The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-24
DELAYS ARE
SURE TO COME
Scioto Improvement Will
Hang Fire.
|NJUNCTIONS ARE PROMISED
Some Property Owners Not
Satisfied.
Hearing Is Postponed Until June 21-
Large Array of Attorneys and
Property Holders Were Present
With Grievances to be Aired

Because of damage claim for S4,-
600 filed by Ezra Campbell, and the
fact that the other claims have not
been fully passed upon. the county
commissioners have adjourned the
hearing on the improvement of the
Little Scioto river until June 21.
With almost every attorney in the
city present, representing clients who
own property within the areas taxed
for the Improvement, and many farm
ers interested, the commissioners went
into session this morning at 10
o'clock, The adjournment was taken
a few minutes later but not until
there had been considerable dis
cussion.
1t develops that many property
owners above the Hillman ford will
resist the assessments to be made up
on them. They claim that as the
owners of lands that drain into Honey
run and Rocky Fork creek are not
taxed for the improvement of the Sci
oto they should not be taxed either,
as the river Is only to be improved
from the Hillman ford bridge to the
Big Scioto. Above the Hillman ford
only the sand bars, and distractions
i'm the stream will be removed. No
attempt will be made to widen, deep
en- or straighten the stream above the
ford on account of the great expense
involved,
Inquiry made it quite certain that
no matter what disposition the COM
missioners make of the damage claims
filed with them, injunction suits will
not follow. This is probably true also
of the assessments made but some
owners may seek to carry the matter
into the courts which would hold up
the Improvement for "A year or two.
If there Is an attempt of this kind,
the commissioners viii first sit as a
court and appeal may be had from
their finding to the court of common
pleas and thence to the higher courts
of the state.
The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany, which has over three miles of
right of-way within the basin taxed
for the Scoto improvement, objects
| to paying any assessment for the rea-
! son that 1t drains into the Rock Swale
which the company claims, Is a nat
| ural waterway The commissioners
claim that the Rock Swale has been
deepened and Strengthened by the
| county and therefore is an artificial
waterway, which makes the lands OF
| the railroad company taxable, The
| company filed a claim for $4,000
| damages several years ago. This claim
| will be turned down as the company
/ could not possibly be damaged as Its
| property Is considerable distance
| from the river, Officials of the com
| pany state that they do not expect the
damage claim to be considered
The damage claims total nearly
$l25,OOO BY going over the course
of the river and making careful note
of the damage the changing of thu
river bed will do to certain landown
ers the commissioners believe tina
when the damage claims are given ou
as allowed, each claimant will b'
fairly treated. 1t is not believed tina
more than S15,0 900 will be allowed al
damages and perhaps the total ma!
not reach over $4,000.
| The assessments were not mad
public today and will not be until tn,
final hearing. II is expected that th
real opposition to the improvement
win crystalize at this time as tn
damage allowances will also be mad
public at that time.
white, Pure and Strong Glove