Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Notice IS hereby given that at {
meeting of the City Council Of the City
of Cresco. Iowa, held on the 5th day OF
February 1912, there was introduced
the resolution hereinafter set forth,
and that by resolution of the Council
! duly passed on said date, the said rcso-
luton hereinafter set forth will be con.
sidered by the City Council for pas.
sage at meeting to be held in the
council room in said city at 500 o. m.
on the 9th day of March 1912, at which
time the owners of property subject to
assessment for the cost of the sewer
contemplated by said resolution, may
appear before said council and make
objection to the contemplated improve
provement and to the passage of said
proposed resolution, if any they have,
said resolution being as follows:
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY.
Be it resolved by the City Council
of Cresco, Iowa, that it is deemed
advisable and necessary to construct
a certain sewer within said city, the
location and terminal points of which
are described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing where the center line
of the al ey passing through blocks
10 and IL, Berg's Addition TO Crcsco,
10 wa, intersects the center line Of
Chestnut street, said addition, thence
West along the center line of said al.
ley a distance of about Isl feet, thence
North about 400 feet to connection
with Main Sewer No l, said sewer to
be known as lateral No. IL.
Said sewer to be constructed UNDER
ground and at depth sufficient to
give fall for sewer purposes and in &C.
cordance with the plans and specifi-
cations furnished by the city. Ma
terial and construction to be as fol-
lows: To be of vtrified sewer tile of
s inch diameter, laid in the excavation
provided therefor, joints to be cement
ed with mortar of Portland cement and
sand, and to be provided with sufficient
man holes, flush-tanks and other de-
vices or appliances necessary to make
good sewer. and wherever it NAV
be required. and the plans direct, or
the city hereinafter provide for, COM
mon tile shall also be laid in said open
ing for the purpose of drainage. to
terminate either at man-hole or as the
plans may direct.
That for the cost of said sewer it is
proposed to assess as abutting proper
ty all the lots in block IL, Berg's Ad-
dition to Cresco. and lots l, 2, 3, 4, and
5, block 10, Berg's Addition to Cresco,
and lots II and IL, and the East half
of IL on the Irregular Survey of the
West half of the Southeast quarter of
%, township SO North Range II, West
of the 5th P. NJ, all of said lots being
plated to abut on said sewer. That
the city proposes to pay for that part
of the sewer which runs North, about
400 feet and for street and alley inter-
sections.
1t is further provided that the per-
sons receiving the contract for the
construction of said sewer shall be re-
quired to receive payment for the part
to be paid by the city, warrants drawn
on the sewer fund, all other payments
to be made by Assessment certificates
issued against the abutting property
and shall be accepted by the contract
or at their face value.
Be 1t further resolved that the City
Council will meet at 8 O'Clock p. M,
on the 9th day Of March, 1912, in the
council room of said city for the pur-
pose of considering objections to the
passage of said proposed resolution.
and to the construction of said i'm
provement, at which hearing the above
resolution may be amended and passed
or passed as propos ed.
Be it further resolved that the City
Clerk be, and he is hereby instructed
to cause notice of the pe r1ency of the
above resolution and the time at which
said proposed resolution will be con-
sidered by this council and objections
to the passage thereof heard, to be
published as provided by law in the
Twice. Week Plain Dealer and the
Howard County Times, newspapers
Of general circulation, published in the
city of Cresco, Iowa.
In Witness Whereof l have hereunto
liked my hand.
A. w. GILLETT,
City Clerk of the City of Cresco, la.