The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-28
COUNCIL VOTES
TO OPEN MAIN
STREET SOUTH

The City Council last night by
unanimous vote, passed a resolution to
extend Main street two blocks south
of independence street and at the same
time drew the boundary lines of the
benefit district, inside of which prop
erty owners will be called upon to pay
for the street extension.
According to the plans projected by
the council, the street will be extended
on a straight line south from the pres
ent western line of Main street. This
extension will make room for a A.
foot roadway on the new Main street.
With the exception of a strip ten
feet wide, Aquamsi street has been
turned over to the railroad for the new
passenger depot location, so that the
street on the western side of the new
depot will be ut least 80 or 60 feet
in width.
The benefit district declared by the
council for the payment Of the dam
ages that will accrue through the eX-
tension of the street, extends as far
south as Good Hope street, north to
Broadway and west to the alley be-
tween Spanish and Lorimier street.
The line is described as follows:
South along the middle line of Aquam-
81 street to Good Hope, west along the
center line of Good Hope to the middle
of the alley between Spanish and Lori
mier; north through this alley TO the
middle of Broadway; east to the mid
die line Of Water street and south to
where it connects with the line on
Aquamsi.
City Counselor o. A. Knehans last
night appeared before the City COun-
ell to explain the legal steps that will
! be necessary in making the extension
The first step is the passage Of an
ordinance cOndemning the property
over which the council wishes the
street to pass. This is followed by Il
separate ordinance setting out the
benefit district which shall join in pay
ing for the street extension.
Following that, the City Counselor
will file a condemnation suit in the
Common Pleas Court naming as de-
PENDANTS all property owners in the
benefit district. An application will
be made to the Court to have a COM
mission of three men appointed to
assess benefits and damages in the dis
trict.
The report Of the commissioners,
making such assessments is filed in the
Circuit Court and each of the proper
ty owners effected then has the right
TO appeal from the report to the Cir
cult Court.
Such appeals hinge upon the ques-
ton of how mucn the benefits or the
damages shall be and as a consequence
when the money in question is paid
into court by the property owner. title
to the land is passed to the city and
the street may proceed.
Last night two plans were placed
Iafn-.o tho council Al ~ ro,,o.,,or - IL
width Of the proposed extension Of
Main street. One was to make the
extension 30 feet in width in order to
leave a wider lot on Independence
street next to the present location of
the Salvation Army headquarters.
This would leave Il Jog in the street
at the corner. The council voted to
make the line straight and take off
more on the western side of the land
at that place.
In settling the benefit district, the
question of the size arose and was set
tied when Bowman, sponsor of the
boundaries for the district adopted,
brought his plan to a vote.
Much of the property in this dis
trict, the council considers will not be
benefited greatly by the street extern
sion. This district is not aimed at resi- |
dental property and it is expected that |
he commissioners will not assess heavy !
benefits against residence owners. The |
business property in the district, how
ever, will be called upon to pay |