Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-08-03
DAMAGES AWARDED.
joint Drainage Ditch Beard
Grants Total Of $4,000
Defers Action On Matter Of Be-
lated Claims
Confines DAMAGES to Land TAX.
en- for Right Of Way
Further Plans Of Action tc Be
Outlined Tcday---Bond Issue
Favored by Supervisors

Nonparcll, Aug. 3:
| About STA, 800 in damages to prop
crtv owners for land TO be taken as
dr'lna.c right OF way was allowed yes
terelay by the joint board of supcrvis-
ors ltor Pottawattamic and Harrison
counties, which late in the afternoon
completed its canvass OF the report
submitted by the appraisers. lnclud-
ing damages awarded at Tuesday Sos
sion the total of claims approved by
the Joint board will he nearly SIG 900,
or from ST 500 to 81 900 more than
the appraisers recommended. The in
crease is due TO raising individual dam
ages where the appraisers allowance
Was considered Inadequate
The supervisors went through the
long list yesterday With great dispatch,
making few changes and spending
little time in discussion a hearing
was given, however, TO land owners
who were present and wished To show
reasons Tor having their damages
raised. In Il few instances the joint
board was convinced that the allow
ance should be greater than the APP
praisers returned it. This conclusion
was reached after listening to the state
mcnts of the appraisers, g. NJ Putnam
and {. w. Hunt, and considering the
assessed valuation of property sur
rounding pieces of doubtful worth.
Beiated Claim.
Claims ito the extent OF $4,000 or
81, 200, which had been presented too
late to be passed upon in the regular
manner We're also brought to the at
tention of the board. One of these
4 Il t,.,l a Il
burg. who owns a 7OO-acrc tract in
ditch system. Butterhcld told the
proceedings in time to file his damage
served with notice but instead of dc
former simply put the paper in his
pocket.
Although conccding that Buttercld's
man Brandes and other members OF
the joint board took the view that it
could not he allowed The precedent,
they Thought, would be a bad one and
opponents of the ditch might raise the
point to nvalidatc the entire proceed
ings Ii was shown that Butteriicld,
W,
was required to take service by publics,
lion, andno defect as to giving notice
was claimed. Action on the mat ter
was deferred, but ii is likely this and
similar claims will all bc rejected. The
ditch Will take thirteen acres OF Butter
fields land worth sos an acre
Rejected Claims.
No damages were awarded by the
board except for land which will he
taken for drainage RIGHT of way Those
who offered claims for prospective over
flow of their lands. which does not adj
join the route of the contemplated
waterway, failed to receive any dam
ages whatever The largest claims
were Of this sort. w Frazier having
one for SD 600 and William Patton
another for 100000 Other land own
crs who had their claims rejected as a
whole were w. G. Stodgcl. $4,000,
Emma Ref, $4,000; Philip NJ Hchcr-
is, $4,000: l NJ Walker, 1000; Leon
ard Everett, $4,000 The vote on dis
allowing the Walker item was very
emphatic, owing to the pcrsistcncv
with which the claimant has opposed
the ditch undertaking
Today the joint supervisors board
will convene again and frame a further
plan of action in accordance with the
new drainage law. An engineer and
commissioners to assess benefits are to
he appointed and bids on the work
must be asked for Another formal
itv to he complied with before going
ahead is the filing Of a bond by the
petitioners for the ditch TO insure the
Dayment of da1,laues
AS a means OF raising funds for the
construction of the bitches, the iss1-
ance of bonds is generally favored by
the supervisors in preference to the
alternative method provided by law
that is. drainage certificates The lat
ter plan is regarded as inpracticable
for an undertaking of such size. II isl
estimated that from 5000, 600 to $3.50, 4
600 will be required for the Work. How
long the bonds shall run is a detail to
be fixed by the Joint board, but the
rate OF interest cannot exceed q per
cent, and il probably will not be 50
high.
No Damages Allowed.