The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-10-27
BIG ORDINANCE
| PASSED At LAST
Councilman GIasf0rd Casts the
Only Dissenting Vote.
CITY TO PAY OVER EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
Assessment Made to Pay for Paving
Streets in the Business Dis
! trct Of City.
CITY TO PAY over EIGHTEEN THOUSAND

After many days and nights of
strenuous work ami great amount of
worry and discussion. the council last
night finally succeeded in passing the
ordinance creating an assessment dis
trict, levying tax and providing for
the issuance of improvement bonds
necessary to pay for the paving of 10
blocks within the business district of
Walla Walla.
Every member of the council voted
for its passage save Glasford, who
cast his vote in the negative. In ex-
planning his vote the councilman said
that he believed that some of the val
uations were unjust many were not
those reasons he could not vote for
the ordinance.
property owners, was present and be-
fore the vote was taken asked if the
council had sit as a board of equali-
cation of the. assessment. City Attor-
ney Blandford claimed that Mr.. Tur-
ner was out of order and the clerk
called the roll.
The total valuations in the district
were placed at $1.221.O59. The benefits
estimated to accrue to the property
owners was given at s160,272; total
taxes to be paid by property owners,
$SS.561.S0: city's share to be paid for
street and alley intersections, s1S,-
S34.3S: The total amount that will be
raised, $107, 396.1S. The rate per cent
in benefits is 55.257.
The Barber Asphalt & Paving COM
pany will receive for doing the work.
$1O2.3S6.1S, while the incidental ex-
penses are estimated at $4,000.
Before the ordinance was passed a
motion was carried rejecting all pro-
tests that had been filed against the
assessment. All the councilmen voted
for the motion except Councilman
Glasford.
The following are the names of the
property owners within the district
and the amount of tax assessed
against their property:
Rees & Winans, $639.SS; Jacob Betz,
s595.67; J. S. Barrett, $423.26; John D..
Kelly. $310.53: Kirkman Investment
Company, Sab; Frances Dooly, sS74.
16 John Albeit, $375.74; Catherine
S414.43; Schwabacher company, $780,
3d. Jacob Betz, $359.17; John Roman
s615.57; Frances Dooly, $612.25; Thos
Quinn, S152S.37; Levi Ankeny, $3S6.SS;
Slime & Stone, S829.96 AdOlph
Schwarz. $442.O6: Jacob Betz, $230.9S;
Jennie Schell, $69S.44; Anna Rose
s297.2S; Jacob Betz, S70S.3S: Julia H.
Bauer, $276.29; r. E. and May Gui-
| chard, S45644; VIM. Lizenby, $S29.96;
Louise Lauga, $S29.96: Louise Lauga,
s27629: DAWN & Michellod, s55257;
Jacob Betz $S29.96; H. f. Holmes,
sS29.96; Louise Lauga and Jennie
Schen, $201545; w. S. Goodman, 1929
SO: Anna B. Elliott $1244.3S; Walla
Walla county, $415091; James Dacres
ct al, $15O3; James Dacres ct al, s459.
"A: Alice Faucette, s369.11; Walla
WaUa Meat cOmpany SS2996: George
r. Grove, S41443; F. D. Mottet, S414,-
43: Enterprise Lodge No. 2 I. o. 0. F.
sS29.96; John CASTOR, S613.03: j. A.
Butz, s673.03; George Ludwigs, S2361.
6S: Walter G.. Schumacher, $59644:
Frances Dooly, s3171S: T. K. Straight,
$3O3.92 Kate Bardsley, $442.06: DAWN
Brothers, $47962: A. Schwarz, s1045.46;
J. NJ. Turner and Joseph Tachi, $685.