The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-02-05

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| it now. We have a written contract
for sale of this property and are au-
thoriZed to sell il to the city or any
other person, or purchase it ourselves.
J Our authority is unlimited, except as
to price.
II the city desires to purchase the
property, after sale reasonable time
will be given to close up the deal and
procure the funds for payment.
This is an old land mark in the
city, having been owned for more
than fifty years by our county fair
association and corporations of that
character, who paid in large sums OF
money in purchasing and improving
this property.
We would like your honorable body
to take the matter up and let us know
what conclusion you arrive at. If you
desire, we will appear before you and
give you any information you may
desire. So far as we know the public
sentiment Is unanimous for taking
over this property while it may be
procured.
1t is beautiful piece of ground and
not foot of waste land on it. 1t is
susceptible of almost indefinite i'm
provement 1t would be a central To-
cation for college and school meet
ings for their different games, and is
certainly an ideal picnic place for city
and country gatherings. 1t would be
a fine place for picnics, for railway
OF nd 1nh Nr til.
quently meet here, and which have
been very much handicapped for lack
of meeting place.
We feel the proposition is a good
one and should be acted on at once
by the city. Let this beautiful prop
erty be preserved for the future gen.
erations as public play ground and
park. If you want it you must act
at once, as there are other purchasers
wanting it.
Respectfully submitted,
Lacey.Boyer Law, Loan & Realty Co.
Water Talk.
Considerable talk and discussion
followed the complaint of Robert Will
liams about the Water company and
its semi.annual bill. Then followed
a communication from Superintend-
ent c. J. Fox, of the Peoples Water
Company, Directing to a bill submit
ted by the city for repairs to pave
ment where trenches had been made
by the Water company diggers and
left in bad state of repairs, so it is
claimed. City Engineer Bridges sub
mitted list of charges where the
city workers had made repairs. To
this Mr.. Fox objects. Also the Water
company made a trench for the laying
of main on North A street last fall
just prior to the laying OF the pave
ment north of High avenue. The city
engineers states that the trench was
not properly filled nor was all of the
material from the trench removed
but left to the convenience of the paw
ing contractor. When the concrete
base for the pavement was laid the
work over this trench was reinforced
with steel bars to prevent subsequent
settling all of which cost in the neigh
borhood OF fifty dollars. When the
council found out how the matter
stood motion carried that the
amount of the city's bills be deducted
from the amount of the Water COM
panys claim for hydrant rentals The
city council is also going after the
Water company on account of alleged
defective and insufficient and faulty
service. The Water company talk
took up large portion of the evening
in the arguments and discussions.
Mr.. McGregor wants the city to pay
for the building OF a side walk inter-
section at the southeast corner of his
new building under which he eXca.
waited and is now using the room thus
acquired as he is also using the space
beneath the side walks along the east
and south sides of his new building.
The council claims that this is city
space and Mr.. McGregor is liable for
rent for the same. Mayor Sewers
advises the payment of the McGregor
claim as that will not embarrass the
collection OF rent for the public ter
ritory occupied.
The U. p. church asks the city to
take over a piece of sewer built for
the accommodation OF the church.
The matter is to be investigated by
the sewer committee.
The usual amount of detail business
of the regular session occupied the
remainder of the session.