The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-23
PROTEST AGAINST |. SEWERAGE DISTRICT
More Than One Hundred Owners of Property on East Side File Re-
 monstrance With Council.
(From Tuesdays Daily Press)

side of the present water district and hence not subject to betterment by the installation of the proposed new sewerage district on the East 1 taxation would confiscate their property, more than one hundred people owning property on the East Side last night filed with the city council protest against the new district.
 Several weeks ago an initiatory petition signed by fifteen owners of real property, was filed with the council asking for the passage of an ordinance creating sewerage dis trict embracing practically all of the territory on the East Side from Vine street on the south to Lake street on the north and from the Cotton Belt right of way on the west to Eighth avenue on the east. In including so much territory in the district it was the idea of the promoters that it was cheaper and better 70 embrace all this property in the district now, and levy upon much of it a nominal assessment un- til the water service is extended to it, than to leave the property out and thus entail much expense and trouble upon the owners at later date when improvements were made and the sewerage would be desired.
 The second or binding petition has been prepared and will soon be in circulation. Those interested in this improvement have ninety days from l the passage of the original ordinance two weeks ago in which to file with the council the second petition bear ing the signatures of majority of the property owners in point of val ue according to the tax books of 1914 If this majority is obtained and the petition is filed with the council, public notice of this fact will be given and @ date set two weeks off for the hearing of those who desire to remonstrate or who wish to question the sufficiency of the petition.
 Inasmuch as there was nothing before the council bearing upon the new sewerage district no action could be taken upon the protest last night. It was ordered filed until such time as the second petition is filed when all parties will be given a hearing. The remonstrance filed last night is as follows:
 'The following property owners are opposed to sewerage district on the East Side for the following reasons:
 First, eighty per cent of the proposed district is outside of the present water district; second, most of the property owners of this dis trict are poor working people, and are not able to meet the additional taxation, and a sewerage district would simply be to confiscate their property. Signed by J. E. Clark, L. A. Smith, J. w. McNeal, J. w. Rowland, Wm. Knowles, s. L. Mot senbocker, T. c. Hester, L. T. Reed, o. Mitchell, Geo. H. Wilson, P. c. Mcbride, Rixie Purvis, H. J. Me Bride o. Beising, Chas. Loesche, w. c. Evans, Enoch Stewart, L. l.. and Tom Wagner, l. s. Seats, Jennie Monteith, Martha Kettles, Emma Wray, JIM. Spani, P. J. Geraths, Zorah Jones, c. T. West, J. T. Par tain, E. o. Frields, J. W. Frields, o. P Tyner, Thos. Spillman, A. Doug las, Mrs. c. E. Cannon, J. w. Eaton, J. A. Bushong, T. H. Churan, J. A. Massey, Mrs. c. w. Howard, A. A. Miles, John Swanson, Nathan Col den, J. E, Baldwin, c. Huntsman, IHuntsman, J. R. Balandy, w. A. Will liford, Jim Simpson, A. L. Milner Lon Tyner, N Wright, M. R. Golf man. w. J. Laurence, J. c. Adams w. J. Brewer, J. B. DeBons, R. Hoff- man, E. T. Gibson, w. H. Westfall H. A. McAdoo, A. P. Shoemaker, O. B. Shoemaker, J. A. Bolin, H. Hanke o. B. Middleton, D. B. Withrow, H P. Gilfoil, Mrs. Belle Dye, A. Mar tin, Dan Desmond w. T. Mesecher H. L. Wheatley, w. J. Cunningham
 w. H. McNealy, Tom Partee, F. T Mueller, W. L. Wohrman, Matty ? Jackson, W. M. Pankey. A. B. Rog' CTS, R. Rutherford, Chas. Aikeman ? J. D. Cummings, J. B. Moody, A Butler, W. L. Weatherford, E. H Bynum, w J. Moore, R. L. Craw ford, E. s. Swihart, R. B. Arm strong, J, H. Mounce, T. M. Simp 2 son, E. F. Stewart, Chas. Norman . Jim Glover R. L. Mitchell, S. M TTnI1tev nob Sims I M Workman