Show THAT DANGEROUS WALK Officials Determine Tat the Walker Pavement Shall Come Down The bard of public works had under un-der consideration yesterday afternoon the matter referred to it by the city council of requiring the property own e abutting on the nor sidewalk of Second South street to brIng the pavement pave-ment down to the etablshe gad While the ordinance devolves upon the i city council the duty of compeUng sldewalksto be lad and maintained at the proper grade for some unexplained reason the council has undertaken t < transfer the task of making the cage of grade in this case to the bad of public works After di cussing the subject In all Its ramifications and Inspecting the oil grade pavement where in front of thd new D F Walker building it is from five to sixteen Inches too high it was resolve on moton of Mr Cane to direct the Walker brothers to conform their sidewalk to the established grade anti by way or worKIng we lea Csaa vantage to the abuttngproperyown era that a recommendation be made to the city council to pert the construe Upn of a graduated platform or steps the wIdth of five feet nearest the build lags to the city engineers acceptance City Engineer Kelsy opposed the resolution for the reason that the walk was laid on top of the regulation cement ce-ment pavement and not even to an authorized au-thorized temporary grade The other members of the board agreed tat the age unsatIsfactory pavement had been laid to suit the whim of the propeowI ers but they believed that the terms of the resolution presented an easy solution solu-tion of the difficulty without resorting to harsh until other < hash measures unt pera erecte net buildings in that locality a The city engineer also objected to the resolution because it made a unfair distinctionfish of one and fowl of another other a i were However the boar and the engineer agreed that whatever Is done to remedy the dangerous con diton o the walk whether it be agreeable agree-able to Mr B G Raybould or the other property Interests there shal be no neckbreking jumnofs where the grade temporary walk met the established gae |