The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
ORDINANCE TO
WIDEN STREETS
BEING DRAFTED
West End Property Will BE
Condemned By The City
Collector.
MANY STREETS ARE
SOON TO BE CHANGED
MavOr Thinks Sewer Should Be
Installed Before Streets
are Repaired.

An ordinance to condemn property
in the West End for the purpose OF
widening and vacating several streets
in that section, is being drafted by
CITY Counselor knehans. Themis
street j. to be viGened to 56 feet from
Henderson and Hanover and from
Hanover 10 Benton. Harmony will be
made - feet vide from Painter 70
Henderson avenue and Painter avenue
viii he widened to 90 feet between
Harmony ard Broadway
After drafting the ordinance, the
Citv Counselor will lock into the val
;ditv Of the tile on all property to
be condemned, and this Investigation,
together with the bill will be present
ed to the City Council for action. Il
the bill is passed by the City Council,
commissioners vii bc appointed by
Judge Snider OF the Common Pleas
Court and these commissioners will
assess the damage and benefits d.
rired rom the condemnation proceed
ings.
TIE report Of the commissioners
would then be filed in court in order
to gi~o every property owner interest,
ed il the matter IN opportunity to file
anv exceptions TO the report. The
final settlement Of the condemnation
of the property rests with the Judge Of
the court.
The widening Of Henderson avenue,
north Of Independence street, will ne
cessitate the condemring Of two
story brick residence owned by /.
Eogclsang. at the corner Of Themis
street and Henderson avenue. After
intersecting Themis street, Henderson
avenue becames very narrow, and IN
order to widen the street, the Fcgel-
sang house will have to be torn down.
Other property that will he con-
demned in order to widen Henderson
avenue belongs to the Kruger heirs,
Selma Hirsch and Eta Scivally.
Painter avenue it is proposed, will
h. continued to Broadway. 1t now
terminates at Harmony avenue. in or
der 10 WIDEN Painter, a strip of co feet
will have to be taken from the proper
ty owned by c. j. ReichenbichIer ana
". c. Lambert.
Other pieces Of property along
Painter which will have to be con-
damncd to widen the street are owned
bv Henry Seehausen, Fred W. Schra-
der. Al Farrar and William Pierce.
Those lots are all on the east side of
Painter avenue.
The largest number of property
holders to be affected by the proposed
condemnation live on Themis street
which will be widened to Sc feet from
Henderson avenue to Benton street.
Small strips Of property belonging TO
Jacob Ruebel. Bertha Vogt, johanna
Sander, Gus Sander, S. Geiser estate
c. Book estate, Ben Bueltemann, Au-
gust and Chris Haman, the Board OF
Education. Johanna Page and William
Bl9ckwendt will be condemned. THIS
property is all on the north side Oh
Themis. The property Of r. Schlnd-
vein is the only piece on the south
side that would have to be condemned.
The maps showing the location OF
the property to be condemned were
drawn during the week by City En-
gineer Chris Silver.
When Mayor Rage was told OF the
proposed condemnation Of property
he EXPRESSED surprise that this mat
ter was being pressed in preference
t. the completion of the West End
sewer. which was authorized by or
dinance almost two years ago. He
said that the street ought not be M
proved until the sewer has been I'M
ished.