The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-09-10
FOR ASTRIP OF LAND
The Village Council Takes Final Steps
to Condemn a Two=Rod Strip
of Land Near Depot.
Land is Owned by Wikeen & Larson
on Which They are Building
Brick Store.

about some times. It opened with two
serious looking undertakers, Messrs.
Ross and Wicklund, who came before
the council to have the village hearse
put on a set scale of charges for use in
the village and outside of the village.
After considerable talk about the use
of this funereal vehicle the matter was
laid over until the next meeting of the
council and the two undertakers were
requested to hand in to the council
what they consider reasonable charges
for the use of the hearse.
G. A. Eaton was present to represent
the school board on the proposition of
building a sewer from Central avenue
west of the high school,, north to First
street and thence east to Rum river.
The school board desires sewer connec-
tions and is working in conjunction
with property owners who desire sew
erage and who are willing to pay $50
each toward the cost of building the
sewer. By running the sewer on the
route proposed with the assistance the
private property owners will give, the
school board can build the sewer just
as cheaply as by running it direct from
the high school to the river and it is
claimed that it would be impracticable
to run sewer into Rum river at a
point directly east of the high school.
j. E. Hill, a civil engineer of St. Cloud
was over last week and figured with
the board on the proposed sewer. Mr..
Eaton desired the council to give the
school board the right to the use of the
particular streets for ninety-nine years,
or until such time as the village de-
sired to take over and assume the
sewer system. The council considered
the proposition fair enough and with
the understanding that the sewer will
be twenty inches from the river to
Main street, fifteen inches on First
street to Central avenue, and twelve
inches to high school building, the re-
quest of the school board was granted
and the village attorney was instructed
to draft a resolution to that effect.
The sewer will be the nucleus for
regular sewer system which it is hoped
the village in time will build.
F. W. Milbraith was present to have
the council allow the balance of his
claim for cement crosswalks, as he
had made all repairs, and Messrs.
Galley, Rutherford and Goulding were
named as a committee to examine the
walks
Mr.. LANCER of the new billiard par
lor made application for license and
as the village has no ordinance to
authorize it to issue any the village
attorney was instructed to draft an
ordinance to cover the licensing of
billiard and pool tables, and also shoot
ing galleries, as a party has asked the
council to make rate for shooting
galleries. 1t was decided to make the
license for billiard and pool tables $15
per year for each table, and SIS year
for shooting galleries.
After this matter had been disposed
of c. A. Dickey who was present to
represent P. j. Wikeen and Louis Lar
son, in the condemnation proceedings
instituted by the council for strip of
the Wikeen & Larson land, addressed
the council at some length on the mat
ter, which has been hanging fire so
long. The council some time ago took
the matter up and resolved to begin
condemnation proceedings. The coun-
Gil also amended the fire ordinance to
include the Wikeen & Larson property,
but in the meantime Wikeen & Larson
built frame scale house, and have
commenced the erection of brick
store fronting on First street. On
Tuesday the village authorities had
Len Pratt make survey of the prop
erty to ascertain how much of a strip
the village would need to extend West
ern avenue. The survey disclosed the
fact that the west end of Oak street
was implanted and belonged to J. L.
Cater, but which has been used for
years as a public highway.
The presence of the surveyor and
village authorities about the Wikeen-
Larson property, and the fact that the
council was to meet Tuesday night
brought Mr.. Dickey to the meeting.
He told the council that he represented
the property owners, and that he had
never heard of any great cry on the
part of the taxpayers for the opening
of the street. He said under the act of
1893 the council could begin condemna-
ton proceedings on it's own motion, or
shall do so when majority of the
property owners request it. He said
he could secure as many remonstrances
from property owners as the council
could requests to open the street and
that if it, did heoin condemnation nro-