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A PETITION TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT

SEP 27 1907

We, the undersigned owners of property upon Pennsylvania Ave
in the City of Ft. Worth, whose property occupies more than one
half of the frontage upon the section of said street herein to be improved
respectfully petition your Honorable body that said street be improved
from its intersection with the west line of Eight Ave
to the esast line of adams Street as follows to wit:

Ist- That said street be properly raised and graded and filled by
said city of Ft. Worth at its own expense.

2nd- That concrete or stone curbing be installed along the property
curb of all said property at proper line and grade, to be done under
the supervision of the City engineer, unless such curbing has already
been installed at proper lines and grades.

3rd- A concrete guttering 24 inches in width be installed along
each curb line in said street, the same to be measured and paid for as
paving, except where concrete guttering has already been, and is now,
properly installed at proper grade, in which event the same should be
allowed to remain, and such property owners where the same is now install-
ed to receive credit for same at same rate of cost of paving said street.

4th- That said street be paved with bithulithic paving in accordance
with Warren Brothers specification on file with the City Secretary of
the City of Ft. Worth.

5th- If it shall be desired by any of the property owners whose
property fronts on said part of said street that a park be installed in
the middle of said street then each party owning property within said
section shall express, along with his or their signature, said perference
in favor of or against any such park, and it is hereby agreed by each
person signing this petition that the installation of such park shall be
fully determined by the wishes of a majority of the front footage on
said street, as expressed by the property owners as above mentioned,
providing, that if any such park is to be installed, there shall be a
roadway 22 feet in width on each side of said park and next to the
property curb line.