The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-11
WILL GO INTO COURT
PARK OBJECT TO ASSESS
MENT
IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY
Claim That the Award Is Far Below
the Value of the Property, md
Threaten LitigatiOn-Thc Owners
VIII Claim Tint the Park Beard
Never Acquired Jurisdiction In
the Matter.

The owners Of q majority of the land
sought to be condemned by the board of
public works for Phalen park have filed
objections against the confirmation of the
| assessment which is scheduled to be made
by the board Monday. The last assse S.
ment for the park was objected to by the
property owners who We're to be assessed,
who argued that s137.0o0 was TOO much to
pay for the land. This time the assess
ment made by the board was $4,000 and
| now the owners of the property to be
taken object, and threaten to take the
assessment into the courts F. A. Sey-
mour and w. II. Lightner, as receivers
for the Bank of Minnesota, interested in
about seventy-one acres of the land to
be taken for the park, object to the award
of $500 per acre allowed by the board.
and set up that the board never acquired
Jurisdiction. that the award is inadequate
and unfair, and far below the true value
o. the property, and the damages based
on a mistake of facts.
Reuben Warner and Arthur c. King.
owners of tract of fifteen acres, who
were awarded $3.50 damages, object. and
jectors. Reuben Warner, the sole owner
of five-acre tract, for which he was
awarded $500 damages and assessed ben
ef1ts amounting to $1,035, also objects to
the award. Kate c. Taylor, who owns
two acres. for which she was awarded
$500 damages by the board, claims the
property Is worth $4,000 over and above
the benefits assessed adjoining property
owned by her.
The matter of the objections will be
taken up when the assessment comes up
| for confirmation Monday, and II the board
1ndorses its action, the protesting property
owners will take the case into the courts.
The city engineer returned to the board
plans and estimates for the following i'm
provements:
Paving with asphalt Mackubin street
from Summit to Marshall avenue, esti-
mated cost $20,50S, or s493 per front foot
to property owners; paving with asphalt
Kent street from Ashland to Selby ave-
nue., estimated cost s6241.40. or $40 per
front foot for property owners; paving
with asphalt Arundel street from Holly
to Marshall avenue, estimated cost $14,-
93l, or $500 per front foot to property
owners.
The special committee appointed under
the question of garbage and street clean
ing will meet this afternoon at the may
or's office. The committee under the
resolution included Mayor Kiefer,
Health Commissioner Ohage City En-
gineer Claussen, Comptroller McCardy,
Aid. Krauft and Assemblyman Albrecht
At the first meeting Rev. s. G. Smith
and Mrs. Condo Hamlin. president of the
Weman's Civic league. were made hon,
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gineer Ciaussen will explain in detail
scheme of his by which the street sprink.
ling, street cleaning and repairing of
sidewalks is to be done under the direc-
ton of the engineering department. The
success of Dr. Ohage in his plan of hav-
ing the city take direct charge of the col
/ lection and removal of garbage has given
the city engineer encouragement for his
proposed plan of saving the tax payers
money.
Mayor Kiefer yesterday affixed his sig
nature to $50 tax levy certificates of in
debtedness. which will be issued JAM Is.
Each certificate is In the sum of $500, and
the 1926, 900 to be disposed of Monday Is
part of the s1,100,000 of certificates
authorized to be issued in anticipation
of the tax levy for 1900. The certificates
will draw per cent interest, reduction
of n per cent in the interest paid last
year.
The committee on streets from the
board of aldermen will meet this after
noon at o'clock and the committee on
claims from the same body an hour
earlier.
Yesterday was the last day for the pay
ment of water rents by consumers on the
low service. All but SOC of the consum-
ers have paid and those delinquent will
have the water shut off commencing to-
day.