The Newark journal., 1911-09-22
PLAN FOR SIDEWALKS
Outline of Procedure and Route Over Which Concrete Walk
 Will be Built

lliB taken Tn the plan to form an improvement district for the pur- pose of building walks in Newark, The Journal gives below a brief statement of the law covering the formation of districts.
 Section 5664 of Kirby's Digest authorizes the formation of a town into an improvement district to make any kind of an improvement.
 Section 5665 provides that ten resident property owners may pet ition the council, and 1t will be the duty of the council to pass an or dinanee laying off the district.
 Section 5667 provides that with in % days after the ordinance has been passed, if a majority in value of the real estate owners petition the council to make the improve ment, the council appoints three real estate owners who shall pro- cure plans and estimates of cost of the improvement asked for in the petition. This board serves with out pay.
 Section 5676 provides that when the board reports cost of improve ments to the council the council shall appoint another board of three to assess the benefit to be received by each lot or block, and any one who does not like his as sessment, as levied by the board, may appeal to the town council for relief.
 The cost of the improve ment Is assessed against the real estate, and the board has authority to borrow money and make the pay ment in ten installments or more.
 The above, briefly stated, is the law for the formation of districts. The ten property owners have pe- titioned the council which has in- introduced the ordinance, and it will likely be passed at the next council meeting. The people will then be given an opportunity to say by petition to the council to proceed according to law to build said walks. Should the majority in value of real estate owners not pe- tition the council within 90 days to proceed, then the matter would stop.
 The proposed sidewalk runs as follows: Beginning at the Masonic hall, 1t runs north on the west side of Locust street to the northeast corner of Mayor Williamson sprop- erty, thence east to J. W. Adams and north to T. H. Dearing's. Be ginning at E. J. Magness' a line of walk will run east two blocks. From the Methodist church a line will run west to the public school building; thence north by Mrs. Ada Chamberlain'S and K, T. Herring tons; thence west by T. J. Raney's, K. K. Ratton'S, J. B. ketchem's and w. W. Jernigan's; thence north by the Baptist church, to J. W. Sisk' $ property. Coming back to the school building for a starting point the walk runs south by Dr. L. c. Poe's to the Christian church; thence east one block to W. L. Halls, and thence south to Front street. A line will also run west from the Christian church to the Morgan block. A short line will also be built from each of the churches to connect with the near est line of walk.
 Under the law, each block IS as seSsed according to the benefit 1t gets, and while the walk does not run by all the property in town il does run the most thickly settled streets to give general service, and the man who only gets small benefit will only have to pay 6 small amount, and this pay. ment will be paid annually fol about ten years and we will get the benefit of the walk as we pay for it. This is about two miles ot