1668 Improvements 7th St(Published in the Salina Evening; Journal, July ____,1912)
ORDINAIJcE N0._l668
An Ordinance providing for the paving, curbing and guttering of
Seventh street, in the city of Salina, between the south side of
Watlut street and the south line of Weil Place; specifying the
manner of construction, providing for the cost thereof and the
manner of payment, and letting the contract therefor.
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the mayor and council a
pttition requesting said mayor and council to pave, curb and gutter
Seventh.street, in the city of Salina, Kansas, between the south line
of Walnut street and the south line of Weil Place; and,
WHERRIAS, said petition has been found. to contain the, names of
a majority of the resident property owners owning property $routing:,,
on both sides of said Seventh street between the limits above defined;
therefore, `
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Salina:
Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered bhat
Seventh street, in the city of Salina, Kansas, between the south line
of Walnut street and the south line of `r1eil Place, be paved with
asphaltic -concrete pavement, on a ve inch concrete base, and accord-
ing to the specifications therefor, as hereinafter provided, said
paving to be forty-three (43) feet in width from gutter to gutter
between Walnut street and South street, and Thirty-three (33) feet
in width from gutter to gutter from said South street to Weil Place,
except that at the intersections of streets and alleys such pavilg
shall extend ±xX to the lot line on Seventh street.
Sec. 2. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that said
Seventh street, between the limits defined in section one hereof, -be.
curbed and guttered on both sides thereof with cement curb and gut -ter,
according to the specifications hereinafter provided for, the lot
line edge of such curbing to be set twenty-four (24) feet from and
parallel with the center line of said street between Walnut street and
South street, and nineteen (19) feet from and parallel with the center
line of said street between said South street and Weil Place; Provided,
that at the intersections of streets and alleys such curb and gutter
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shall return to the lot line of said Seventh street.
Sec. 3. That all excavating, filling and rolling necessary
for the proper construction of said paving, curbing and guttering be
done, and such paving, curbing and guttering shall 'be constructed
according to the ettablished grade of said Seventh street, as :'We-
tofore or hereafter established by the ordinances of said city.
Sec. 4. That the plans and specifications of the city engineer
of said city, now on file with the city clerk, for the paving, curbing,
guttering and excavating of said Seventh street are hereby adopted and
approved as and for the plans and specifications for the improvement
of said street, and all work herein and in such plans and specifica-
tions provided for shall be done in accordance with such plans and
specifications, which are hereby incorporated in and made a part of
this ordinance.
Sec. 5. After the passage of this ordinance the mayor and
council shall appoint three disinterested householders, who, after
having taken an oath to faithfully and impartially appraise all lots
and pieces of ground liable to taxation and assessment for the cost
of making such improvements, without regard to any buildings or im
provements thereon, and after making said appraisement said appraisers
shall return the same to the,city council, at the first meeting there-
of after such appraisement shall have been made and completed; and
after said appraisement is returned to the city council the mayor
and council shall designate a time for holding a special session of
said mayor and council for the purpose of hearing complaints and
equalizing said appraisement, of which special session due notice
shall be given in the official city paper, and at such special session
the mayor and council, shall, if they deem it just and proper, alter or
change such appraisement.
Sec. 6. That a contract be and is hereby let to The Kaw Paving
Company of. Topeka, Kansas, for the paving and excavating of said
Seventh street with asphaltic -concrete paving material, as specified
in the said specifico,tions of the said city engineer, as aforesaid,
on a five inch concrete base, at and for the uniform price of One
and fifty-eight.($1.58) Dollars per square yard for the square yards
of such pavement actually laid and put in place on said -street, and
for the excavating necessary to properly lay and construct such pave
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said Kaw Paging Company shall be paid at the rate of Thrity five
(3�¢) cents per cubic yard for the actual number of cubic yards of
suchexcavating done by such contractor.
Sec. 7. That `a contract be and is hereby let to Lyon Brothers
of Salina, Kansas, dor the curbing and guttering provided for in this
ordinance at and"for the uniform price of Thirty two (32) cents per
lineal foot for the curbing and Twenty eight (28) cents per linahl
foot for the guttering constructed and -put in place on said stre=et.
Sec. 8., That the prices for :such work and improvements as
specified and agreed to be paidinsections 6 and 7 of this ordinance,
are hereby found to be less than the prices for cost of such vJork
and improvements made and given in the vitt' engineerIs estirnr.te of
the cost therefor now on file with the city clerk.
Sec. 9. For the purpose of paying for the work and impro�egnents
herein provided for in installments instead of levying the entilee tax
or special assessments for such cost at one time., the mayor and council
are hereby authorized to issue improvement bonds of the city ofSalina
payable in installments of equal amounts in each year, none of ikich
bonds no'r any of the installments thereof shall run longer than ten
years nor bear interest exceeding five (1) per cent per annum. Such
bonds. rnay- be issued to the contractors constructing; such improvetnts
in p,ti:.mient. thereof , or -the mayor and council may sell said. bonds at
not less than their par value and pay the proceeds thereof to the con-
tractors, and such bonds shall be of such denominations as the myor
and council may deem proper. And for the purpose of paying principal
and interest on said bonds, as they severally become due, the rWyor
and. council shall each year during the life of said bonds, levy an
assessment against the lots and pieces of ground liable to taxattion
and assessment for such improvernents in an amount sufficient to pay
the principal and interest for that gear: Provided, that for tke
purpose of paying the cost of
the improvements of
the squares
axld
areas formed by the crossing
of streets and alleys,
for which
the
city Would be Ubble, the assessments shall be mads against all the
taxable property of the city; and the city clerk shall certify such
assessments, as -they are severally riad§, to the counter clerk .of
Saline county, Kansas, at the same time and in the same manner as
other city taxes are certified, to be collected as other taxes are
collected. -
Sec. J.Q. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publicatior. once in the Salina Evening Journal.
Passed and approved July 7.K,1912.
Attest* Allayo
C�.t,, Clerk.