The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-02-13

ditch by walling up and covering over
the same, to construct beneath the
northeast side of said Eighth avenue
North and Eighth avenue East a GER
tain culvert, and to grade and level
the said Northeast side of said Eighth
avenue North and Eighth avenue East,
the expense thereof to be paid by spec
ial assessments levied against the
abutting property, to establish for
that purpose Local Improvement Dis
trict No. 10 in said city; fixing the
time when protests will be received
against the making of said proposed
Improvement.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Council Of the City of Twin Falls,
Idaho:
Section l. The City of Twin Falls
does hereby declare it's intention to i'm
prove certain parts of Eighth Avenue
North and Eighth Avenue East in the
City of Twin Falls, to remove from the
| northeast side of said Eighth Avenue
| North and Eighth Avenue East a GER
| tain obstruction therein and thereon
| consisting of a certain open irrigation
ditch and lateral for the passage of
water for irrigation purposes through
which water passes constantly a
greater portion of the year, by wall
ing up and covering the same and fill
ing the same above the said cover with
dirt up to the grade level of the said
northeast side of said Eighth Avenue
North and Eighth Avenue East, to con-
struct under the said northeast side
of said Eighth Avenue North and
Eighth Avenue East and along
the line of the said irrigation
ditch above mentioned a certain cul-
vert and to grade and level up to the
grade of the said streets these said
portions of Eighth Avenue North and
Eighth Avenue East, and for that pur-
pose to create and establish in the
City of Twin Falls, as part thereof,
Local Improvement District No. 10,
constituting the parts of streets and
avenues as follows:
Eighth Avenue North on the north
east side thereof along Blocks 7, and
3 from Shoshone Street to Addison
Avenue, distance of 1887 feet
Eighth Avenue East on the north
east side thereof along Block 10, IL
and Il from Shoshone Street to Blue
Lakes Boulevard, distance of 11496
feet.
Section 2. The property to be in
hereinafter provided, shall include the
land abutting on, contiguous, adjacent
and tributary to the parts of streets
and avenues hereinbefore specified to
be improved, to have the obstruction
removed from, to have the culvert
constructed under and to be graded
and leveled, back from such street, if
plated in blocks, to the center of the
blocks; if plated in lots, only to the
center of the lots; and if not plated,
to the distance of one hundred and
twenty-five 125) feet
Section 3. The general nature of
the said improvement shall be a con-
crete covering over the irrigation
ditch running along the northeast side
of said Eighth Avenue North and
Eighth Avenue East, same to be 2403.3
feet long, with an arch crown feet
above the grade level of the said ditch
on proper footings, seven feet wide at
spring line, the said arch covering to
be four inches thick except at street
crossing where it is to be six inches
thick and REINFORCED.
Full plans and specifications of said
proposed improvement to be filed in
the office of the City Clerk of said city,
on or before the day on which the
Mayor and Council will receive pro-
tests against making said proposed inn
. provement
Section 4. The cost of making such
! proposed improvement, removing said
obstruction, constructing said culvert
and doing such grading and leveling
shall be assessed upon and against the
lands and lots within said improve
ment district abutting on, contiguous,
adjacent and tributary to the parts of
streets and avenues to be improved,
have the obstruction removed from,
have the culvert constructed under
! and be graded and leveled, which said
assessment shall be in accordance
with and in proportion to the front
, footage abutting on, contiguous, ada
cent and tributary to the said parts of
said streets and avenues, and accord
ing to the benefits that will accrue to
, the said property SO assessed by rea-
son of the proposed improving, remov-
ing of obstruction, constructing of
culvert and grading and leveling.
All of the property within said Local
Improvement District No. 10, to be as
sessed as aforesaid, for the cost of said
, proposed Improvement, except that the
expense of the improvement in the
space formed by the junction of two
. or more streets, or where one main
street terminates or crosses another
main street, shall not be included in
, said assessment, but shall be paid by
the City of Twin Falls. When work is
done on one side of the center line of
, any street, the property on that side
only shall be assessed.
. The total cost and expense of MAX
ing said Improvement, removing
, said obstruction, constructing said Gull
vert, and doing said grading and lew
cling, according to the estimate re-
turned by the City Engineer, is the
sum of $4S06.60 divided as follows:
Street frontage (20733 feet). .$4146.6O
intersections $3.50 feet) ....... $4,000
Total (2403.3 feet) ...... .$4S06. so
} Section 5. The 4th day of March
} 1912, at 500 o'clock P. M. is hereby
designated as the date on which the
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