The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-05
CLAIMS SCALED
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g Fair cunt Damages Amount TO
but $500 After Full
Investigation.
CLAIMS I; 4 n IS FILED FOR $4,000
Report Shows That Much Prop
erty Has Been Benefited
by Change.

Damages to abutting property py
3 saaE OF the changes In grade Oh
of Fairmount. viii iii CO cost the city Of
ssi =, $3.50. according to re-
port filed with the clerk of the Com
i11n - ~ on Streets by the arbitrators
/ u, "a te yesterday afternoon. AS tnere
ages, the cost to the city is very much
les! !! e' than was anticipated, and as botn
me !. ~. city and the property owners
agreed :. to the arbitration, the report
- plnding on both sides without APP
g1m,lttee on Streets will be called IN
Council for Special appropriation
on Monday night, as under the terms
o. q. the agreement the report has the
ERECT OF o. judgment in court.
The maximum allowance is $3.50 to
the Boehling estate, for damages to q
corner store lett far below the street
me y The majority of the claimants
s e =, am cunts ranging from $50 to ~,
lithic curbs and steps, and otherwise
making the property conform to the
new grades
g. \, Mushroom Growth.
me town Of Paramount grew UP.
3m i ON like, just outside of the city
neXation Of 1906. Houses had been
built in the suburb without regard
TO permanent lines.
!. Wn zen the survey of the annexed
territory had been completed, an ap-
propriation was made for. grading
streets In Fatrmount and about $40
09O was expended in doing this work,
TN. streets being cut to permanent
grades to make way for the laying
OF sewers and water mains. and to
property owners Were undoubtedly
damaged. the grading having been
done over the protest of the City At
torney. Without the formality Of first
the j jefferson Ward dele
cation on the Street Committee full
hll1ng campaign promises by having
the work done, without effort to get
property-owners to sign releases. saw
Ing the city harmless from any dam
The work Of grading has been follow
ed by the installation OF sewer
system at great cost, and water and
gas mains have been generally dts
begun, and with the Improvement of
the surface Of the streets the town
ship will be brought on par with
many older. sections of Richmond.
Many Inequalities.
Immediately after the grading, a
number Of suits were instituted against
the city by property-owners. some Of
which are still pending. a man named
Beadles sued in the City Circuit Court,
obtained a trial before a Henrico coun-
in the sum Of $1,000, which the city
paid. His next door neighbor. under
the arbitration Is held to have been
damaged but $50.
Seeing that many suits were In
.evitable. and that nue. damage would
Committee in having the grading
done in advance ofsmaking an agree
ment with the property-owners, City
Attorney Pollard recommended an ar
pensive and more prompt and effective
than tedious court condemnation pros
ceedings or damage suits.
The City Council passed a resolution
agreeing to be bound by such an arbi-
.ers came in and signed a similar agree
ment and filed their claims, the three
largest claims aggrega ting $4,000.
while the total of claims was in excess
oo,s sSeooS City nagnssr Boiling ag
traitor for. the city. The property own
ers agreed on the appointment of Hem
ry S. Winston, and these two appoint
ed oseph w. Thomas as the third
has had Twenty-Five sessions, has
viewed the property In detail, has ex-
amined every property owner. taken a
volume of testimony and heard days
OF argument. .ss
Property Bettered by Change.
The final session was held yesterday.
when the arbitrator filed their report
and signed notices, which were mailed
to the individual property owusrs
notifying them what. II any, damages
had been allowed, many.$of the claim
ants being held in fact to have beer
damaged not at all. but rather bettered
3by the work, especially since 1T appears
that property generally In Paramount
has more than doubled in value since
annexation, while some recent sales
have been at four times the price pc,
front foot quoted In the days OF the
old separate township.
The Boehling, Bowles and Early
claims We're found to bejwell founded
and in those the maximum damages
were allowed: Many others were found
not to be damaged at all, notwitll.
standing eXtravagant claims. u
Ihose who filed suits for damages
az ana did not come in, and take part til
the arbitration are not Included In the
terms Of the settlement, and their cases
Wl4l8be contested as they arise
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