Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1909 — ALLEY RESOLUTION DISMISSED. [ARTICLE]

ALLEY RESOLUTION DISMISSED.

Legality of Proceedings Questioned, and Council Dismisses Resolution. At the special meeting of the city council Monday evening to hear objections to assessments on* the alley ordered in Block 16, original plat of the city, running north and south in the block in which the Makeever House Is located, John Makeever represented through his attorney that the proceedings were void; that he had a private alley and the proposed alley would be of no benefit to his property, yet he was assessed S4O benefits and sls damages; that the ground taken fronting Washington street was worth $600; that a building and tree would have to be removed by him at a cost of S4O, and that he would be damaged S7OO. The proceedings ordering the alley were first made in June, 1908, but for some reason the matter was never completed by the council until recently. C. W. Duvall, who is also affected by the alley, has cut off a portion of hisi barn that stood in the proposed alley, moved fences, etc. The council decided that the safest way, Jp view of the delay In adopting the resolution, was t® dismiss the proceedings and let the property owners take matter up In the way of 1 a new petition. . * ,