Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-16
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the City Council of the
City of Cresco, Iowa, held on the 9Th
day of May, 1918, there was intro
duced the resolution hereinafter set
forth, and that by resolution OF the
council duly passed on said date. the
said resolution hereinafter set forth
will be considered by the City Council
for passage at a meeting to be held IN
the council room in said city at 800
p. M, on the 10th day of June, 1913,
at which time the owners OF property
subject to assessment for the cost OF
the sewer contemplated by said reso.
luton, may appear before said council
and make objection to the contemplat..
ed improvement 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 the City 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,
towit:
Commencing where the center line
of the alley passing through block IL
Berg's addition to Cresco. Iowa, inter-
sects the west line of Eighth street
East, thence west along the center
line of said alley distance of about
ll46 feet, thence north about 4o9 feet
to connection with Main Sewer No.
XEhoro
line of the alley passing through a
re-subdivision of block l, plat of Cres-
co intersects the east line of Fourth
street East, thence southeasterly and
easterly along the center line CT said
alley distance OF about 217 feet to a
point south of the southeast corner of
lot 6, block 10, Berg's addition to
Cresco; said sewer to be known as lat
eral sewer No 8. Said sewer to be
constructed under ground and at a
depth sufficient to give fall for sewer
purposes and in accordance with the
plans and specifications furnished by
the city; material and construction to
be as follows: To be of vitrified sewer
tile of eight inch diameter, laid in the
excavation provided therefor; joints to
be cemerted with mortar of Portland
cement and sand; and to be provided
with sufficient manholes, q tlush-tank
and other devices necessary to make a
good sewer, and wherever it. may be
required and the plans direct, or the
city hereinafter provides for, common
agricultural tile shall also be laid in
said opening for the purpose of drain
age, to terminate either at manholes
or as the plans may direct. =,
! That for the entire cost OF said
sewer it is proposed to assess as abut-
ting property all the lots in blocks ~,
IL ard IL, Berg's addition to Cresco,
and lots 10, II, IL and l3 on the irreg,
ular survey of the west one. half OF
the southeast quarter of section q,
township SO, north range II, west OF
the 5th D. m. also lots !, 2 and 3 OF
re- subdivision of block Z, plat of Ores
co. All of said lots being plated tc
abut on said sewer: and it is proposed
to assess as adjacent property lot 4 OF
the irregular survey of the east one
half of the southeast quarter of sec
ton %, township SO, north range II,
west of the 5th p. m.
1t is further provided that the per
son receiving the contract for the con
struction of said sewer shall be re
quired to receive in payment for to-
entire cost thereof assessment certiti
Gates issued against the abutting an
adjacent property and shall be &C
cepted by the contractor at their fac
value.
Be it further resolved, that the Cit
Council will meet at 500 O'Clock p. m.
on the 18th day of June. 1913, in tn
council room of said city for the pu'
pose of considering objections to tn
passage of said proposed resolution
and to the construction of said i'm
provement, at which hearing the abov
resolution may be amended and passed
or passed a. proposed.
Be it further resolved, that the Cit
Clerk be, and he is hereby instructe
to cause notice of the tendency of tn
above resolution, and the time a
which said proposed resolution will b
considered by this council and objec
tions to the passage thereof heard, t
be published as provided by law in tn
Cresco Plain Dealer, and the Howar
County Times, newspapers of genera
circulation published in the City o
Cresco, Iowa.
In witness whereof have hereunt
fixed my hand.
A. w. GILLETT,
City Clerk of the
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