Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
DIRECTORS TO EAST MAIN
STREET IMPROVEMENT MAKE
SUCH OFFER TO COUNCIL.
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
CALLED TO CONSIDER IT
Twenty six Of Twenty eight Directors
Participate in Written Offer to coun-
Gil to Accept Assessment of One
half Of Proposed Levy-council Will
Probably Accept the Terms.

A settlement for the East Main street
paving will undoubtedly he made by the
city and the property owners. Most
Of the DIRECTORS this morning made an
offer of settlement, in effect that If the
city would pay one half of the proposed
assessment the property owners would
pay the other half. This propo-
sition was made In writing by twenty
six Of the twenty eight who filed objec-
tions.
Soon after the offer was made a call
was issued for special council meet
ing to be held this afternoon, when it is
very likely that the offer will be ac
cepted.
Held Out For Better Terms.
1t is now apparent from the negotia-
tions the property owners, who were
banded together had, thru their at
torney. with the city council, that they
were holding out for the best possible
terms of settlement they could secure.
They evidently had no serious inten-
ton of taking their cases into court. il
such step could possibly be avoided.
posed a two-thirds to one-third settle
ment: the city to pay the two-thirds.
When the council refused this offer ard
proposed to let the court decide a
movement was started among the
banded property owners to offer better
terms. The outcome Of this was the
circulation of petition offering a set
Element on half and half basis. 1t
was signed by almost all Of those who
had objected.
Those Who Made Offer.
The following are those who
joined in this offer of settlement
w. 3. Elliott. William Clemens, julius
Witt, w. H. Morris, H. E. Reimer. G.
W. Shelter. Augusta Scheduling, Fred
Ritter. Marie Kiely, Mary E. Crabtree,
Hannah NJ. Ackley. Elizabeth Rough.
Frank Kurtz, A. Gervich, Anna Wolf
gang, Mary Artz. NJ. Gervich. Charles
Drum w. F. Block; M. L!Pierce. Ethel
Swan, j. C. Williams. Elizabeth Saylor.
Fred Russle, Irene Russie, and L. Ida
Hart.
George F. Kirby, who is assessed for
q full block between Fifth and Sixth
avenues, did not participate in the Of
fer. The assessment against his prop
erty is $653.79. Jacob Schirmayer. an
other property owner, who filed objec-
tions. but who did not Join with the
others in their efforts to settle with the
council, is understood to favor a half
and half settlement, altho he did not
sign the offer.
= 10 probable that the settlement.
Jill take in all property on the
sa. W basis, whether objection was
made by the owner or not. On the
half and half basis about $50 will be
assessed to each sixty-foot lot. The
proposed assessment was $104,19 for
each lot of that size.
Council Lowers Assessment.
The city council this afternoon ac-
copied the offer Of settlement made by
the property owners on East Main
street by reconsidering the assessment
made against these properties and by
reducing it to one-half Of the origin
al assessment The reduced assess
ment takes in all property on that part
of the street that was paved. George
F. Kirby, it is understood, is willing to
settle on this basis.