Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-24
WILL WAIT NO LONGER
Street Commissioners to Take Ac-
ton in Lakeside Sewer Matter.
Flynn, They Will Try Sequestra-
tion Proceedings to obtain
Right of Basement.

scquestration proceedings, started by
the street commissioners to obtain the
right of easement through that portion Of
John j. Flynn's property in the south
aart Of the city required for the proposed
trunk sewer will be commenced by the
commissioners without waiting longer to
slfect a satisfactory compromise with Mr
Flynn.
The last meeting for a general hearing
on this matter was set for Monday
morning at nine o'clock. Neither Mt
Flynn nor his attorney appeared and
Street Commissioner stevens waited an
hour, after which he visited the office Of
city Attorney Villas In order to ascertain
what had best be done,
For several weeks the street commits
soners have been engaged in vain at
tempt to reach n satisfactory agreement
with MIR. Flynn. The latter wants Sl,b0O
damages from the city If the sewer fol-
lows the route now mapped out along the
tavlne that runs through MIR. F'lynn's
property. The street commissioners con-
cider this too much.
ON the other hand Mr.. Flynn has Of
fcred to allow the sewer to he constructed
along the route of proposed street in
his property provided the property be ex-
rn1pt from future assessments, and the
work of plotting the land with a view to
finding where this proposed street would
extend was left with city Engineer McIn-
lOsh. The latter has been engaged with
other matters so that when the hearing
was called for November ii TO one ap-
peared, The meeting was adjourned until
Monday but as no one showed UP the
street commissioners have nothing left to
do now but 20 ahead and take the right
If easement through the property.
Tie commissioners do not think that
MIR. Flynn is entitled to high damages
because Of the advantage to mis- property
of having trunk sewer within easy con-
Meeting distance. in fact. the commits
sloncrs. after having given Mr.. Flynn a
reasonable time In which to offer salts
factory compromise. are not disposed
20 offer a very high award. If any, for the
right through TIE property
The State board Of health has ordered
the sewer in this section Of the city and
the street commissioners may possibly
lay the whole situation before the board
IN order that the delay in beginning work
on the proposed sewer may he explained.
one OIL tue commissioners Salt MONDAY
that the talk heard in some quarters that
the city could get alonG without the sewer
n while longer if it had done so for fifteen
Years, was all nonsense.
"Conditions have changed In that sec
ton In Is years. said the commissioner,
ard sanitary conditions where even a
few houses have been erected need atten-
ton
the determination on the part of the
street commissioners to proceed with the
ecQuestraton will doubtless bring the
matter TO a head. Mr.. Flynn will proba-
bly, take an appeal from the decision of
the commissioners which may further
delay the work on the sewer until spring,
hut the cold wea ther Is so far advanced
that it would be impracticable to start
construction work now.
Mr.. Flynn IS absent on a business trip
to the West and his attorney, R. f.
Brown, has been called out of town by
the serious Illness Of q brother, so tina,
the whole matter stands about where II
did In the beginning, except that the com.
missioners have reached satisfactory