The record-union., 1891-09-09
SETTLED At LAST.
The J-Street Assessment Matter Dis
posed Of,
Mr.. Henry VIII Either Abandon the
Road, Shift the Track, or
Lay Another One.

The Board of City Trustees held a
special meeting last evening for the pur-
pose of adjusting, if possible, the street
assessment on J street, east of Twenty
first, and also for the purpose of deciding
what kind of gravel should be used IN
the improving of Sixteenth street from b
to r.
Mr.. Henry. of the Electric Railway
Company, was present. He said that as
he understood the situation the property
owners on street wanted his company
to either pay the assessment, or put
down a double track, or remove the
track, or take it up and put it in the
middle of the street. He asked f. IL.
White, property-owner, if this was not
correct.
Mr.. White said he wanted the company
to put the track in the middle OF the
street, or else pay the assessment for a
double track.
Mr.. Henry stated that if the property
owners on the street would sign petit
ton that his company do one OF four
things he had mentioned he would COM
ply with the request within SIX months.
lie wanted that length of time, because
the winter was about 10 set IN ana the
work ofremoving the track could not be
accomplished without much difficulty.
$. Solon HOll, the attorney for the
Street Improvement Company, had some
suggestions to make. He asked Mr..
Henry if he would give his personal
guarantee to the prOperty-owners that
in case he laid double track within one
year he would pay the assessment now
levied against him. Mr.. Holl thought if
an order to this effect were passed by the
board it would be entirely satisfactory to
the lot-owners.
Mr.. Henry agreed to do this, but the
Mayor wanted the time extended to three
years. MIR. Henry thought this was ask
ing too much of him.
City Attorney Hart was present at the
request Of the board, and he gave 1t as
his opinion that the Central Electric
Company had not forfeited its right to
lay another track on J street. He be-
Eeved that right was with the company
as long as the franchise existed. Unless
the company did lay double track on
the street, an assessment for two tracks
could not legally be levied on them.
The discussion began to grow weari-
some, when Trustee Mclaughlin made a
motion to the effect that the Central Elec-
trio Railway Company be ordered either
to pay the assessment and remove the
track to the middle of the street, or lay a
double track within six months, and
that q new assessment roll be made out
by the city.
Mr.. Henry said this would be satisfac-
tory to him, but thought it might be well
to add the clause ''or abandon the road, -
so that the property-owners would un-
derstand that the company possessed
that right. He also asked that he be
given a couple Of months more time than
the motion of Mr.. Mclaughlin called for.
If he decided to lay a double track he
would like to do so when the weather
was favorable.
The time was extended to nine months
and the motion was carried unanimously
The matter as TO whether or not the
board should insist that the Street I'm
provement Company use Folsom gravel
Ill improving Sixteenth street, was fully
discussed.
The company was represented by J. o.
Coleman and S. S. Holl, who claimed
that when they bid it was their intention
to use either the Folsom or red gravel as
they saw fit The company, however,
was not able to make satisfactory ar
rangements with the owner of the Fol-
som pit.
The board decided TO take no action in
the matter until it should learn to a GER
tainty the wishes of the property
1t was agreed to take up the subject again
next Monday.