Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
Eagle River Litigation Settled
Town Receives Full Amount OF Tax---Dam is
Secured to Town. Il

expenses incidental to the pend |
ing litigation and all suits are dis
missed without costs, excepting
the case Of the Inland Lake Land
Co. which involves only a small
amount of tax which suit was
commenced and the County
Treasurer eajoined on the eve OF
County tax sale which is being
adjourned from day to day to en-
able Dists5ct Attorney Radcliffe
10 move the court to dissolve the
Injunction
By this settlement, all claims
against the town on account Of
the construction Of the Dam,
Power Plant and Transmission
Line are adjusted and the town
may now rest assured that its Ii
tie to the dam is secure. The
agreement also provides for the
passage of Bill 672A which will
Iegalize all proceedings of the
town leading up to and including!
| AkAN - 0LA NiLIS ~ bAA~ VAIL
1t is needless to say that tn
result is gratifying TO every resi-
dent Of the town of Eagle River.
Mart HirzeI, the chairman who
had charge OF the construction of
the dam, is entitled to credit for
this splendid piece of town prop
erty. We predict that in years to
come a full measure of credit will
be accorded him Because of I'M
forseen contingencies. the dam
cost more than the estimate, In
the tax payers suit against the
town and others no charge of
graft or Doodle was made. The
suit was based entir@ly on techni-
calitics. Mr.. G. d Barts, an ex-
pert accountant who was employ
ed to establish system Of &C
counting for the state, went over
the books and records Of the
town, during the time the dam
was under construction. for the
purpose of detecting graft in The
expenditure of town money. 1T
is extremely gratifying to the citl-
zeas generally and particularly to
Mart Hirzel, VIM. Adams. John
ZImpelmann, and Frank Hall, the
supervisors who expended the
moneys used in the building of
the dam and Power Plant.
There is pending in the state
legislature a bill known as o72A.
to legalize the Expenditures Of
money and It is agreed and I'M
derstood between all parties inter
ested that all opposition to this
bill shall be removed and that Mr..
Riordan shall go 10 Madison on
Monday and give this matter his
personal attention.
1t will be gratifying to our citi-
zens and residents to know that
the Judgment Creditors who
turned over q per cent OF their
claims TO the three corporations
above mentioned appreciate the
fact that everything was done to
enable the judgment creditors to
receive their pay in full for the
material they furnished in good
faith and which was used in the
construction of the dam.
This article would not be com
plete without stating that E. III.
| Smart, attorney of Merrill, IS due
more than to all other influences
combined. the credit of bringing
about settlement OF the tax It'll
CATION whereby the town RECEIVERS
| into the treasury every dollar OF
the tax levy. We have it from
those who are capable of judging
that it was due to the superior
ability CT Mr.. Smart that the Lum-
Der Co. corporation plaintiffs at
torneys were forced TO abandon
the first action and commence an
action in favor Of all tax payers
and that his argument before the
Assembly judiciary committee OF
the Assembly caused that body
consisting of eleven lawyers to re
port a bill favorable TO the town,
Iegalizing all the acts OF the Town
aud the supervisors thereof per
tanning to the expenditures OF the
town for the coustructian of the
~, ,o3 pcuer Plant