The log cabin Democrat., 1911-07-13
FIRST PETITION IS
TO BE PRESENTED
DISTRICT A LARGE ONE
ONLY A SMALL SECTION ON
WEST SIDE OMITTED FROM
ORIGINAL PLANS.

~ q hieeeiiS VI lHe city council to-
night an Improvement district will be
organized for the purpose of install
ing sewerage system to embrace all
OF the business section and approx
mately two-thirds of the residenoe
section of Conway The boundaries
OF the proposed district were agreed
upon yesterday afternoon at a meet
ing of the citizens committee, held in
the office of Mayor w. H. Duncan.
From the original plans as suggest
ed by the Board of Trade committee
last week a small amount of territory
on the west side, lying between Mitch
ell street and Donagfihey avenue, was
eliminated and the boundaries were
slightly restricted on the northwest
and southwest corners of the city linn
its. The lines on the north and east
sides were left practically the same as
in the original plans.
The object of the committee in max
ing these changes was to lessen the
cost of the system by making the
southwest septic tank outlet necessary
and carrying the entire sewerage sys-
tenn into one outlet, which will be sit
uated somewhere along the town
branch which follows the railroad and
passes through the Davies & Garyin
annex in leaving the city on the south
In order to do this it was necessary
on account of the grades and eleva-
tons, to eliminate all territory lying
between Mitchell street and Donaghey
avenue on the west, as well as certain
portions south of Scott street and
west of Davis street. The proposed
district, however, will include all the
business district and the more thick.
ly-settled residence districts.
The petition for the formation OF
the district was drafted by City AT
torney r. w. Robins today and the
names of 10 or more signers, who are
owners of real estate within the pro-
posed district, will be attached to IL
when it is presented to the council to-
night. There is no question as to the
councils action, the statutes making
1T mandatory upon that body to Gre
ate a district when such petition is
filed. After its formation, majority
in value of the owners of property
within the district must within SO
days present a second petition asking
for the appointment of three commits
sioners to carry out the purposes OF
the improvement district and proceed
with the work. 1t is thought, howev-
er, that only few weeks will be re-
quired to secure the necessary maiori-
ty, and the sewerage work will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
The following is copy in full OF
the petition to be presented to The
council tonight, containing an ofiicla
description of the district:
To the Honorable City Council of th,
City of Conway, Faulkner County
Arkansas:
We, the undersigned petitioners
would respectfully represent that w
are owners of real property situate,
within the following described terri
tory and portion of the city of Con
way Faulkner county, Arkansas, to
wit:
Commencing at point on the nortl
line of Walnut street where said nortl
line of said Walnut street is intersect
ed by the east line of Markham street
running thence west along the nortl
line of said Walnut street to the cas-
line of Spencer street, running theme
north along the east line of said Spen
Ger street north to the north line o
| Winfield street, running thence WIS
along the north line of Winfield stree
to the west line of Washington ave
nue., running thence in a southeastern,
direction along the west line of sal,
| Washington avenue distance of ll0'
feet to the north line of an unname,
street running east and west betweel
said Washington avenue and Cliftol
street, running thence west along sal,
north line of said unnamed street t
the north line of the right-of- f-way o
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ernN Railway Company as same now j
located, running thence in a north
easterly direction along the north lin
CT said rght-of-way of the ST. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
to the point where said north line o
said right-of-way would be intersect
Cd by the west line OF Davis street i
extended due north from its presen