Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-20
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Notice of Proposed Resolution Of
Necessity.

Notice is hereby given that at
regular meeting of tie city council
of the City of Cresco, Howard Coun
ty, Iowa, held at the council room
in said city February End, 1914
there was introduced the resolution
hereinafter set forth, and that b!
resolution of said city council
duly passed at such meeting, thu
said resolution hereinafter Sc
forth will be considered by sale
city council for passage at a meet
ing of the council to be held in the
council room m said city, at eight
o'clock P. NJ. on the 10Th day Of
March, 1914, at which time the
owners of the property subject tc
assessment for the cost of the i'm
provement contemplated by sai6
resolution may appear before the
said council and make objections
to the contemplated improvement
and to the passage of the said pro-
posed resolution, If any they have,
such resolution being IS follows:
Be it resolved, by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Cresco, Howard
County, Iowa, that it is deemed ad-
visable and necessary to make i'm
provements by paving with Portland
cement concrete seven inches in
thickness, the lower five inches to
consist of cement, sand, and brok-
en- rock, and the upper two inches
to consist OF cement and sand, to-
gether with expansion joints filled
with bitumen, and reinforced with
steel where considered necessary;
or by paving with Portland ce-
ment concrete six inches in thick
ness, consisting of cement, sa ID and
broken rock, with top surface
coating of bitumen together with
gravel or hard rock screenings, and
with expansion joints filled with BIZ
tumen and sand, and reinforced
with steel where considered neces-
sary; in either case the foundation to
be prepared and the paving to be con-
structed in accordance with specifi-
cations to be prepared by the city
engineer and approved by the city
council; the streets and parts of
streets to be so improved being as
follows, to-wit:
North Elm street, from the north
lines Of Third avenue east and
Third avenue west to +he south lines
of Eighth avenue east and Eighth
avenue west; Second street west
from the south lire of First avenue
west to the north line of Sixth ave-
nue. west; Third avenue east from
the east line of Second street east
to the W st line of Eighth street
east; Third avenue west from the
east line of Second street west to
the east line of Third street west;
Sixth avenue west from tie west
line of North Elm street to the
east line of Second street west;
Second avenue southwest from the
west line of South Elm street to
the east line of Second street south
west; the alley at the north end of
lots Nos. 5. s, z. 8. 9, 10, II, and
IL, in Block 16, Cresco; the ex-
pense of making such Improvements
to be assessed against the property
AUDITING thereon and adjacent there
to, to the extent that same q as
by law; said assessment to
to be made in accordance with the
laws governing the same.
. Be it further resolved, that the
City Council will meet at eight
o'clock P. M, on the 10Th day of
March, 1914, in the Council Room
in the City of Cresco, Howard
County, Iowa, for the purpose of
hearing and considering objections
to the passage of the said proposed
and to the construction
IF the said improvements, at
which hearing the foregoing reso-
luton may be amended and passed
Or passed as propos &.
Be it further resolved, that the
City Clerk be and he is hereby in
,tructed to cause notice of the
tendency of the above resolution
and the time at which the said pro-
posed resolution will be considered
by this council and objections to the
passage thereof heard, to be pub
ished as provided by law in the
Howard County Times and Cresco
Plain Dealer, newspapers of gener-
IL circulation, published in said
City OF Cresco, Howard County,
Iowa.
In witness whereof, I have affix-
I'd my hand February End, 1914.
A. w. GILLETT,
City Clerk of the City of Cresco,