Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-24
MORE THAN ONE.THIRD OF "9Ec-
TON NO. e. ASSESSED TO
GENERAL PUBLIC.
CUTS CORNER PROPERTY
ASSESSMENTS oNE.THIRD
Schedule Of Assessments Prepared For
South Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and
Eighth Streets and North Fifth-city
Pays Share For Nineteen Corner Lots
in Five Blocks.


PAYERS, as a whole, should contribute
a share of the cost Of paving the
streets will find satisfaction In the
proposed assessments for paving sec
ton No. g., OF this years first contract
which includes one block each on
South Fourth, South Seventh ana
South Eighth and two blocks on Fifth
street. The city has assumed $500"
worth of the cost Of the paving OIL
these five blocks, in addition to paying
for intersections and extra grading.
The bill for these five blocks is $S,-
$500. Thru the city the general tax
payer pays S3.022.61, and the property
owners on the streets paved pay So
s1244.
Cut One Third on Corners.
One these five blocks of paving there
are twenty corner properties that nave
been paved on the other side when
the inrersecting streets were paved.
The council. in its proposed schedule
of assessments, has cut the assessment
of nineteen of these twenty corner
nroperties by one third. The only ex-
cention was the First Church of Christ
Scientist property, corner OF F11tn anu
Main streets. The council holds in
this case, as in other cases "nere
church properties are on corners, tha'
so long as the churches pay no taxe'
they should pay the full assessment 1or
the street Improvement.
The total proposed assessment
against the properties in the rive
blocks Is s7,s6e.21 OF this amount the
c,tv expects to pay s1.s5S.77 or one
third of the assessment against the
nineteen corner properties. The city
also nav. ss4314 for paving intersec-
,,ons and $32270 for extra grading me
.hree items make a total OF $3,o2261
the city will pay. leaving s5.s12.44 to
be assessed against the lot owners
List Of Proposed Reductions.
The following is the list OF the pro-
,osed reductions on the corner ioe
nronerties, showing the total assess
ment the one-third the city Will pay
and the two thirds that will be as
sessed against the properties:
n H. Beaman. corner Fourth ana
Nain-Total. .251s4: city, 1894;
property, s1s7.so. .,
Alice NJ. Simmons, corner Fourth
.,d church - Total. s4oS.ss; city,
1862; property. s272ss.
Mary E. Good. corner Fourth ano
Nain-Total, $4,000; city. Sls4'oS =
pf q w Bull, corner Church and
Fourth-Total. s1os.7o: city. s3e.2S;
n j weber. corner Fifth and
cbnrcf,-Total. s222.ss; city. s74,2s;
nropertv, s14s.5e.
" E. Smelling. corner Fifth and
uain-Total. sss7.45: city. sl2s.15;
property. s25s.so. 800
Nelson Merrill. corner Fifth and
cbn,ch-Total. s3ss.5S; city, s12s.ol:
property. s25e.o2.
p F Cook. corner Fifth and Main
Total, sss4.13; city. s111.37; property
e G St Clair. corner Fifth and
uain-Total. s33376; city. s1l1.2o;
property, s222.51. 49,
Albert Higgin. corner Fifth a an
s,ata-Total. 1888: city, ss1.ss;
property, s12s.ss.
N. L. Humphrey, corner State an n
E;fth-Total. s13o.o1; city, 1885
property, 1865.
Anna and ]. \. Young. corner sew
enth and church-Total, $194.sO; city
ss4ss; property. S12s.s7.
r. W. McCreery, corner Seventh an an
Main-Total, $1,000; city, s120.So
property. s252.73.
Mary conkling, corner Church AM
iseventr-Total. s111.o7; city, s37.o2
property. s74.o5.
Se,lie G. Baker. corner Main ant
Seventh Total, saso.32: city. s126.H
nronerty. s253.55.
q y Calhoun, corner Eighth AM
c.hurch-Total. s3ss.31: city, s12s-4s
property, s25s.ss.
G. W Calhoun. corner Main an
Eirhth-Total. s3ss.31; city, s12s.4s
W ?. LANCER. corner Church an
Eiehth-Total, 1882; city s6l.1o
property. s12s.42. ST..
Anna Waite. corner Main and Eight
Total, s3ss17; city, Sl2s72; prop
erty, s25s.45.