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After voting unanimously at its September succession in favor of paving with brick the public square and north Maine street, and holding a meet ing on the night of September 27 for the purpose of hearing complaints and remonstrators and none appeared, the former telah of the town board at its October session moved that the street paying resolution “be not rati fied’, and Dr. Casebeer was the only member of the board who voted again at the motion: Sawyer, Aston and Darby voting for it. This action of the board kills the only chance Newport ever had of getting the street paved with brick or cement, and is probably the only chance we ever will have. A petition signed by 98 per cent of the property owners affected was pre sented to the board. Without any consideration the board accepted the petition with the comment of one of the board: “If all the people want the paying we will give it to them,” and then unanimously passed it. This was on the night of sept. 1. To comply with the law a notice was published stating that on the night of Sept. 27 the board would meet in special session to hear objections to the improvement. The town attor ney was out of the city on that night, but two of the board got into his of fice and with the county engineer stayed there until after 9 o'clock. Not a taxpayer appeared with a “kick.” The other two members of the board—Sawyer and Darby—were in town but did not attend the meet ing. The day following the first action of the town board on the resolution the matter was presented to the county council and this body appro priated $5,000 to pay its share of the improvement. Everything was going smoothly until the town attorney, former member of the board, some of the leading Democrats and taxpayers began to wonder where the town would get its money to pave the street intersections and alley crossings, which would cost them about $4,000. The more they thought of this the colder their feet became and the rub lock was applied. The town is in debt now $1,500, with a tax rate for next year ap proaching the $4.00 notch, the highest of any town, city or township in the county, and Extension street cross ings are yet to be taken care of. A little pepper and ginger was in jected into the proceedings of the “August body” when the town attor ney told the president of the board— Dr. I. M. Casebeer: ‘Don’t get rosy at me, doctor.” The attorney's ire was aroused when the P. E. ques tioned the legality of the meeting, it being on Tuesday night when their regular meeting falls on Monday night, but there was no quorum on Monday night. The attorney said that all meetings of the town board had not been according to “Hoyle” and the doctor knew it. OTHER BUSINESS. After the little “flurry” the board allowed claims to the amount of $509. 91, of which $388.50 was for electric lights. The tax levy ordinance for 1913 was then passed, as follows: Corporation, 40 cents; electric light, 35 cents and Nixon scan 10 cents. W.S. Brown was appointed in spector for the election to be held November 4. Marshal Miller was ordered to no tify Eli Brindley to move his hog pen, chicken lot and depository for his toilet room off the town property along the banks of the Little Vermil lion river next to the new concrete bridge, now building. Town attorney Wait and fourth ward trustee Aston notified the board that they had purchased Lewis Coil’s calf pasture at the south end of George street for $15 and they want ed to present the land to the town for street purposes. The quit claim deed was accepted. The marshal was ordered to put in a double line of tile across George street on the south side of Market.
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Newport Hoosier State
Newport, Indiana, US
Wed, Oct 15, 1913
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