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Show Sidewalk Program To Be Completed at Once Improvement Warrants Disposed of at Par---Work Starts at Once and Gunnison Gunni-son Workmen Will Be Employed. The sidewalk program, which was started under the former administration, adminis-tration, and which was suspended early last sprang for the reason that the sale of the warrants was out of question unless the taxpayers would stand a loss of nearly $2,000, will be carried Ho completion at once. This through its activities for the betterment bet-terment of conditions here, will be able to secure work for those not employed. The ordinance creating 'the sidewalk side-walk district was passed by the former for-mer administration, but no arrangements arrange-ments were made for the disposition was made possible by the alertness of the city officials in disposing of the warrants at 100 cents on the dollar. dol-lar. The deal for the transrer of the contract was closed last Saturday when the Green Engineering company com-pany accepted the contracts and made the transfer from the former contractor to themselves. C. E. Green, senior member of the Green Engineering company, be-for be-for leaving for the northwest, where he has another large contract, stated that work would be started at' once and that there would be no delays, unless from unforeseen sources, in carrying the building of the sidewalks side-walks to completion in the shortest time possible. Not only will the work on the sidewalks side-walks be rushed, but 'through the instrumentality of the city officials, it was agreed that Gunnison men be given preference in work on the job. This, the company to do the work agreed, and to this ent the city, of the warrants. A contract was made with J. S. Peterson, the local contractor, and in such a manner that the release by the latter was necessary before the award coold be granted to the engineering company Svhich will do the work, to the Green Engineering company. Now that 'there is an assurance of completing the work and with a further view of improving the city several appeals have been made for the creation of new districts. A special spe-cial committee has been appointed by Mayor Jones to make investigations and with the authorization of new-districts new-districts by the city council it is believed be-lieved that the work will be extended to most every part of the city. Those 'asking for the sidewalks in front of their respective properties are residents resi-dents of both the eastern and western parts of the city. It is also intended to plan to extend 'the sidewalks to the new high school building in the extreme southern part of Gunnison. |