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8 (Inaudible) it was discovered by him from the books in Roseville, and I would like to have the Council make note of this, that my father, after paying for the street and the storm sewer to Orfei and Sons, Inc., and the date of the bill is November 15, 1963, he signed a quit claim deed to Roseville and it's recorded in the Roseville Book 1839, page 210, and this was given to Chuck (inaudible) by Doug Strong of the Roseville Engineering Department. Now, they were out taking samples again and I went out and when I saw them drilling, and ~x. Honchell was there, and he said they were re-drilling again because they did not have the addresses of where they took those samples in 1976. So I went to my file and was there in a short time and I have signed here by the people who were taking the samples (inaudible) and they took on both sides of the street and Mr. Honchell said they were taking them now because they wanted to find out what it was in the middle of the street. Now, this street was engineered by Roseville. The storm sewer was engineered by Rosevil1e. This then is the fault of Roseville and I cannot see where the cost of this street and storm sewer was pro rated over the cost included in the sale of these lots to the people on the north side in the Zibell Addition that they should now have to be paving again for a goof made by the City of Roseivlle. Another thing, it will be three years ago on the 31st of December that the watermain broke just down the hill from Hamline and they were out there all day to fix it. They went and put some tar on the top of it and they have never done any- thing since. It's just one big bump. All the bumps are from some work they have done somewhere along the line, but never done a good job of going over it. That street is a good street compared to Burke and Belmont Lane because I know how those other streets were put in and if I sent you a copy (inaudible) You said you had no records so I sent you a copy of all the material that went into Eldridge and I think the Council should study these things and see what happened and I would like to have you go back to your records when that street went in. This same thing is going to happen another 20 years from now. That street was only put in in 1963 as a permanent street. Somebody was pulling the wool over somebody's eyes, but I feel that that street has not had more than one - at least not more than two - overcoats or sealers (inaudible) . I think they have cleaned the basins out on that once and if those storm sewers aren't big enough that's not the fault of the people on the street or the developer. It's the fault of the engineers of Rosevil1e and I think that belongs to Roseville to pay. MR. HONCHELL: Do you want a response?