The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-24
COMPROMISE WAS REACHED
LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Both Sides Show Disposition to Conciate and After
Four Days Conference an Agreement Was Reached
Whereby Big Job Will Proceed Reassessment Will
Be Made on Basis of Benefits Conferred on Property

After conferences lasting through
the larger portion of last week, an
agreement was reached and signed
late Saturday night whereby all liti-
cation is ended with reference to the
big sewer contract. Prominent in
reaching an amicable settlement of
the threatened legal difficulties were
Attorney Louis Crollard and Coun-
Gilman Reeves, representing the city;
Attorney Lee, representing the bond
buyers; Gordon Corbaley, represent
ing the contractors, and T. E. Cade,
representing the protestants who had
started the legal proceedings.
In brief, the effect of the agree
ment made was that, instead of the
city using a mathematical basis for
figuring the assessment as has been
done by making the assessment half
on the area and half on the assessed
valuation of the property, the coun-
Gil will, within a few weeks after the
for it, after reasonable investiga-
ton, fix the assessment on all prop
erty by reason of the benefits con-
ferred upon the property. This work
will be done by the street committee
and engineer of the city council. r
The general fund of the city which
is the per cent of the cost on all
trunk sewer lines where the sewer
pipe is II inches and over. ana 10
per cent where the pipe is Is inches
in diameter. These amounts shall
be deducted from the final estimate
The King and First street sewer
shall be assessed in district by it.
self and the cost of this sewer shall
be included in the final estimate of
the construction of the big sewer.
The general fund shall stand the
cost of the maintenance of the sew
ers and agrees to maintain the same
at the expense of the city.
Text of Agreement
In consideration of the covenants
and agreements contained herein.
the city of Wenatchee, Washington,
does hereby agree to ana with the
certain taxpayers and persons repre-
scented by T. E. Cade, as their attor-
ney, and whose names as hereinaf-
ter stated, and said taxpayers and
persons represented by said T. E.
Cade. as attorney, do agree with said
city as follows:
L. The case now pending in the
superior court of Chelan county,
Washington, to-wit, E. F. Sprague
ct ux VS.. city of Wenatchee, shall be
disposed of as is agreed TO by the
counsel for both parties in said case
-. That re-assessment of said
Local Improvement Sewer District
No. shall be made by the city coun-
Gil of said city as soon as practical
BILE, which said assessment shall be
made in accordance with the bene-
fits conferred upon the property by
reason of said sewer improvement,
and which said assessment shall not
exceed the cost of making said i'm
provement, together with the neces-
sary engineering and supervising ex-
penses; and by which said engineer
ing and supervising expenses is
meant only the expenses attached to
the construction of said sewer over
ana above the salary of the engineer,
and the legitimate general expenses
of the engineers office.
80 That there shall be deducted
from the actual cost of said improve
ment as above stated, five per cent
of the cost of all trunk sewer lines
where the sewer pipe is twelve inch
es and over up to and including six
teen-inch sewer pipe, and ten per
cent of the cost of construction of
all trunk sewers over and above six
teen inches in diameter; that the cost
as aforesaid shall be deducted from
the entire cost of said improvement,
and shall be paid by the city at
large
-. That the aforesaid re-assess-
ment shall be payable in ten equal