Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
COMMISSIONERS FILE REPORT
ON APPRAISAL ON RIVER
DRAINAGE PROJECT.
LARGE CLAIMS ELIMINATED
BY RELOCATING DITCH
Down Stream Limit Of Proposed Dis
trict Relocated at City Limits Instead
OF Center Street Brdge-City and
Ice company's Claims This EIimin-
ated-Damases Appraised.

Scaling down the claimed damages
very materially, the report of the COM
missioners appointed to investigate
claims for, damages and appraise dam
ages to land in the proposed Iowa river
valley drainage project, filed it's report
with the board Of supervisors Saturday.
The total of the claims filed was $751;
300 and altho the total as appraised by
the commissioners can not be deter
mined becaused 1t Is based on the nur..-
Der of acres to be taken by the pros
posed channel. the total will be very
much smaller than the total of the
claims.
Previous to the fling Of the report the
limits Of the district had been restricted
not to include property inside the city
limits. This eliminated claims of s274,-
GOO filed by the city and the Marshall
Ice Company. These were eliminated
by relocating the downstream end Of
the channel at the western limits of the
city instead Of at the Center street
bridge.
Right. Averages SIS. -.
1t is probable that the appraisal for
the value of the right of way for the
ditch will be In excess Of the engineers
estimate. He placed the total acreage
to be used at 200 and the average value
of $50. The commissioners make no
total appraisal but instead appraised
the land to be used for the ditch in
forty-acre units. These, Of which there
are necessarily great many, have
been Appraised at prices ranging from
$50 up to 800. and the average prob
ably would be aboutsT5. Assuming
that the total acreage is approximately
the same as the engineers estimate. the
damages for the right -of-way under
compared with $4,000, the engineers
estimate.
Many Claims Not Allowed.
Many large claims were not allowed
by the appraisers. and in the case Of
the claim Of $4,000, filed by E. B. How
ard, it was eliminated by relocating
the proposed ditch thru the Howard
property. Howard proposed to the drain
age board that IL the ditch were re.u-
Gated he would have no claim for dam
age.
The following were the damages as
appraised by the commissioners and
damages as appraised by the commits
and damages claimed: John
Tfmmons. claimed $4,000; appraised at
$500; Thomas Swearlngen estate.
claimed $4,000; appraised at SIS an
acre for the land cut of by the ditch:
n. A. Evans. claimed 5000, appraised
at s75 an acre for land cut off by the
ditch. Mrs. Glennie B. Jenkins. Nichols
claimed, $500; appraised at SIS. per
acre for land cut off by the ditch; Mrs,
Ida ]. LaPlant. no claim filed. appraised
ats 200; F. E. Marshall. claimed. $3.50:
appraised at 800 an acre for land cut
off by ditch; w. H. Van SlykA, claimed
$3.50, appraised at 500 per acre for
land cut off by ditch; Chaplin estate.
claimed $4,000. appraised at 1915.
No damages were appraised in the
cases of the following claims: R. II,
GRADER. claimed $500: Mrs. Nancy
Timmons. $4,000; George Timmons.
$4,000; Hughes c. Graves. $500; G. F.
'Bucham, claimed $3.50.
The commissioners were F. B. Inger-
soll the engineer; w. D. Drew, of Lib
erty township, and ]. Harry Scurr, of
Gilman. The drainage board received
the report but postponed action on IL
until Sept T.