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Quarrel Over A Sewer

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A special council meeting was called last Thursday night to settle a dispute that aróse wben the city decided to lay a sewer through the Green property which comprises a larga part of the Arlington Block. Clay Green ownes the building now occupied by city offices. He had asked for a sewer and frequently expressed his willingness to give the right of way across his property. A f ter the sower was surveyed Mr. Green went to City Clerk Mills and said: "jSTow that this sewer is laid out the city can't help itself and will have to pay me what I ask. J've slmply got the city by the neck and I'll choke it hard." He asked that his property be exempted from taxation and to this the city fathers agreed. But when they came to understand the situation and found that the exemption demanded by Mr. Green would amount to nearly $300 they reconsidered the motion and rescinded it by a vote of 11 to 1. Mr. Green, who was represented at the meeting by his guardián, W. W. Hannan, of Detroit, was olïered $100 for the right of way but declined as he said the sewer must go across his land anyway and the council would have to pay his price. This was too much for the alderman and they decided to lay the sewer clear around the block. This will cost $214 more than to run through but will be better than exempting the property from taxation. It will leave Clay Green without sewer connections.

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Ann Arbor Register