The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
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To The EDITOR OF The TnEs;--

To The EDITOR OF The TMEs;--
Owing to break in the reVetment
on our city front, as is generally known,
the Levee Board, during the past sum =
mer. determined to construct q new
line to the east, OF the present levee
north Of DAVIS street. The location of
the new line was matter Of general
interest to the citizens Of the town. All
were interested in a safe, suitable loca-
ton being adopted, but those in the
immediate vicinity Of the probable line,
knowing that the property which had
been their homes for many years would
be thrown out or destroyed, were pc
culiarly interested in regard to it, anI-
1ous that the matter should p. 5.+orr,
=. with the damages that
might be allowed as compensation for the
unavoid able destruction OF their prop
erty they might sndeavor to secure
new lots and move their homes upon
them before prevented by winter wealth
er and impossible streets. If the pro-
perty had to be taken it seemed little
to ask that the compensation $50 poor
an exchange for the home. surroundings
gathered together for yealD should be
determined and paid while the money
received might yet be used to move the
old house and start over again. On Sep
TENDER 20 the commissioners to assess
levee damages awarded damages on a
line located about midway between
Walnut street and the river. The dam
ages allowed were pitifully small. Some
Of the parties, however, desired to ac-
cept same, but were told that the line
had not been determined upon. Others
appealed from the awards, apparently
to bring these parties to q ''contrite
spirit" A line was then surveyed some
distance East OF Walnut street. Later
still another WAS run West Of Walnut
street, going nearly the entire length Of
that long block through residences. In
no condition to litigste with the board.
fearful over the approach Of winter, the
parties desired to accept the awards
made on this third line on tn Q lSth,day
of October, 1897, but were told that
meeting Of the Board would first have
to be held, On the goth day Of Oct. the
Board met and approved the line and
the awards, and the property holders
felt that at last they would receive what
had been allotted them, and could at
last commsAce the work Of moving, rea-
LIKING that on account Of the valuable
time lost they could only complete 1t If
favored with very late winter. lmag-
Inc their feelings when told that the
President could not approve the pay
ment OF the awards Hntil the attorney
OF the Board had passed upon the titles
to the property, and that the President
did not know where the attorney was,
nor when his would be here, but would
accept certificate OF title approved by
a reputable attorney.
Mr.. Editor, why were not these titles
examined when the Board summoned
the commissioners to condemn the
property?
Since when has it been required that
parties should pay a lawyer to make an
abstract of their title to their property
the Board seeks to condemn? For what
is the attorney Of the Board employed?
Does the board prefer an abstract by
Hny reputable lawyer to one by him9
But as the expense Of paying an attor-
ney to say that our title to the homes
in which we have lived for so long Is
good enough for the Board to pay for
can only be avoided by producing the
corpus of Mr.. sillsrs, we would like to
know where he Is at" he was not
here at the condemnation made In Sep
TENDER when Mr.. Watson represented
the Board. He was not here at the con-
demnation made in October when Mr..
JAYNE represented the Beard. He was
not here at the meeting Of the Board
on October 10Th when the line was
adopted. The Board acted without
legal advice. He was not at the Davsn-
port Convention, TO which the Board
appointed him q delegate. Is be In
one ef the fever stricken cities, OF refu-
ResinG in the junglosf Can be be
reached by better or wiref Any intorN
nation a. TO his whereabouts and fu-
t0Se poyemtetA would be glsdly re-
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