Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-25
CLAIM IN A STREET
n. E. Curtis Shows Title to
TWentieth, Tenth to
Eighteenth.
WANTS PART OF PAVING REBATE
Investigation of Records Leads TO
Discov. ~ ThorOughfare Was
Never Dedicated.

Claiming title to Twentieth street
Tenth to Eighteenth avenues. which
it appears was never dedicated to the
! city. H. f. Curtis has entered claim
TO the paving rebate to he made by
| the Tri-City Railway company. This
sum amounts to 50, 1920. and is to be
paid over by the railway company to
he city clerk fer apportionmcnt
among the owners Of the property on
the thoruughfare in question who
signed the petition to allow the rail
way company TO build an extension
thereon. The railway line enters
Twentieth street at Eleventh avenue
and extends south to Eighteenth ave
nue.. In that strip there are - per-
sons owning frontage on the street.
All these signed the petition. and nat
urally feel that they are entitled to a
share of the paving rebate in proper
ton to the number If feet they hold
abutting on the thoroughfare.
II. f. Curtis. when seen in regard to
his claim. said: Il have not looked
fully into this matter as yet. hut GER
tainly expect Il part OF the Twentieth
street rebate to be turned over to me.
Those who owned property on the
street when il was paved and paid for
the paving. of course are entitled to
their share of the rebate. But since
the paving was laid there have been
purchases of property made where
the Improvement item was not includ
ed. 1t i in these cases that | shall
claim the rebate"
CITY Clerk II. c. Schaffer to whom
the refund is to he paid by the rail
way company. states that he viii hold
onto the money until Mr.. Curtis and
the property holders on the street ar
rive at an understanding.
Text of Mr.. Curtis Contention.
The communication received by City
Clerk II. {. Schaffer Saturday after
noon is a. follows:
Rock Island. Jan. -, 19O4.-City
Clerk of the City of Rock Island. H..
Dear Sir: Herewith please find car
hon copy of Il letter from me of this
date to the Tri-City Railway com
pany, Davenport, Iowa. which eN-
plains itself.
"You will please take notice of the
matters stated therein and that the
money arising from the refunding by
the Tri-City Railway company fer
paving along Twentieth street. be-
tween Eleventh and Eighteenth ave-
nues. in the city of Rock Island, ILL.,.
is claimed by me and must he paid to
no other person.
In addition to what is stated in
said copy of said letter. allow me to
say that the entire special tax for
paving along the east side of said
Twentieth street corresponding to
the premises now occupied by the
Sisters of the Visitation. was paid by
John =. Weyerhaeuser. who then own
ed said premises. as we'll as the title
in fee to said street itself. Mr.. Wcy-
erhacuser paid for that paving S.
9S2.57. Afterwards Mr.. Wcycrhacuser
sold said premises east of the east
line Of Twentieth street to the Sisters
of the Visitation. but did net convey
the street nor the paving. If any
thing is to be paid by the Tri-City
Railway company for that paving. it
certainly should go TO the person who
paid for it. namely. Mr.. Weyerhacuser..
succeeded and whose interests in that
ttT pct 9 III lily tlIdISt.
Very respectfully.
HUGH +. CURTIS"
The enclosure referred to is as fol-
lows:
Rock Island. H.. Jan -, 1907
Tri-City Railway Company. Davcn-
port. Iowa.-Gentlemen: Concerning
the refunding by your company for
the paving taken and assumed by it
along that part of your track on
Twentieth street in this city, extend
ing from Eleventh avenue to Eigh-
teenth avenue. | wish to say that the
title in fee to the above described por
tion of Twentieth strcet-between
Eleventh and Eighteenth avenues-is
owned by me in fee and that | claim
that the money refunded for said
paving should be paid to me accord
ingIy-and 10 no one else. Your com
pany will please govern itself accord
ingly.
The amount to be refunded j.. ]
am informed per memorandum filed
with the city clerk of Rock Island.
2.422.j0. and your company is hereby
forbidden to pay the same to any per-
son except myself.
~ considerable part Of the special
tax levied, assessed and collected to-
pay fer said paving in the first in
stance was paid by John p Weyer-
haeuser. then the owner Of that part
Of said Twentieth street and of GER
tain portions Of the premises on each
side thereof. and TO whose rights
have succeeded.
Very respectfully.
HUGH +. CURTIS"
Engineer Looks Up Records.
City Engineer Wallace Treichler
has looked up the records relating to