The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
PAVING IS ORDERED IN
By a Unanimous Vote of the City
Council all Objections to the
PAVING are Overruled.

PAVING are Overruled.
The paving is going to be put in
and good bunch OF it will probably
be completed before the coming win
ter. This was decided at meeting
of the city council held last Wednes-
day evening, the time set for hear
ing objections to the proposed reso-
luton of necessity providing for the
paving. Mayor Foxworthy presided
at the meeting and all the members
of the council were present, togeth-
er with engineer Hall of. Centervllle,
who has been employed by the city
to make the preliminary. survey, es-
tablish the grades and prepare the
estimates for letting the contract
for the paving, as we'll as quite a
few citizens who were obJectMg TO
having paving done. Five petitions
containing the names OF, property
owners who were protesting against
the paving were filed with the coun-
Gil, and c. F. Wright, Joseph Hamll-
ton and NJ. A. Gammill appeared IN
person and stated their objections to
the paving. V. R. McGinnis also ap-
peared as attorney for unnamed
clients and made oral objections to
the passing of the paving resolution.
There was considerable discussion
by the members of the city council,
which was in session until MD
night, but it finally ended by reso-
luton passing by unanimous vote
of all five councilmen, as. follows:
-.Be is resolved by the city council
of the city of Leon, Iowa, that all
objections to the contemplated i'm
provement be and the same are here
by overruled" Councilman Axes
then moved the adoption of the paw
ing resolution as whole, and 1t was
passed by the unanimous vote OF
the council. On motion the council
then adjourned to meet on Monday
night of this week to take further
action in regard to the matter.
On Monday evening the council
met again and were in session until
midnight, discussing the question OF
how much of the paving ordered by
the resolution as published be or
,dered put in at once, but no conclu-
sion was arrived at, as some OF the
councilmen wanted more time to
look up the law in regard to certain
details and the council adjourned to
meet next Monday evening.
The resolution as adopted provides
for the paving to commence at the
south side Of 18th street on Main
street, running north and around the:
public square to the corner OF sew
enth street, thence west one block.
to Church street, thence north on
Church street to the city limits. Also
commencing on the west side OF
White street on Commercial and
running east to the east side OF
Mills street.
Three kinds of paving will be con-
sidered, creosote blocks, asphaltic
concrete and vitrified brick. The en-
tire expense of making said improve
ment is to be assessed to the prop
erty owners in proportion to the
benefit derived and in accordance
with the law governing the same.
The city is to pay the cost OF engln-
eering, grading and inspection.
Now that the matter has been set
tied that the paving is to be put IN,
many persons who had signed the
remonstrance against the paving say
that they are really glad that the
paving is to be put in. A number
who had signed remonstrances went
to members of the council and told
them that although they had signed
the remonstrance by request that
they did not desire the council to
consider their names as remonstra-
tors.
1t is to be hoped that the council
will proceed with the utmost dis
patch so that the contract can be let
at the earliest possible date, and the
paving completed before cold wealth
er interferes with the work. Leon
can afford to have just as we'll as any
of the other county seats in southern
Iowa, and when it is put in, it will
be just like the waterworks, every
body will be pleased and wondering
how we ever got along without it.
The city is, fortunate in having
council composed of progressive and
level headed men. They believe that
Leon should keep the pace with 9TH
er towns in Iowa and in years to
come our people will bless the men
who had the nerve to order paving.
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