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Show THE GRAVITY SEWER. Rninors That Tnera Is a "Deal" on Positively Contradicted. MM) MAY III! COSIirjINril.TJi-, Ilisl K.tato fur a .Newer I arm Will be I'arcliatcd for Much ls llian $2J0 1'cr Aero. Tor mora than nn hour laat night the City Council Imbed Itself into n fury over tho resolution whloh provided for tho setting aside of tSOI.OM for tho construction of n gravity sower. The moat earutat advocates nf tho gravity wwer are Councllmcn Hnrdy and Folland, City Knglnter Dorcmua and Mayor Ilatkln. Homo of tho opponents of tho proposition propo-sition havnqueilloned certain alkged Irregularities connected with tbe rebeme to procuro land for a sower farm. Tbey have even Intimated that here is a "deal" on. For Instance, tbey ssy that If tho City Council pur-chnies pur-chnies laud for $I3D an acre, as re-polled, re-polled, for the purpom named aome. thing Is wrong Insatnuch as It Ii not worth raoro than n tenth of that amount nor can It jasslbly be made valuable until tbu aower syaleru la ton-alructed. ton-alructed. Councilman Hardy was seen by a I kws reporter today and spokeu lo lu relation lo tho matter, lliat gentle-nun gentle-nun ld the talk shout there being a "deal" on wai too at turd tocontldar for a luomout. It was not the Intention Inten-tion of the aeiier committee to pur-chtse pur-chtse or rccummrn I the purcbaie of 109 acres or any other iiumbir of acres of laud for a aewar farm nt the rate of $-30 ptr acre. Nu unreasuuble amount of money will be paid out nor will bjom values, be says, be considered. consid-ered. l'riertjr owners havo been conaulted III rigard In dlepoelu,( ef tbtlr laud nud otht ra will y 1 1 bu tern. If tbey are not willing lo eell at fulr price-, Mr. Hardy lays that condemns, tlon pn reelings will promptly be commenced lu Ihe Tblrd district court, which will arraugu tar a prejtir ap-prulacmont ap-prulacmont of tbo really wanted. Mr. Hardy felt exoeeJluly happy today i,ver the rtsult of lat night's ineetln'; and anys thu gravity sun er Is now aaiured. |
