Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
LOT OWNERS GET THE MONEY
Mayor Disresards Part Of Agreement
With Paving Company, Because OF
Stumbling Blocks Put in Way Of Set
Element for Paving, and Refunds The
Money According to Agreement Will,
Property owners-lnsIedue Says He
Will Assume Responsibility and
Paving Company Can Sue Him.

Der Asphalt Paving company early To-
day put In the path OF the settlement
for the paving with the people, Mayor
o. l.. Ingledue assumed the RESPONSE
bility Of settlement, and began, near
noon today refunding the property
owners according to the agreements
with them. In SO doing, and by disre!
garding the paving companys obJec-
ton, Mayor Ingledue deliberately
thrust aside that section OF the settles
ment which provided that the refunds
were to be made only with the ac-
knowledgement Of the paving CONS
pany's attorney. 8
A technically tending to delay set
tlement," as 1t was described by
Mayor Ingledue, was injected into the
proceedings this morning at the elev-
enth hour, and because Of 1t the Barber
Asphalt company's attorney refused to
be party to the disbursement Of its
money as the agreement had anticipate
ed and had outlined.
1t Mayor Settles Anyway.
+ This so-called technically" APP
peared so unreasonable, and SO liable
to result in longer delay OF settlement,
that Mayor Ingledue took the reins Of
adjustment In his own hands, and was
paying out money all day without the
sanction OF the paving company attor-
ney. Only one settlement was made
by the attorney, and that was with one
of the "appealers," whose case was
then dismissed. Any additional re-jj
funds the attorney refused to have a
part in. His part in the settlement
was to have been to acknowledge the
checks that the mayor was to have is-
sued.
Settlement Stopped, Mayor Pays.
Because Of this refusal, for time
early this morning no payments were
made to property owners. altho dozens
came to the clerks office, having been
summoned for today by Mayor Ingle-
due to get their money. Confronted
with this delay. Mayor Ingledue then
attempted to get ]. III. Ktllmar, general
western agent Of the paying company,
at Des Moines, on the phone, only to
And that he was out OF town. AS there
was no prospect Of immediate relief
from this quarter, and because people
were being turned away who had been
notified that they would be paid. the
mayor took proceedings in his own
hands. Against the sum which the
Barber Asphalt com pany had turned
over to him, and which had been de-
posted Ia his name with which to
make settlement, the mayor began
paying out to the lot owners.
The conlpany's attorney. having re-
fused to enter into the settlement, left
the Office, leaving the mayor busy with
the disbursement.
Why Company Baked.
Back Of the hitch, which was made
& feature Of the settlement today there
ts part of the proceedings in the
tangled paving controversy on which
the paving company bases Its claim for
refusing TO become aSparty to the pay
ing Of the money This hitch consists
Of the demand of the company that In
terest on paving assessments paid into
the county treasury be deducted from
the refund OF each individual who has
made such payment. The company
held for S per cent interest on all such
cases, and in most instances the inter-
est amounts to almost or fully as
much as the contemplated refund. Two
years or more ago the city attached all
money that had been paid or was to
be paid into the county treasury on as
phalt paving assessments. The paving
company seeks to get interest on these
payment from the date they were
made until the date of refund today.
IL ct Them Sue Me-" Says llngledus.
IF the Barber Asphalt Company"
said Mayor Ingledue, thinks that
have broken faith in this settlement, let
them sue me. am willing to take
the responsibility. either misinterpret
the article Of this settlement, on the
paving company does. but I propose to
settle with the people. The idea that
q property owner who has paid into the
treasury money on paving assessment
and then be compelled to pay taxes on
that money is preposterous. The city
held that money up SO the paving COM
pany could not get 1t, and their re-
course Is against the city, not the prop
erty owner, who paid in good faith.
For several days have been insisting
on settling, but delays have been inter-
posed by the paving company. Yes
terday / mailed to those interested
letter prepared by the paving COM
pany's attorney notifying them to come
and get their money, and they are get
ting 1t. That is the main thing" he
added.
Mayor Ingledue is being assisted In
the work OF paying the property own
ers, by one Of the attorneys employed
by the city in the settlement.
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