| Show ADOPTED THE OLD STREET LINE city council takes action in accordance cor dance with court ruling tle the city council has adopted the old street survey in vogue during tho the early daya days and up to the coming into power of tile recent city government for a number of years there has been 41 a great deal of desnute regarding the lines of tho the streets east of washington avenue and a number of lawsuits hac have been the result in nil all of these tho the courts have held that the old survey was the proper one for the reason that it had been in use sinco tho tile settlement of tho the city and even though it might bo be a few feet off the property owners whose whoso lines did not exactly correspond with the surveys made in recent years were entitled to the possession of the properly property by reason ol 01 their occupancy thereof ex city engineer perkins made a survey during ins his term of office and found that along many streets east of washington avenue the fhe difference between the old and the tile new and correct lines was four or five feet depending entirely upon the tile distance east from washington avenue in many cases property owners who asked for tile correct lines were eien given those of the tile new survey and now they arc are occupying city land or part of tho tile street As an instance of this the case of J 0 armstrong is cited mr armstrong was civen given the tile lines for lua his property and now according to the survey just adopted by tho the city council he be is four feet over on an the street and a stone wall w all marks the 61 street treet line of his lot lq it is understood that some moe m ove will be act on foot whereby an am amicable cal arrangement can be made with photo property ro er ty owned a who are a re oc occupying c spying part of pf the alie street in rood faith |
