The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
FILES OBJECT ION TO
. OPENING Of Street
MATERNITY HOSPITAL AGAINST
LOGAN AVENUE EXTENSION.
Commissioners Award Of $4,000 Is Said
to Be Twice Too Large and Council
Is Accused of Taking Advantage Of
It's Own Mistakes and Asking Prop
erty Owners to Pay the Cost.

A lively fight is promised over the
proposed opening of Logan avenue n,
from Chestnut to Western avenues.
Maternity hospital, thru it's president,
Mary T., Welcome, and it's secretary,
Ella R. Haywood, has fled petition
to the city council, stating that $1,000
the sum allowed by the commission
ers as damages, and charged as benefits
against other property-is twice too
large, and that $135, the sum charged
against the hospital property, Lots l
to %, in Block i Of A. T. Ankeny's adj
dition, is not satisfactory.
! The petition further states "that
the land to be taken is from lots duly
plated and accepted by the council
! and that If street is needed now it
was needed at the time of accepting
the plats; that in opening the street
the council is only taking advantages
of it's own mistakes, and asking prop
erty owners to pay the cost; that nc
public necessity exists for the street
opening, and that no property owners
have petitioned the council therefor
that the entire range Of property along
the proposed street opening is for the
most part Of a cheap character, vacant
and unimproved, and that not one per
son in thousand would be benefited
by the. opening.
/ The real purpose Of opening Logan
avenue between Chestnut and West
ern avenues, as these DIRECTORS are in
formed and believe, is not for the ben
eft of residents there or property own
ers, but so that when a street has beer
provided there the council may build 6
sewer in it; that even if a sewer be
tween these avenues Is necessary, there
are now opened a number Of streets ad
Jacent in which one could be readily
and economically constructed and tina,
a burden Of nearly $1,000 should not b,
imposed upon the people of that vicin
1ty to open street for such ulterio
object, no matter how worthy that oh
ject may be- s....
1t is held that in ordering the stree
opening the council exceeded it's all
thority and that the commissioners OK
ceeded legal discretion in assessint
benefits against the hospital property
which is not in the least degree bene
flied thereby.
The petition goes on to state, "tha
the commissioners Illegally imposed
benefits against all the property with
In half mile east and west and NOR,
than mile north Of the property; tina
all the property covered by over fit,
plated additions, and now occupied
by several hundred citizens, is thu
made to pay tribute to scheme Who'll
~ unjustifable, and without reason
able excuse therefor; that assessment
of benefits runs from 81 to over
hundred dollars against residents, an,
Will work great hardship upon suc]
citizens and owners; that in man,
cases, and especially In the case of th
objectors, the assessment is unfair an
not impartial or in proper proportio,
to the value, and that ali said propert
| by reason of the severe financial de-
Pres on which our city has passe
thru has become practically stagnan1
so far as advancement is concerned
that 1t has already been taxed. +
DEATH, and that now to impose flu,
Their, taxation for the PROPOSED stree
opening will be adding insult to in
| jay. a., +,