The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-02

Immediately a1tef puDllcatlOn.
Passed Sept. l, 1915. -
Mayor.
Attest: w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
Sept. 2, 1915.
ORDINANCE NO. 6197. : An Or
dinance providing for the install
lation of a system of street lighting,
consisting of cast iron standard
with a single globe lamp thereon;
creating Local improvement Dis
trict No. 5505; providing for a spe-
cial fund for the payment of the
cost of said Improvement by spe-
cial assessment upon property with
in said district benefited thereby;
providing for the issuance of local
Improvement bonds; and declaring
an emergency.
WHEREAS, an initial resolution
adopted by the Council of the City
of Tacoma August 4th, 1915, declar-
ing the intention of said Council to
make the improvement hereinafter
described and fixing Monday, the
23rd day of August, 1915, as the
time for hearing objections to the
making of said improvement, was
duly published as provided by law;
and
WHEREAS, prior to said card day
of Light and Water of said City sub
mitted to said Council the estimat-
ed cost of said Improvement In the
sum of $4,S12.73; and statement
of the proportionate amount there
of which should be borne by the
property within the proposed as
sessment district, In the sum of
$4,S12.7S; and a statement of the
aggregate assessed va1ue of the
real estate, exclusive of improve
ments, within said district, accord
ing to the valuation last placed up
on it for the purposes of general
taxation in the sum of $566,670.OO;
thereon the lots, tracts or parcels
of land and other property which
will be specially benefited by said
Improvement and the estimated
amount of the cost and expense of
the Improvement to be borne by
within said district; and
WHEREAS, on said 23rd day of
August, 1915, all remonstrances
against the making of said i'm
provement were overruled by the
Council; NOW, THEREFORE,,
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section /. That "E" Street from
the center line of South 4th Street
to a line parallel to and 1870 feet
north of the center line of South
27th Street, be improved by the in
stallation of system of street
lighting consisting of east iron
standard with a single globe lamp
thereon, four in number in each
regular block, together with all
necessary transformers, wiring and
underground cable; all according to
the plans and specifications hereto
fore prepared therefor and now on
file in the office of the Commission
err of Light and Water.
Section 2. That the real property
to be benefited by said improve
Local Improvement District No.
5505/is described as follows:
All the lots in Blocks 400, 40,
500, go 100, ITO, 500, 90, 1909, lilo,
1909, 1910. 1903, 1910, 1909, 1910,
1903 and 1910, Plat of New Tacoma,
w. T.;
All the lots in Blocks 1909, 1910,
dition;
All the lots in Block 2110, Cav
ender's End Addition;
All the lots in Block 2110, Smith
and Denton's Addition;
Lots 16 to 20 inclusive in Block I,
Amendatory Map of Spinning's Ad-
dition and Block 2109 of Smith and
lDthtoi <AuultlOhp
Lots II to 32 inclusive in Block l.,
Lots l to 16 inclusive in Block 2
with vacated street attached, I'm
plated strips south of Lots II and
16 aforesaid, Byrd's Additions;
All the lots in Blocks 2309 and
1910, Coughran's Addition;
All the lots in Blocks 1909. 1910
Block 2510, Sahm's Addition;
A tract of land bounded and de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of
the easterly line of e. Street with
the south line of Burns and Blinn
Addition; thence east along same
l2i.2 feet; thence southerly paral-
north line of Spinning's Addition !;
thence along the same to the east
erly line of sc" Street; thence
northerly along the same to begin
ming.
All Of said property being in the
City, of Tacoma, Pierce County,
Washington.
Section 8. An assessment is
hereby levied upon the several lots,
tracts and parcels of land in said
Local Improvement District for the
purpose of defraying the cost Of
SAID Improvement, In accordance
with the laws of the State OF WASH
ms WI anu OluinduCc NJ. f0ll OF
said City.
Said assessment so levied upon
said lots, tracts and parcels of land
respectively, may be paid either in
cash, without interest before the
Issuance of bonds, or in five (5)
equal annual installments, together
with interest on the whole sum SO
charged at six per cent, per annum;
and each year after the issuance
OF the bonds hereinafter provided
for one of such insta1lments, to-
gether with the interest due there
on, and on all installments there
after to become due, shall be col
lected In the manner provided by
law and the Charter and ordinances
Of the City of Tacoma for the coll
lection of assessments for local i'm
provements.
Section 4. A special fund is
hereby created to be called Local
Improvement Fund, District No.
5505, which shall consist in the ag-
gregate of the several amounts as
sessed, levied and collected upon
the several lots and parcels of land
in said local Improvement district