, 1873-05-16
MILWAUKEE AVENUE EXTENSION.

pntl City OEficinls---Thc Improves
mont or tho Stroot Demanded. .
4 number Of property ownerB waitcd on tho
Board Of Public Works. yesterday afternoon, for
tho purpose Of securing tho extousion Of MIL
wnulsoe avenue from tho cornor Of Kinzio md
Deaplainos streots to tho corner Of Lako and
! Canal streots. Mayor Modill and Corporation
Counsel Tuloy wore present.
Commissioner Oarter said that in 1868 m as-
sesBment Ind boon loyied for making tho i'm
proyemont. Tho original assessment waa $l14,-
o12 amount uncollootod, s41,80247; total col
1ccsionB, $72, 300. .53 amount paid for land $780,,
e2,550; for cost Of procccdlngs $500; total,
unpaid Land, s5l, ,476; buildings, 37,150; to-
tai, 958628.
A mclnbor OF tho delegation asked why tthorc
had boon 30 mitch delay in milking tho improve
mont. 1Io and othors lad paid thoir portions Of
tho assessment four yearA ago, and had hoard
nothing Of tho extension since.
Another mombor wanted to ltnow why tho Chi
cago, Milwaukee l. ST. Paul Railroad Ina been
allowed to construct thoir tracks 30 as to intor-
acct tho proposed extension without being COM
poile. to sign contract to build yinduct In tho
event of the Improvement beng made.
Aid. Kohoo sald ho had paid 81 400 on tho aa-
Hossment aud had noyor heard anything from it
ginco. He wanted to know why Tho city could
not compel tho other property y-holdcrs to pay up
Commissioner prinlwille said tho t1olay had
boon oocaRioncd by tho refusal Of certain per-
sons to pay tho asscsanent.
|, Corporation Counsel Iuloy said 1t was doubt
full II tho property -oW1lers could bo compelled 10
pay tho assessment Hokuow all about tho ag-
seBsnlcnt, nj he was on tlo side of the conteat-
ants whom it WAS mado Ia 1868. It came before
tho Courts n the ,sprinag Of 1860, andlit was
been made enormously, 1t having boon talon
from tho City Clerks ohce utter business hours
aud tho hguroa changed iu aomo important re-
specte.
takon from the City Clerks Office after buBil.ess
hours.
Corporation CounHol Tu!oy continued. Tho
| Court held from tho evidence that tho nsscAA-
/ tor waa brought boforo tho Supreme Court, md
| tho judgment Of tho lowor court was a,,stalned.
Tho samo assessment WIS stiil ponling. II tho
parties who had their property condemned at
| 10 accept the amount allowed them for damages,
| tho City Treasury would be compelled to pay
| thom, aud if tho parties who had not paid tleir
assessments wore willing Ia do Bo tho improve
pay, tho only rccourso tor tho city was to pay
| back tho assessments that had bson paid, md
wait for new assessment before making the OK
| tension.
4 delegate asked II intorost would DO allowed
| on tho money paid in, md Was Informed by
| Commissioner Prindoyilo that the city did not
| allow interest in sucE canoB.
| Aid. Sweet eail that ho would pay his aeaesa-
| mont II the mni iority of tho propert3-oWncrs
favored The extension. 1Io believed, however,
| that majority Of thcm Tcro not in favor OF tho
so-ca1led improvement. aud those that had paid
their assessments would be willing receive them
back aud say nothing about tho extension. Tho
| benefits that would 10 derived from it would DO
small in comparison with tho expense. a yia-
duct of 1000 feet would 10 necessary, and prop
erty would .bo greatly damaged thereby.
Aid. Kehoo said that tho delay was unjust. He
knew TINT aovoral people lad borrowed
money TO pay their assessments, and were pay-
| ing interest OIL it.
In unHwor to Aid. Sweet, Commissioner Prin-
d[yillo said that tho Northwestern Railroad COM
pany could be compelled to pay its shnro Of tho
cost cost Of constructing yiaauct over Milwaukee
| avenue.
Aid. Sweet eatd TINT, II such was tho case, .Ao
would Withdraw his opposition. lilo doubted 1T
however. Ho did not feel TINT 1t would he just
to S156,OD6 for viuduot. He beloved TINT tho
Pittsburgh. st. Louis i Cincinnati Railroad
| could DO made to pay its share Of viaduct OK
penso, and. therefore, little expense would do
| yolve on tho city.
Corporation Counaol Tuloy suggested that n pa
per be circulated among the property~ownors In
order to aacortain who would pay tue assessment
in case OF assurances from tho city TINT tho OK
| fpn810n WOulA QQ InnuD lulGllAtul4.
Mr. Richborg said that ho know that the prop
erty-ownore would willingly pay up If the city
promised to mako tho improvement without un-
necessary delay. -......
Commissioner Garter said It was an opon q,les-
ton whether yiadlct would DO noelol at Des'
paincs atreot. Ie thought that 1t WIS not nee
eHsnry.
Commissioner prnaivile enid that tho diffor-
onco in cost betwoen tho construction Of via-
duct at DusplainoB street and one at hlilwau"
keo pyeuuo would not be over $50, QUO.
IIo beloved tint it would now cost loss to tho
city to push tho improvement than to stop It,
Tho COMMISSIONER asked how many Of tho
dclogatos proBent would take back thor assona-
1ncnta and allow tho extension to drop.
Tho responses were unanimously in favor OF
tho speedy completion of tho improvement.
Aid. Sweet and Ko1oo and Commissioner
Priuayillo stated that property.owners would
bo willing to give up thoir land to tho city at tue
tho assesaod Valuation Of 1868. It had not In
creased In vnluo since.
It was docided to circulate papers among tho
proporty-ownors, III accordance with tho aug-
gcBtion Of Corporation Counsel Tuley.
The meeting then adjourned.
THE DANGERS OF CAR. COUPLING.