The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-08-17
PROTEST
ON STREET
WORK
Phil Leonard Employs At
torney to Fight Kitti-
taS Assessment.

night on the assessment roll of kitti-
tas improvement district The date
for formal protest was set for next
Tuesday evening, but T. E. Cade,
P. S. Leonard, stated
that he could not be here at that
time and wanted to enter his formal
protest on the improvement last
night. Mr.. Leonard owns lot l in
block 46, which is assessed at
$49474 Lot Is, in the same block,
is assessed for the same. He also
owns one-third interest in lot l,
block 45, which is assessed at
$S3232 These lots are all in the
First Addition to Wenatchee. The
contention of Mr.. Leonard through
his attorney was that the district did
not include all of the territory which
the law prescribes should be includ
ed in improvement districts of this
character.
w. O. Parr also stated that when
the time came he would protest on
assessments on this same street
The contention of the protestants
is that the assessment on all cross
streets such as Kittitas, Orondo, Pa
louise and others being improved,
should include for assessment pur-
poses all the property to the middle
of the blocks and also that all
streets running north and south
where the lots are uniformly 800
feet in depth that all property should
be listed for assessment purposes the
entire length of the lots or to the
alley. The contention is made that
this has not been the rule on Kitti-
tas street nor on other districts in
the improvement section. 1t is the
contention, for instance, say, in the
case of the lot owned by Jack Lillis,
on the corner of Palouse and We
natchee, that in the making of the
assessment roll for the Palouse street
assessment that the corner lot should
be assessed and that the entire We
natchee avenue property south from
this corner to the middle of the
block should be included in the as
seSSment roll. The rule in Yakima
is that the corner should bear 40
per cent of the assessment, the ad-
Joining. 80 per cent, the next 20 per
cent and the next 10 per cent down
to the middle of the block.
Refused Wenatchee Department
Store Request.
For the third time the application
of the Wenatchee Department Store
for permit to install store front
in the two frame buildings south of
is main store was refused. w. O.
Parr addressed the council on the
matter last night, but the council
took the ground that the buildings
were not substantial according to the
meaning of the building ordinance
and refused a permit for this work.
Special Election Called.
Petitions were presented last night
by residents of the city and also by
residents of the territory south of
the city, asking for special election
to vote on annexation. The territory
desired to be annexed is a ten-acre
tract in Morning Side Addition, and
also ten blocks just south of the city.
An election was called for Saturday,
"a, to vote on this mat
ter.
Change in Sewer Plans.
Last week a petition was presented
by the property owners in blocks 80
and 81, asking that the new sewer
should be laid in the alleys between
these blocks rather than on Chelan
street. The street committee report
ed favorably on the change but the
matter was referred to the city attor-
ney and if there are no legal objec-
tons the petition will be granted.
w. T. Clark requested the use of
the city roller for the improvement
Of his roadway. The council fixed a
rate of $40 per day compensation for
the use of the roller and granted the
request. Other localities have re-
quested the use of the roller this fall
and when not in use in the city it is
the sense of the council that the
roller could be loaned out.
Will Improve Fifth Street.
1t was stated to the council last
night that the residents on West
Fifth street would shell-rock that
street, providing the city would ex-
pend about 500 in the grading of
it. The expenditure was ordered.
Lay Pipes on Ferry Street.
The petition of the property own
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