Show APPROPRIATED BY CITY FA FOR o PAVING G PROHIBITION IN INSTATE TATE STATE FAILS FAIL f TO PREVENT I Ninth South Sooth Street Diz District ct Formed Farmed First Step Taken Toward New Municipal pal Improvement Program TH the appropriation of or vy to pay the city's city share of the cost cost a a. paving district district dis dis- lS- lS triet was approved by the city commission at its meeting this morning Formation of the district district dis dis- is the first definite move toward putting into effect n. n t. t pr program pro pro- gram arn of municipal improvements this year The district includes Ninth South from rom Main to Fifth East and from Sixth East to Ninth East and Third East from Ninth South to Hubbard avenue The block on Ninth South which was left out of the district is already paved I IA A schedule of ot proposed paving paying for this year was prepared some Bomo lineage aoby ago ao by City Engineer Cannon At that time however It was admitted by city officials that on account of or the loss of revenue duo to the tho going Into effect of or tho state wide prohibition bill It doubtful whether any any- of the thc Improvements could bo be made Efforts were made by City aUy Attorney Attorney Attar ney Dininny to secure enactment bythe bythe by bythe the Ic legislature of a law under which half haIr tho the cost of or paving street intersections inter sections should be borne by the abutting abut abutting ting property the other halt half to bo ho homet met b by the city but the bill faUcet failed Under the existing existing- law la lathe the city must meet the tho entire cost of or tho the intersection tion pavement 5 Since SInco the tho bill failed it Is probable probable proba proba- ble according to members of or tho the city commission that little paving can be he bedone done this year but they have decided to carry out at least a 3 small program pro gram in which the Ninth South street district will be one of the larger num nuin bors bOTS Ninth South street Is regarded as 33 lh the most Important crosstown thoroughfare thoroughfare thor thor- in the southern part of ot tim tho city Arran Arrangements have Lavo already been made for draining It with storm sewers |