Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-10-01
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

1 Notice is hereby given that at meeting
of the City Council of the City of Cres-
| co, Ia, held the 18th day of Sept. 1915,
1 there was introduced the resolution
hereinafter set forth and that by reso-
luton of the council duly passed on
said date the said resolution hereinaf-
ter set forth will be considered by the
City Council for passage at meeting
| to be held in the council rooms in said
city at s p. M, on the 18th day of Oct.
1915. at which time the owners of prop
erty subject to assessment for the cost
| of the sewer contemplated by the said
resolution may appear before said coun-
Gil and make objection to the contem-
plated improvement and to the passage
of proposed resolution, if any they
have, said resolution being as follows:
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY. I
Be it resolved by the City Council of
the City of Cresco, Ia, that it is deem
ed advisable and necessary to construct
a certain sewer within said city, the To-
cation and terminal points of which are
described as follows towit:
Commencing at the intersection of
| the alley at the west side of block 25,
Baldwn's addition to- Cresco and the
east line Of Fourth street west; thence
east along the center line of said alley
a distance of about 400 feet to the west
line of Third street west; thence south
easterly about 135 feet to point op-
posite the center of the alley passing
through block Is, Cresco, Ia, to con-
nection with lateral sewer No. l at
flush tank, said sewer to. be known as
lateral sewer No. -.
Said sewer to be constructed under
ground and at depth sufficient to give
fall for sewer purposes and in accord
ance with plans and specifications fur
nished by the city, materials and con-
struction to be as follows:
To be of vitrifed sewer tile Of eight
inches diameter laid in the excavation
provided therefor; joints to be cement
ed with mortar of Portland cement and
sand; and to be provided with sufficient
manholes, flush-tank and other de-
vices necessary to make good sewer
and where ever it may be required and
the plans direct or the city hereinafter
provides for, common agricultural tile
shall also be laid in said opening for
, the purpose of drainage.
That for the cost of said sewer it is
proposed to assess lots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S-9-
l3, block 25, Baldwin's addition to
Cresco, as abutting property, which are
plated to abut on said sewer, and to
assess as adjacent property, lots 10.ll-
12-14-15-16 and II, block 25, Baldwin's
addition to Cresco. All of said ada
cent property to be assessed according
to the benefits received as hereinafter
determined by the council. Said abut-
ting and adjacent property to pay the
entire cost of said sewer.
1t is further provided that the per-
son receiving the contract for the con-
struction of said sewer shall be requir-
ed to receive in payment, assessment
certificates issued against the abuttlng
and adjacent property and shall be ac-
-cepted by the contractor at their face
value.
D Be it further resolved that the City
Council will meet at s p. m. on the 18th
day of October. 1915, in the council
room of the said city for the purpose of
considering objections to the passage of
said resolution and to the construction
Of the said Improvement, at which
hearing the above resolution may be
posed.
Be it further resolved that the city
clerk be and he is hereby instructed to
cause notice of the pendency Of the
above resolution and the time at which
the said proposed resolution willbe con-
sidered by the council and objections to
the passage thereof, heard, to be pub
lished as provided by law in the Cresco
Plain Dealer and the Howard County
Times, newspapers of general circuls-
ton, published in the City of Cresco,
Iowa.
In witness whereof have hereunto
affixed my hand - g ~
M. ]. MACARTHUR, A. E. BARKER,
City Clerk. Mayor.