Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
READY TO COLLECT.
The First Active Operations
Under the Curative Act
Will Soon Begin.
PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY
For improvements Made Under the
Defunct Street Laws.
REPORTS OF BOARDS OF VIEWERS
Are Being Rapidly Turned Over to the
City Treasurer,
PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY
REPORTS OF BOARDS OF VIEWERS
WHO WILL NOTIFY EVERYONE IN TIME

The first collection of money under the
curative act will begin in few days. City
Treasurer Denniston yesterday received his
first batch of viewers reports from Pro-
thonotary Bradley, showing the amount to be
paid BY each property owner for grading,
paving and curbing or sewer improvements
on q streets. The amounts altogether foot
I'D over $50, ,00O In all there are about 100
streets, on which nearly 100000 is to be
collected.
These are the Improvements made under
the acts of 1887 and 1889 When the Supreme
Court decided the acts unconstitutional,
there was no law under which the city could
collect the money from benefited property
owners. The curative act was passed by the
last Legislature to remedy this trouble, but
even then the city officials did not think
proper to attempt collections till the &C:
had been declared constitutional by the
highest court of the State. This has now
been done and the city has power to collect
the money to pay the contractors,
Had to Be Reassessed.
Under the provisions of the curative act
it was necessary TO have new boards Of
viewers go over the Improvements, esti-
mating the damages and assessments for
each property owner. The boards have been
at work several months and have completed
most of the streets. Their report on each
street must be approved by court and held
20 days for any protests that may be made,
before the City Treasurer can collect the
money. Reports on Is more streets will be in
the hands of the Treasurer to-day and by the
latter part of next week they will all be
there except those in which there are con-
tests.
1--WE will not be ready to receive the
money for several DAYS." said City Treas
urer Denniston yesterday. "All these
cases have to be transferred to our books
before we will be ready for payments We
will send out notices to property owners
when we are ready tor them, and until such
notices are received L hope nobody will
send the money! There will be 80 davs in
which TO paw. after the notices are sent.
Coming at the same time as the collection
OF taxes this business will give us q great
deal of trouble, but Iguess well get through
with it all right"
The papers filed yesterday in the Treas
urer's Office were for improvements on the
following streets, with the amount to be col
lected on each:
Nearly Ready for Collection.
Grading, paving and curbing Jumonville
street, from Fifth avenue to Forbes street,
s46l9 81. j. r. jackson is granted $500 dam
ages.
Stanwi1 street, from Grandview avenue to
Halpin street, 50 9s9.
Boquet street. from Semple street to
Frazier street, S35,3i6 "a
Bayard street. from Neville street to Am
berson avenue, s., ,46S 81.
Atwood street. from Fifth avenue to Bo-
Quet street, So, 269 50.
Basin alley, from Elm street to Washing
ton street, 81 704 Il.
sapphire alley, from Isabella street to
Minerva street, S2,2S2 10.
Fox street, from South Twenty first street
to South Twenty-second street, 50, ,7Sl.
Sewers-Linden avenue. from 749 feet east
of Shady avenue to Edgerton avenue,
81 1896 o.
Broad street, from Fairmount avenue to |
Negley avenue, S742 S.
Comr1e alley, Torley and Edmund streets, |
from Winebiddle avenue to Pearl street, |
So 455 IS.
Bayard street, from Bidwell street to Ne |
vile street, 81 269 80
Grszier street, from Homewood avenue to |
Lang avenue S925 04.
Arabella street, from Festival street to |
DenniSton avenue, S543 %.
Denniston avenue, from Fifth avenue to
street. S. 643 AZ.
trankstown avenue, from n point west
of Broad street to Lincoln avenue S4302 81.
Braddock avenue. from Edgerton avenue
to Penn avenue, 4452 l3
Center avenue, from Craig street to More
wood avenue, $40, 1872 65.
Aiken avenue and Claybourne street, from
Pennsylvania railroad bridge to point 100
feet south of Aiken avenue, to connect with
Twomile run sewer, s., 800 &c.
Harvard street, from 100 feet east of High
land avenue to sheridan avenue, S407 80.
Lowell and Windslow Streets from May
flower street TO Park Place, 81, ,639 49,