Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-22

Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
South Twelfth street connecting with
paving extending to Main street. Width
"a feet.
North Fifth street from the north
end of the present paving to the north
line of Hughes street. Width 80 feet.
Hughes street from the east line of
Fifth street to the west line Of Fourth
street Width 80 feet.
From the east end Of Linn creek
bridge, east to the east line Of Twelfth
avenue. Width 80 feet.
From the junction of the proposed
paving on Main street at the intersec-
ton Of Twelfth avenue and Main
street south on Twelfth avenue one
mile from end of present paving; also
that portion of Nevada street connect
ing Twelfth avenue, and said Twelfth
avenue and said portion of Nevada
street to be paved width of feet
and in according with the specifica
tons adopted by the Lincoln Highway
commission.
South Ninth street from the south
line of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
railroad track south to Doty street and
continuing thence along D0ty street to
the city limits, the said paving to be
Is feet in width and to be in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
adopted by the Lincoln Highway COM
mission.
And that said paving shall include
all alley and street Intersections ex-
listing along said streets, and the i'm
prov ement shall be by grading, curbing
and paving, except curbing shall not be
required where the property owners
have heretofore caused curbing to be
constructed at grade and the same is
now in good repair, and said street
improvements shall be constructed of
the following designated material and
in manner following, to-wit:
Said paving shall be constructed Of
a two inch wearing surface of cement
concrete laid on a five inch cement
concrete base, and said curbing shall
be constructed of cement and gravel,
all Of which grading, curbing and paw
ing shall be done in accordance with
the specifications now on file in the
office of the city clerk Of the city of
Marshalltown, Iowa, which are subject
to amendment before said paving shall
be ordered, except that portion Of the
same which hereinbefore has been
mentioned al being required to be done
in accordance with the plans and
specifications Of the Lincoln Highway
commission.
Be 1t further resolved and ordered
that contracts be made ard entered
into for the furnishing of labor and
material tor such street improvements
as by statute provided and the cost
and expense of such strees improve
ments shall be assessed to and against
the property abutting thereon and the
owners thereof, and such other prop
erty within the limits of 800 feet as are
by law assessable for proportion or
the expense and cost thereof, and all
in proportion to the special benefits
conferred upon said several properties
thereby and in accordance with the
law governing the same but said as
sessment shall not exceed 20 per cent
of the actual valuation of any lot or
parcel of ground at the time of the
levy, and the last proceeding assess
ment roll shall be taken as prima tacie
evidence of such value; except that
the whole or any part of the cost and
expense Of said street improvement at
intersections of streets, highways,
alleys and avenues, and the whole or
any part of the cost and expense Of
the same at spaces opposite streets,
highways, avenues and alleys inter-
secting but not crossing, shall be ap-
portioned, levied and assessed in ac-
cordance with the statutes now in
force in the state Of Iowa and ap-
plicable thereto, and any deficiency
where the special assessments which
may be levied against any lot or tract
OF land shall be insufficient to pay the
cost Of the improvement, shall be paid
from the city improvement fund, said
city improvement fund to be raised by
means of a special levy on all property
in Marshalltown, Iowa, and to be made
to exend over a period CT ten years.
said levy to be in accordance with Sec
ton $50 of the Code Of Iowa and acts
amendatory therto and as by law pro-
vided.
The contractor shall be required to
look exclusively to the funds stated
in the contract for the payment Of
said street Improvement and the city
Of Marshalltown, Iowa will not make
itself pecuniarily liable for the pay
ment of the cost and expense of any
part Of said improvement and will not
incur any Indebtedness therefor.
LOU are AuIlAeI HOllAicO SiAdl lIc Sdiu
resolution Of necessity above referred
to will be considered for passage by
the mayor and city council of the city
Of Marshalltown, Iowa, at meeting to
be held in the council chamber in the
court house at Marshalltown, Iowa, at
8 o'clock a. m. on the 10Th day of
March A. D. 1915, at which time you
and each Of you may appear and make
objection to the contemplated improve
ment and to the amendment and pas
sage of said resolution or to the pas
sage of the same as proposed.
Dated this 18th day OF February
A. D. 1915.
j. j. WILSON,
! City Clerk of the City of MARSHALL
| town, Iowa.
Published in the Times Republican
Feb. %. 80, "a. IS. 1915.