of the Board and Municipal Assembly, 
 establish a district in which, sewers are to be constructed. 
 
 Every property owner in the established district is compt-lled to help to pay for the con- 
 struction of the sewers in said district ; he is ta.xed according to the area of the property he pos- 
 sesses in the district and not per front foot as in street improvements. 
 
 In reference to the payment of special tax bills, see method under the heading of street and 
 alley improvements, in this pamphlet. 
 
EPHRON CATLIN. PreST. 
 
 J. H. WYETH. ViCE-PREST, 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 f ay Qas pixtdre <?o. 
 
 Gas and Electric Fixtures, 
 
 1126 OLIVE STREET, 
 
 Telephone 4192. 
 
 No. 5 N. Second Street, 
 ST. LOUIS, MO 
 
 , DIRECT IMPORTER OF 
 
 ST. LOUIS. MO. 
 
 EUGENE A. JONES, Secretiry and Treasurer. j 
 
 
 Altering from Gas to Connbination and Electric « Sole Agent for St. Loms of the " PORTA," Key Brand. 
 
 I And for tfie United States of the " BONN," Arrow Brand. 
 
 A SPECIALTY. 
 
CITY WATER. 
 
 Water pipes are laid hy the city on demand of tJie property owners free of cost to them. 
 
 Owners of property must submit petitions to the Board of Public improvements, these 
 petitions are referred to the Water Commissioner. 
 
 The lavini^ of said pipes, however, must also be recommended by the Board and sanc- 
 tioned by ordinance. 
 
 STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT. 
 
 The first step the property owners will have to take to get a street or alley improved, is 
 to petition for said improvement. Blank petitions are furnished by the Street Commissioner. 
 The petition must bear the signatures of persons owning property abutting the respective street or 
 alley. Signatures of lessees are not considered. This petition is submitted to the Board of Public 
 Improvements, numbered and referred to the Street Commissioner with the signature of the 
 President of the Board affi.ved upon it. All petitions are considered in their numerical order unless 
 the Street Commissioner finds it necessary to consider it sooner. 
 
 When such petition is to be taken up by the Board for consideration, the Street Commis- 
 sioner will have a map constructed of said street or alley, showing the abutting property thereon; 
 the assessed valuation of the property is obtained, a levelment of the street or alley is made and 
 
H. A. KRUEQER, 
 
 ST. LOUIS 
 
 PEGISTEREL 
 
 ■\ 
 
 'plcjmbep i SIDEWALK CO. 
 
 AND 
 
 DR/qiNL/ITER, 
 
 -GHSFITTING, 
 
 S. VON PHUL, PROPRIETOR. 
 
 1201 O'FALLON ST., and 
 1301-3 N. TWELFTH ST. 
 
 St. Louis. Mo. 
 
 I 3404 LiNDELL Ave. ^'^'-^^sf' 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 ESTIMATES ON PLANS CHEERFULLY FURNISHED, t •'■ Artificial StoiiL' Flagging,' a Spei:iaity. 
 
after an estimate of the improvement has been prepared, the Board ot Public Improvements will 
 select a day upon which the petition will be considered. 
 
 The matter is advertised in the official papers, both in English and German, for two 
 weeks. The day and hour being named in the publication and all interested property owners are 
 invited to appear before said Board on such day and hour as designated. 
 
 All grading and crosswalks are paid for by the city, the remainder of the improvement is 
 paid for by the property owners fronting on said street or alley. 
 
 As property owners can only be compelled to pay 25% of the assessed valuation of their 
 property, it occurs very often where this assessed value is too low, that the Board will recommend 
 the improvement with the proviso that within sixty days the owners shall signify their willing- 
 ness to pay the amount in e.xcess of 25% of the assessed valuation. 
 
 AN EXAMPLE. 
 
 Suppose the assessed valuation of the property is $8.00 a front foot, 25% of this would be 
 $2.00; now, if the improvement of the street would cost $4.00 per front foot, there would be an 
 excess of $2.cx3 on each foot. Therefore, a person being the owner of 50 feet frontage would have 
 to pay 50 times ^2.00, equal $100.00 as a special tax, and 50 times $2.00, equal $100.00 he has 
 to pay voluntarily, he pays then at the rate of $4.00 per front foot for the improvement of the 
 street. If the Board decides that the property owners shall pay the so-called excess, notices are 
 sent out requesting them to declare their willingness within 60 days to pay said amount. If said 
 
WM. H. DERBY, 
 
 ^ CflRPENTER „ 
 !!«; BUILDER. 
 
 G. Eyermann, Jr. I Go. 
 
 C^ofi tractor St 
 
 AND BUILDERS OF SEWERS AND ALL KINDS OF 
 STREET AND ALLEY PAVEMENTS. 
 
 STORE FITTING AND JOBBING 
 
 PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 
 
 SHOP,. 
 
 Ill N. TENTH ST. 
 
 §1. C0U1&, Mo. 
 
 . . OWNERS OF . . 
 
 Mt. Pleasant and Chouteau Ave. Quarries. 
 
 Office, 22 NORTH FOURTH ST. 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L. Stemme. 
 
owners conclude to pay the excess they may submit the following agreement to the Board of 
 Public Improvements. 
 
 "We, the undersigned owners of property fronting on Grand avenue, hereby agree to 
 pay the sum of ^5,000.00, this being the amount in excess of 25% of the assessed valuation, 
 toward the improvement of said Grand avenue between Arsenal street and Cherokee street." 
 
 (Seals) 
 
 After this agreement has been submitted, an ordinance is written out in the Street Com- 
 missioner's office and submitted by the Board to the Municipal Assembly. 
 
 After said ordinance has been passed and is approved by the Mayor the property owners 
 are again granted twenty days to deposit the amount in question. Should they fail to do this 
 within the stated time the ordinance becomes null and void and the interested property owners 
 would have to petition again in order to obtain said improvement. 
 
 If all these requirements have been complied with, the work can, after having been duly 
 advertised, be let to the lowest bidder. 
 
 The work is done under the supervision of the Street Commissioner. 
 
 After its completion the improvement will be measured, a diagram made and submitted to 
 the Special Tax Department, where the actual rate per front foot will be ascertained and the pro- 
 perty will be assessed as to the amounts which have to be paid as a special tax, the bills are issued 
 and submitted to the Comptroller from whom the contractor can obtain them to collect his money. 
 
J. G. JOYCE, Jr. J. G. JOYCE, J. T. DODDS. W. J. JOYCE. 
 
 J. Q. J0TCE6r50MJ 
 
 CITT SMRVETORS 
 
 •II- 
 
 WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THOSE 
 CONTEMPLATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 
 RAILROADS. SEWERS. WATER OR GAS WO^KS : 
 ALSO THOSE IN NEED OF PLANS, SPECIFICA- 
 TIONS. EXPERT EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS 
 OF ENGINEERING WORKS. 
 
 720 CHESTNUT STRKET 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
The owners are granted thirty days' grace, after the expiration of said time the amounts 
 will bear interest at the rate of io% per annum, and if not paid within six months after present- 
 ation, then at the rate of 15% per annum. Sliould the bill remain unpaid, the debt becomes a lien 
 upon the property, same as a mechanic's lien. The bills after having been paid should be 
 taken to the Comptroller's office to be cancelled from the books. 
 
 PERMIT FOR STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT. 
 
 Owing to small appropriations made by the Municipal Assembly for street and alley 
 improvements, it occurs frequently that property owners, if they are willing to pay for the grading 
 and crosswalks, which otherwise would be paid for by the city, improve a public highway privately, 
 this is done under a permit procured from the Board of Public Improvements. 
 
 The work is done under the supervision of the Street Department. 
 
 Permits for sidewalk's can also be obtained from the Board. 
 
 For grading, said Board can issue a permit at the recommendation of the Street Commis- 
 sioner, but the applicant must make a deposit of not less than $250.00 and file a bond of ;? 500.00, 
 this is done to hold said applicants responsible for all damages that should be caused by said 
 grading. 
 
 The deposited amount will be refunded as soon as the work is completed to the satisfac- 
 tion of the Street Commissioner. 
 
c 
 
 ENTAUR LIME COMPANY, 
 
 MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 
 
 LIME, SAND, CEMENTS, | 
 PLASTER 
 
 AND 
 
 BUILDING MATERIAL IN GENERAL. 
 
 OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. 
 
 No. 3852 MANCHESTER ROAD, 
 
 Near Corner of Vandeventer Avenue. 
 
 w. LY©: 
 
 GRHmTE 
 i COMPOSITION • STONE. 
 
 Sidewalks, Curbing and Guttering, 
 Brewery Floors and Flagging. 
 
 ESTIMATES FURNISHED.- 
 
 1007 Chestnut Street, 
 
 Telephone 1774. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
REMONSTRANCE. 
 
 Remonstrance against any opening or improvement of a street or alley must be sub- 
 mitted to the Board of Public Improvements in due time so it can be considered with the petition 
 the same time. 
 
 STREET AND ALLEY REPAIRS. 
 
 The carriage-ways of the streets are maintained and kept in repairs by the city. Side- 
 wali<s and alley pavements are maintained and repaired by the abutting property owners, who 
 are taxed in the same manner as in the construction of a street. 
 
 RECONSTRUCTION. 
 
 When a street or alley is reconstructed the owners of property fronting said reconstruc- 
 tion can only be taxed 25'/ ut the assessed valuation. 
 
 STREET AND ALLEY LIGHTING. 
 
 Electric lights are procured by applying to the Board of Public Improvements. 
 Blank applications are furnished by the Supervisor of City Lighting, whose office is in 
 the City Hall. 
 
A. T. BOND, 
 
 PRESIDENT 
 
 THEO. D. KALBFELL, 
 
 SEC'Y AND TREAS. 
 
 F. A. KANSTEINER, 
 
 f\. J. B09d 
 
 — DEALER IN- 
 
 
 SANITARY PLUMBING AND 
 
 SEWERING. 
 
 Hardware and Cutlery 
 
 BUILDIN-G MATERIAL, 
 I Mechanics' Tools, 
 
 J 
 
 Farming Implements, Etc. 
 
 (jas ai^d ^leetriq pixtures. j 
 
 ESTIMATES | 
 
 CHEERFULLY GIVEN. t 
 
 ♦ 
 
 I 
 
 2012 E/15T QR/IND flVENVlE : 
 
 1008 Market Street, 
 
 Telephone 1185. Bet. loth and nth Sts. 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
 
 AREAS OF THE VARIOUS CITY LIMITS. 
 
 Territory within Limits of 1S39 477-5 acres, or 0.75 square miles [excluding tlie River]. 
 
 " " •' 1S41 2,865.10 " 4.4S " " " 
 
 ifi^S 8,923.25 '• 13 94 
 
 " " " 1S70 11,504.75 " 17. 98 " " " 
 
 " " " 1876 39,27625 " 61.37 " " " 
 
 DISTANCES, 
 t. Length of River Front... 1915 miles 
 
 2. " Western City Limits 2127 " 
 
 3. " City from extreme North to South (air line) 17.00 " 
 
 4. " " " ■' East to West " 6.6i " 
 
 HEIGHT OF CITY DIRECTRIX above mean tide of the Gulf of Mexico, as determined by the Missis- 
 sippi River Commission, is 412.71 feet. 
 
 [.\s observed at the foot of Market Street.] 
 
 HIGIIE.ST STAGE OF RIVER— June 27th, 1S44 7. 58 feet above City Directrix 
 
 STAGE OF RIVER— June loth, I.S5I 2.S0 " " 
 
 " " June 15th, 185S 3.30 '• " " 
 
 " " June 26th, 1SS3 0.99 " '• '■ 
 
 " " May 20th, 1S92 2.19 " '• '■ 
 
 LOWEST STAGE OF RIVER— December 2ist, 1S63 33.81 " below '• 
 
 STAGE OF RIVER— December 27th, 1S60 33.21 '■ " " 
 
 DIFFERENCE between highest and lowest stage of River 4' 39 feet 
 
$26 to Sss a Square, with Ten Years' Guarantee 
 
 David McCormick, 
 
 AGENT, 
 
 201, 202 AND 203 Hagan Opera House. 
 
 ST LOUIS OFFJCE OF THE COMPANY: 
 
 803 AND 804 Odd Fellows Building. 
 
 Telephone 4170 
 
 Has Laid Asphalt Pavement, in Fourteen Years, in Thirtythree Cities of the Union, 
 on 857 Streets, 500 Miles, or 6,500,000 Square Yards. 
 
Lake Asphalt 
 
 •i|r 
 
 Lake Asphalt 
 
 The Standard Pavement of America. 
 
 It is the ideal pavement of modern times. 
 It is no lont;er an experiment. 
 E.xperience has estabiisiied its superidrity. 
 It has in fifteen years raised the streets of 
 
 Wasliinyton and Buffalo from the poorest 
 
 to the best in the United States. 
 It will raise the streets of any city that uses 
 
 it to the same high grade. 
 It is the only pavement that will do it. 
 It is the only perfect sanitary pavement. 
 It enhances the value of abutting property 
 
 as much as it improves the city using it. 
 
 It is the most durable smmith pavement, and 
 the sm(.)0thest of durable pavements. 
 
 It is almost noiseless ; the horses' hoofs 
 make a slight click as they touch the 
 surface, but the wheels of vehicles make 
 no perceptible sound. 
 
 Considering all the elements that enter into 
 the construction and use of a pavement — 
 its cost, durability, smootliness, cleanli- 
 ness and safety, the TRINIDAD ASPHALT 
 Pavement is the best and cheapest pave- 
 ment that has ever been laid. 
 
 It is the only pavement which, in this 
 
country, can to-day show 500 miles of 
 ■ surface in first-class order. 
 Asphalt is not slippery when dry or when 
 
 very wet, if free from mud. Mud renders 
 
 all pavements slippery. 
 
 THE ROAD IS THE CREATION 
 
 OF MAN AND A TYPE OF ^ % 
 
 CIVILIZED SOCIETY 
 
 The recorded accidents among 61,000 horses 
 passing over Madison Avenue, New York, 
 in four weeks, during the year 1891, were 
 FOUR falls on the TRINIDAD ASPHALT 
 
 Pavement. 
 
 the trinidad asphalt pave- 
 p ment is the greatest 
 
 boon to civilization. 
 
 INCONTESTABLE FACTS: 
 
 1. No Asphalt pavement laid by this 
 Company in the United States has ever 
 been replaced by another form of pavement. 
 
 2. This Company has taken up other 
 pavements and replaced them with pure 
 Trinidad Asphalt to the following e.xtent: 
 
 Wood, - - - 499,464 sq. yds. 
 Stone, - - - 761,304 " 
 iWacadam, - - - 652,922 " 
 
 3. This Company has laid its Trinidad 
 Asphalt upon Macadam and Stone Blocks to 
 the following e.xtent : 
 
 Upon old Macadam 
 
 Foundations, 
 Upon old Stone Block 
 
 Foundations, 
 
 147,358 sq. yds. 
 127,167 " 
 274,525 sq. yds. 
 
 Total, 
 
 1,913,690 sq. yds. 
 
 Total, 
 
 4. It is the easiest pavement repaired, 
 and does not interfere with the traffic while 
 undergoing repairs. 
 
T. H. Macklind, Engineer of Recon- 
 struction, St. Louis, says : 
 
 "This Asphalt Pavement, laid on Pine Street by 
 The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, in 1883, is 
 now in good condition, after a test of eight years, 
 under a mixed traffic of 4,500 vehicles in twelve 
 hours. This form of pavement, as laid in St. Louis, 
 all points considered, stands in the front rank." 
 
 Commissioner Gilroy, of New York- 
 City-, in his annual report, says: 
 
 ■' The demand for more Asphalt Pavements from 
 the public and property owners is so great that if 
 their wishes were complied with there would be no 
 other kind of pavement laid than Asphalt." 
 
 Cost to property owners, §26.00 to $33.00 
 per square of 100 superficial feet, with ten 
 years' guarantee. 
 
 At the end of this period the Company is 
 prepared to take niaintenance contracts for 
 a further term of years at an e.\treniely low 
 price per year. 
 
 hi this manner the rapid deterioration of 
 pavements which are not kept in order is 
 avoided, and a system is presented under 
 which taxpayers can secure smooth and 
 attractive roadways at all times during a 
 long term of years. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE AND 
 
 CONSULTATIONS SOLICITED, 
 
 ^ii^ i^<xriAK.^ Sii^nxtt SPcuyiyia, *^a. 
 
PECKHAM'S 
 
 GQlisapTop 
 Bitters 
 
 A WORLD BEATER. 
 
 For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, 
 Malaria, Constipation and 
 diseases arisint^; from an 
 impaired constitution. 
 
 For sale by the trade gen- 
 erally. i^l.OO per bottle. 
 
 Special inducements to 
 large consumers. 
 
 Q. F. FECKHfln 
 
 MANUFACTURER. 
 
 115 N. Sixth Street. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1859. 
 
 R. & T. A. ENNI5 
 
 STATIONERY COHPANY 
 
 Stationers, Printers 
 Lithographers 
 Blank Book Makers 
 
 1 18 *!!£ 120 OLIVE STREET, 
 
 Ennis Building - 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
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 ^tefigen ^Publitum, befoiiberS ©rmibbefi^erii, in biefer 23roct|iire turg ju ertmren, nuf 
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 3nbem id) iDunf(i)c, bafe bicfc 3eilen if)rcn 3roccf evfiiflen, ucrbleibe id) 
 
 2lc{)tung6DoII, 
 
0cfnung von Stm^cn ttnJ> ^taffen (Alleys). 
 
 Sine ©tra&e ober ©afje fonn ouf jmei Cerfrfiicbene ffieifen ju ciiiem 6ffentlicf)en SBeife^rsroege gemaijt 
 roerOen; erftcnS biird) ©cfienfuiig be§ tictreffenbcii SnnbcS on ^ie ©tabt unb jiceitcnS buret) boS fogcnatiiite 
 6onbeninatioii§oerfaf)ren. SBcnn ©nnibci9ciitl)iiincr eineS gcroiftcn S&cileS ber ©tabt e§ fiir jmcdmdfeig 
 era^ten, urn bcit 9Bert^ ifires (Sjrunbbcfmcs ju er()o()cn obcr aui) sum Seften be§ ^ublituiii§ eine <£trii§c gu 
 effnen, fo niufi'en fie bcm iRat^e fur Bffentlicf)e !8crbc[ferungen eine Siark, bie eine ®r6fee Don 21x34 3dII 
 nid)t iiberfteigt unb melc^e bie frojectirte ©tra&e jcigt, Dorlcgen. 
 
 3ugleid) milffen fid) bie detreffenben gigent^iimer ouf bcrfelben ^arte fc^riftlii^ Derbinb(icf) niad)en t>a§ 
 ouf berfelbeu, jmifc^en ben ficibeu lirojcctirten ©tro&enlinien befinblidie 2nnb ouf immer, o^ne )fglid)e 
 gntfd&abigung on bie ©tabt objutreten, refpcctiDe gu f(^enten. 
 
Stefe ©djentiingSformel foUte unqefiiftr folgenbcrmafeen louten : 
 
 SSir, bie iinterjeictjneten ®runbei9cnfl)umcr, ocrpfliciiteii uit§ Ijiennit ben ©treifeii i'an&e§, mcldjer auf 
 oBigcv .Q'artc nngegeben ift, fiir immev nl§ offcntIid)eii i>atel)rgmeg an bie ©tabt 311 fc^cnten. Saiiii folgen 
 bie Untcvfdiriften ber betreffenbeii SefiBer. 
 
 SBivb bie ©djenfuiig angenoniincii, fo tnerben jwei (Jopien tion ber ©cbicntioiistntie 9eniQcf)t Don benen 
 eine in bem Sureou be§ ©trofjen^goniniiprg bleibi unb cine wad) bcm Urfunbcnanite (Recorder's Office) 
 gefanbt roirb, urn bie ©d)cnhing cii'sutragen. 3ft bn§ Sc^tere gefc^efjen, fo mirb bie bctreffenbe ©trafee 
 gefej^Iid^ jum 6ffentlid)en Serte^rStoege unb tann bem 'ipublitum erbffnet morbcn. 2)ie OriginaUarte toirb 
 ben (Sigent^iimern loieber juriicfcrftattet. 
 
 ^cffnuttfi ctner ^trafjc burtfj gonbcmnatiott. 
 
 ©oKten bie ©runbbefi^er ni^t toiUcng fein, bie obcn bcfprod)ene ©tva^e oI)nc gntfcfidbignng absutreten, 
 fo fonnen fie, urn biefelbe bennod) ju einem 6ffcntlid)en 23ertcl)r§iDege ju niod&en, eine Don ben intcrcffirten 
 ©ruubbcfij^crn unterfd)ricbene ^petition an ben Siot^ fiir iiffentlidje Serbefferungen rid&ten. ©cbrudle 
 gormulave fiir biefen !S^ved liJnnen ftc{§ in bent ©tra6en=®epartement criangt merben. 
 
5)ie ^13etitioii lautet: 
 
 ^ .f,T''«' ""f *;;*"^f ®^""^^i'J^"<''""- - .^n,as=|,icjl,mnt, unb Umgegenb, erfuc^en ^iev.nit ben 
 iRat^ fur orfentl.c^e S^erfaefferuHgcn 6f,I,cr 9lDc>me, smifdjcn fiing§=C^igI,mcn, unb Ihuon ^iDcnue, ju offneu 
 unb bcm ©tablrotrje cine bie5begiig[id)c Drbinonj jii unterbreiten. 
 
 5Jad, (Smpfang einev foId,en 'Petition t-crme.ft ber mt> biefelbc nn ben ©tru6en=6ommiffar, inelcfter 
 e<ne proD,fov,fd,e l^ern.effnng t,on ber betrcffenben ©trofee n,ud,en unb eine fiarte conftvuiren Infet, u,eld,e bie 
 gu entfernenben @et)aulicf)feiten u. f. m. jeigt 
 
 Sft bies geWelK" fo ipirb, foflte e§ ber ©trafeeu.eon.nnffar fiir jmerfn.dfeig erncfiien, ber 3ul,«It ber 
 ^et, ,on pubhsirt unb mevben alle intereffirten @runbbefil,er in biefer 51njeige eingelnbeu on einem bo„, 
 9iotI,e fur fifrentl.c^e 5Berbefferungen beftinunten 2age bor bemfelben 3U erfdje.nen unb i(,re ^JU-inungen 
 tunbsugebeu. 
 
 ©oUte bie ertDal,nle Deffuung rccommcnbirt tnerben, fo tunn bem ©tablrat£)e eiue Orbinunj fur 
 b.efelbe unterbreitet tnerben. 3ft bie Orbinnnj poffirt unb bo.n 3)Ja.,or uuterjeidjnet, fo lafet ber ©trafeen^ 
 Somnnffar eine genaue SBermeffung ber ©trafee t,orne^men unb bu§ Mefultat biefer Sermcffuug ju papier 
 bnngen inbem eine 5?arte, it)elc^e bie genauen Sinien ber ©trafee, aUe gefe^ten ©renjfteine unb bie 
 berfcftiebenen ju entfernenben SBerfperrungen jeigt, nngefertigt toirb. 
 
^JUSftnmi uievbeii uom ©encftt (Circuit Court) 6oinmi|lare ernunnt, ipelci)c, nocftbcin bie ^aufbriefe 
 (Titles) bc§ 311 CDiibcmnirenbcii gigcntljumg unterfud)t finb, ben SBert^ beffelben abfd)Q^en uiio eincn 
 2)ifh-i!t etabliren in tDcId)em bie (XJrunbbcfi^er (£iitfd)Qbiauiigcii bejaljlen foQeii fiir haS jurStrafie ac^flrcnbe 
 2anb. Sicfer 3)iftritt taitii je nacf) bent grmeffen bev betvcffcnben (^onimiffare au§gebe{)nt luerten. 5kc[)bem 
 ba§ 8onb nnb oQe @e&aulid)teiten iuelcf)e fid) aiif bemfelben befinben bejoljlt unb bie betr. eigentl)umcr 
 entfcf)Qbigt finb, mirb bie ©trofee alS bftentlid)er S3erfef)f«iceg betrQii)tet. 
 
 23ei ber Ocffnung einer met) Unmn niir ©runbbefi^er in beni Siod in roeld^em \id) bie ^lUel) befinbet, 
 gesmungen merben, (Sntfc^abigung gu bejo^Ien. 
 
 ^as fntferitcn von ^i»crfpcmtttgctt. 
 
 me auf einer gefetjlic^ geiSffiietcn ©troBe befinblicfjen 6>ebcinlicl)feiten, 3aune, u. f. m. !6nnen, auf 
 3lntrieb be§ ©trafeen^gommiffdrS ober irgenb eineS intereffirten ®vunbbe[i^er§ niit ber ©andioii beg 9tnt^e§ 
 fiir bffentli^e Scrbefterungeti, cntfevnt lucrbeu. 
 
 Dcr ©tQbt=2«ar)cf)Qa mirb benuftragt, bie @igcntl)iinier be§ ©runbftiideS roelc^eS an ober gegeniiber 
 einer folcfien Serfperrung gelegen i[t, jn informiren, biefclbe nnrf) 5BerlQuf bon nicftt meniger al§ fUnf Sagen 
 3U enlfernen, ttjibrigenfaQS er biefelbe auf J^oftcn ber bctrcffcnbcn Sefiticr iDcgranmcnIafjt. 
 
 ®cr mai)ox Ijat jcbod^ ha» Mec^t ben betreffenben (Sigcnll)iimcrn, auf beren Kerlangen, einen 3luffc^ub 
 ju gema^ren. 
 
^tpcttu lion ptr(i(}cn unb 0affcn (Alleys). 
 
 ®a§ Wbeau (Grades) noii ©trnfeen unb ©offen (Alleys) mirb in beiii ©traBen=S)epariemciit beftiiiinil 
 unb toirb burd) Drbinonj Dom @tabtrat£)e etoblirt. 
 
 Me }jro|cctirteii unb etablirtcn ©robeS finb ftetS lion ben im iyureau be§ ©traBen=(5,Dniinif}dr§ 
 befinblicf)cn ^rofilen crficfjtitd). 
 
 Jlfijttfjsltattafe (Sewers). 
 
 S)er (5'[)ef bc§ 3)rQinirnngB ^ Separtements (Sewer Department) etoblirt, niit ©enebntigung be§ 
 9{alf)c§ fiir 6ffentlid)e SBerbcfferungen unb mit Sanction be§ ©tabtratt)c§, eincn 2)iftritt in mcldicm ?Ui3ug?= 
 fonole erbout loerben foDen. gebodf) fann bie§ nur ouf Slnregung be§®cfunb^eit§rat;&e§ ober bnrd) petition 
 Don ©runbbefi^ern eine§ fold^cn t)ij'trift§ gefd)el)en. 9tQd)bcm bie f^anaU conftruirt, refpcdice fevtig fin^, 
 nuife cin jeber ©runbeigentf)umer in ocm jn brainirenben unb etoblirten S)iftritte feinen %i)dl fiir ben Sou 
 biefcr (Jloaten bejal^Ien unb giuar pro rata fiir ba§ in beni Siftritte gclegene, i()ni gel)origc, ju brninireiibe 
 9keoI. 
 
2Cafferr5^reii lucrben ebenfalls nuf ^Vtition I)in bom SRnt^e fiir offeutIid)e S8cr5c|feriingcit geneliniigt' 
 Uom ©tabtrat^e fatictiouirt unb untcr bet liiffii^t be§ 9[Ba|fer=6onimiffdrg aiif Soften bcr ©tabt gclcgt. 
 2)ie (Srunbbefi^er toerben bann abcr gesmungcu bie in bcr ©trofee gclcgenen 5j3riDatrfi^reii, folltcn fie fclc^e 
 jur Uebermittlitng be§ biS^cr oon il^nen gebroudjten SBofferS benu^en, aufjugebeit unb birecte SBerbinbungen 
 mil hen ftabtifdjcn 3ii)l)ven ju niud)en. 
 
 ^ie 2Bof)ergebii[)ren finb ^QlbJQl)rIid) beim Collector of Water rates ju entrid)tcn. 
 
 'Sen evften ©cEiritt ben ©runbbefiticr t^un nrnffen urn ben 5^nu cincr ©trofee gu bewertftelligen iff, einc 
 petition nn ben 9tat[) fiir offentIid)e Serbcifevungen gn rid)ten. ^n bicfcr '^IJctition trirb befagtcr 9}Qt^ 
 crfud)t, bie Sonftructiou ber betveffenben ©tvajje in gvroagung ju 3iet)en unb bcni <StabtrQtI)e eine bic§bcjiig= 
 Iid)c Orbinanj ju unterbrciten. Sic petition niuf; Don Seuteit beren ©runbbefi^ an ber betr. ©trafec 
 gelegcn ift, unterfc^rieben fcin. 
 
^od) @inreid)una ber petition tnirb biefelbe nor bcm ^atl)c ucrlcfeii,nummerirt, mit bcr Uiitevf^rift bc§ 
 ^Prafibciiten bcfngtcii 9Jatl)cy ticr)cJ)c:i iinb nii bcu SUaCciuKoiiimiffiit bcriinefcn. 2ct;tcrci- liijjt eii;c ilaxic, 
 mcld)e bie ©tra^e unb aQcs cingrenscnbe ®runbeigcntl)iiin, foraie bie S^bl)c bc§ Don bcii ^Ifjcfiiircn gcfdiot^tcn 
 5Bertf)e§ jeigt, onfcrtigen, cbenfo Idfet er awd) bie ©trnge lUDenireu unb ciiicu .Qofteiumf^rog fiir ben 33au 
 bevfelben ^ctfteQeii. 
 
 3ft bic§ gcfc^e^cn, fo iviitb aiif Sefiirroortung bc§ (21rai;cn=(5Dninii|ldr§ Hom SRatbe fiir offcntlidic 
 iVrbeffenuigcn ein SJag beltimmt, an tnelcbem ber ^Bon bcr ©trafte in (frrodgung gejogen tnirb. 
 
 ®er ^nljnlt ber 'petition tcirb nuf jtnci 3Bod)en in ben beiben offijicflen Sf'tmiflcn in gnglifd) unb 
 ^eutfd) publijirt. ^u biefcr 'Jlnjeige finb bie iutereffirten ©runbbcfi^er eingclobcn, jur beftinimtcn 3c't unb 
 Stunbc nor beni 3iati)i fiir offentlic^e 3>erbefferungeu gu cr)(^eincn unb ber 3.!erl)anbhing bcijutoo^nen. 
 
 SBotlen ©runbbefi^er gcgcn bieOcffnung ober *8erbcftcrung einer ©trafee proteftircu, fo niiiffcn fie cincn 
 ioldien ^^rotcft ju bcrfelbcn 3^'' '" f-'Cldicr bie ^Petition in (^rrodgung gcjogcn mirb bcni flfntije uitcrbrcitcn. 
 
 Die (Srabirungen unb .Q'reujroegc (Crosswalks) on iiffentlidicn Serfcl^rSmegen mcrbcn non bcr Etabt 
 bc-,ablt. 
 
 l)a bie ©lunbbcfigcr an ber jn baucnbcu ©trajje nur 2.>% bcs 20ertl)c§ be§ ©ruubcigcut^umS ju 
 bcja^Ieu broud)en, refp. miiffen, fo gcfd)ic[)t c§ oft, bafe an Strafecn bei meldjeu biefcr Don ben 9If)efioren 
 
beftimmte SBerll) 311 niebrig ift, ber SRot^ fiii 6ifentlid)e Scrbefferuiigcit ben S3au ber ©trafeeii in ber 
 3?orau§feluing rccommiinbirt, bofj bieSigcntI)unicr bcii fogenaiuiten Excess freiraillig brjal^Icn. 3}?it bicfem 
 Excess ift cigentlid) bcv Uiitcrfdiicb 3roifct)eii ber ©amine tDcld)e gcfetilic^ bon ben 6igent£)umern coUectirt 
 tuerbcn fann nnb ber Summe ju toeldfter ber Sail ber ©trafee, mit 9lu§na^me ber ©rabirung iinb 
 ^vcn3rocge Deranfdjiagt ift, genieiut. 
 
 ^itt ^ctfpicf: 
 
 5lngenonimen, ber Qbgefd)iiWe SBcrtI) be§ ©rnnbbefiiicS betrtigt (icl)t dollar? per j^ront guf; nnb ber 
 ^oftcnprcifi be§ ©trafeenboiis fci Uier dollars per gufj, fo tann ber betrcffcnbe (5igentl)iimcr gefcjjtid) 
 gcjiDungen lucrben sroei SoflarS per gufe gtcic^ 25% pon ad)t 2)o(lnr§ jn bejablen, loaljrenb er bie iibrigcn 
 jmei 2)ollor§ pro gront gufj freimillig aufbringen foil. 
 
 ®cr 9icit() fiir 6ffentlid)e 93erbeffcrungen belcilligt nieift 60 5Iage inncrt)alb berer bie betreffcnbcn 
 ©rni'.bbcfi^er ein ©c[)reiben einreid)en follen in tucldn'm fie fid) Dcrbinblid) nindicii bie in ryxcqe ftcbcnbe 
 ©nnnne ^u bc^nblcn. 
 
 ®n§ cinjubinbigenbe 3>evbinblid)feit§fdjreiben foflte folgenbcrnuifeen Innten : 
 
iffiir, bie Unterjcic^netcn, Dcrpfliditcit iiii§ ^icrmit 5,000 SDoIIarS nis freimifligen 33eitrag juni 58aii bcr 
 ©raiib ?beiuie, jmifdjeii 3J!iaini luib 6()evofee ©tvafee, ju bejal)len. 
 
 3ft bie§ gefc^eljeii, fo tann ber 9}at^ ben Stabtberorbiieten eiiie Drbinaiij unteibrciten. 
 
 9tod)bem bie Orbiiinnj bom ©tcibtrat^e poffirt unb Dom a)Jflt)or miter3eid)nct ift, finb bcngigeiitljiimevn 
 nod) 20 jEoge bcmiOigt urn bie erniQ()iite ©limine (Excess) beim ftabtifdjeu ©d)a^meiftcr ju beponireii. 
 i^erfe^Ieii fie bie§ 511 tfjun, fo ift bie Drbiiianj mill unb iiid)tig. 
 
 9{ad)bem has erroiif)nte @elb bcponirt ift, !ami bie 9lr6eit on ben 2)Jinbeftbietciiben nergeben tnerben. 
 
 Ser Sail mirb luitev ber Seitiing imb 9liiffid)t be§ ©trn^en-gommiffarS aii§gefii()it. 'Jlad) Seenbigiimj 
 beffelbeii mivb bie 3(rbeit genoii uermcffen, eiiie 3firf)"u>'9 iucld)e ode geiuuicii I'hific ber oiiggefiiljrtcn 
 SScrbcffenmgen jcigt, aiigcfertigt. Seljtere mirb oit haS ©pecicit ©tciicramt (Special Tax Departiueut) 
 bermiefcii. ^ier merben bie 9}ed)ninigen gegen bie betreffcnben @runbbcftt?cr niiSgefc^ricbcn iir.b bem 
 ftabtifci^en 5Bud)fii&rcr (Comptroller) eingeljaubigt, Don luelc^em fie ber betrcffcnbc Goiitractor erljdlt luii 
 fein ©elb git coHectiren. 
 
 Sen 6igeiit^limern merbcii, nnd^bem bie 9tcd)niiiigen frdfentirt finb, 30 3;aae beroilligt bie ©djiilb ju 
 tilgeii. 'Jladj Scrlaiif bicfcr 30 Sage jieljt bie nid)t bejatjite Summe einen 3i"Sfi'6 ^on 10% per annum 
 unb nac^l^rlauf Don fed)§ aJtonatcn 15% 3infen. 
 
S)ie n\d)\ eingelofte ©c^ulb iBirb jiir ^t)pot^et unb ba§ ©runbftiid fcinn niif 9liitrielj be§ Unteriiel^merS 
 offcntlid) iicrfouft merbcn urn bie IRcd&niing ju Iicjotilen. S3erjQt)nnig§fri|'t bctrcigt jtuci Sofji^f- ^IQe 
 bcjafjitcii afccftnungeii fiir foIcf)c 5Irbcitcii folltcii nod) bem Sureau bc§ goitiptroIIevS genomnipn tcerben, 
 baiiiit bie ©d)u(b bon ben 23ud)erii geI6fd)t luevbeii fann. 
 
 ®a bie jii^rlic!^ bom ©tabtrat^e gemadjte SSerroilligung (appropriation) fiir beii ©tro^enbau oft fel&r 
 gering oiiSfttnt, fo ift e§ beii ©ninbbcfihcni erloubt cine ©trafee ober ©affe ouf cigcne JJoftcn jii bauen tticnit 
 fie nflmlid) fiir bie ©rabiningen imb fi'vcusnjcge (Crosswalks) felbft bcjQ^lcn. @§ ift tjicvju cin SrlQubniB= 
 fd)cin (Permit), roelc^er ooni Siatlje fiir i)ffentlid)e a>crbcfferungcn QitSgefteQt roirb, erforberlid). ^ebod) 
 uiivb ber Sau unter ber 3luffid^t be§ ©trafecn=(5omniiffdr§ aiiSgefii^rt. 
 
 Sbeiifo {bnnen Don berfelbcii Sc[)i3rbe (5r(aiibniBfd)einc fiir ©rabirungen Don StroBen eriangt loerben, 
 jcbod) nui6 ber ^Ipplicant jur (Jrlaiiguiig foldiev grlaubnij; eine ©iimme Don nid)t menigcr nl» $250.00 im 
 ftiibti)d)cu Stabtamte ()interlcgfn unb cine Siirgfd)aft bon $500.00 fteHen, urn bie ©tabt fc^obloS gu ^iilten. 
 
 3ft bie 9lrbeit ju ber 3ufi''fffnl)f'* ^c^ ©trofeen^KommiffarS bodenbct, fo mirb ba§ beponirte ®elb 
 jiiriicferftattet. 
 
^cparafurctt. 
 
 2)ie ;^a£)rmege afler 6ffcntlicf)fii ©troBeii tncvbcn Bon bcr ©tobt in SJeparntur crf)altcii. ©eiteimege 
 (Sidewalks) luib 'baS ^^laftcr bcr ©affcn (Alleys) mcrbcii ouf 9Intric& bcS Strafeen=Ronnni|fav§ Don ben 
 @iaent[)umerii aiif bcren .Soften repavirt. 
 
 giir bie 9teconftructioii uon offentlid)eii SSerte^rSroeijen fonneii bie 6igeiiU)umcr iiur bi§ jur .J^olje Hon 
 25% Com obgefcfta^tcn Bertfje i{)rc§ betreffenben ©runbbefi^cS tnjirt inerben. 
 
 glecttiicl)c Sampcn jur Scleud)tinuj Hon ©tragen unb @a|fcn tbnncn aiif '■^Ipplication I}in, oom 9iQtl)e 
 fiiv offcntlidie Setbcfferungen erlongt rocrben. SlpplicationSfornnilare befomnit mnn Horn Supervisor of 
 Lighting, beffen Surcau fic^ in bcr Stabt^aUe befinbet. 
 
GLENCOE 
 Lime and Cement Co 
 
 TELEPHONE No. 749- 
 
 Manufacturers and InpoRTERS. 
 
 Office, 107 N. Ninth Street, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, no. 
 
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