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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1939_02_18SPEC 2 02 Gills Radio & Electric Service - - - - $ 1:46 G. F•.- Murray 10.00 ' Square Deal Auto Repair Shop - . 75 J. . S. Whitmore Agt. 16.50• Virginia Public Service Company - - - 30.97 C. & P . Telephone Company 1.20 Engineering News Record 37 .60 - Loudoun News 4.80 Standard Oil Company of N. J. - - - - 7..38 Robert Atwell :21 .00 • Robinson Clay Products Co. 32 .48 • Leesburg Lfre & Fuel Corp. 41.10 J. .T. Hirst 9 .50 Total 0 308 .91 Onmotion of Councilman Turley , seconded by Councilman Bourihane and unanimously carried , the following resolution was adopted ; BE IT RESOLVED , by the Council of the Town Of Leesburg , in Virginia that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized , instructed and directed to purchase the necessary paint and other materails with which to paint the Fire Company Recreation Room and the Fire House on the interior. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , by the said Council that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized , instructed and directed to employ Mr. Allen M. Adrain, a member of the Fire Company , to paint the said rooms. • There being no further business , on motion duly made , seconded and carried , the Council adjourned-. - 8"::533 F. M. • ' APPROVED: . �� RECORDER. �.L i !�•AJ1_MAYOR - • February 18 , 1939 SPECIAL At a special meeting of the Mayor and Town Council of the . Town of Leesburg, in Virginia held ih the Council• Chamber on Saturday , February 18 , 1939 at 3 :00 P. M. , there were present; Lucas P. Phillips, Mayor ; Louis T . Titus , Recorder and John T. Hourihane , Louis C. Rollins , J. D. Taylor and Joseph H. Turley , Councilmen. - The Mayor stated that the purpose of the meeting was to consider and adopt a resolution to instigate negotiations with Edwin E. Garrett for the purpose of acquiring an easement through . • property of said Edwin E. Garrett , and to consider any other matters • that may be properly brought before the Council. A letter from Stilson H. Hall, Town Attorney was read in which said attorney reported that he had not secured an easement from Edwin E. Garrett pursuant to a Resolution adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on January 26 , 1939 . Said report also stated that petition to appoint appraisers for the purpose of condemin an easement in and through the lands of Edwin E. Garrett was dismissed by the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Virginia on the 18th day of January 1939 , the Court Euling that the Council had not given notice of a meeting which was held. for the purpose of fixing a price for an easement in and through the said lands . -.. . The Town Attorney , Stilson H. Hall was present and made an oral report • to the Council in regard to the petitions• for easements in and through the lands of John Grimes ; John Grimes , Rhoda -Ridgeway and Eva Crouch and Edwin. E. Garrett. He stated that appraisers had been appointed to condem easements in and through 203 .the lands of Gohn Grimes ; John Grimes , Rhoda Ridgeway and Eva Crouch and he also stated that the petition had been dismissed •by the Circuit Court of Loudoun County , Virginia for the purpose of condeming an easement through the lands of Edwin E. Garrett. On motion of Councilman Turley , seconded by Councilman Hourihane and unanimously adopted by- the following recorded vote : FOE : John T: Hourihane , Louis C. Rollins , John D. Taylor and Joseph E. Turley ; AGAINST : NONE , the following Resolution was adopted ; WHEREAS; by Resolution passed" by the Council of the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , on the 23rd day of January , 1939 , Stilson• E. Hall , Town Attorney ,• was authorized , instructed and directed to• submit to Edwin E. Garrett an offer of $40.00 for 'an easement .or right and permission for the said town of Leesburg to construct , maimtain and repair a sewer pipe line across the lot of :thb said Edwin E. Garrett from market Street to Cornwall Street between Liberty and Ayre Streets ; and WHEREAS , by Resolution passed by the said Council of the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , on the 26th day of January , 1939 , the said Stilson H. Hall , Town Attorney , was authorized , instructed and directed to institute- condemnation proceedings to acquire an easement through the said land of the said Edwin F. Garrett ; and- - . . . WHEREAS , the said condemnation_proceeding was filed in the Circuit Court of Luudoun County , Virginia , on the 7th day of February , 1939 ; and WHEREAS , the said proceedings were dismissed by the said Court on the 18th day of February, 1939 ; and WHEREAS , the Council deems the said easement to be neces- ary for the purpose of completing the construction of the sewer project which has already been started in the said town of Leesburg ; in Virginia : • NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the . Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , that Stilson H. Hall , Town Attorney , be and he is hereby authorized , instructed and directed to submit to the said Edwin E. Garrett a new offer of 840.00 for the Said easement to construct , operate and, maintain a sewer pipe eight inches in diameter through and across his said lot or parcel of land , not less than three and one-half feet• below the surface , from the north side of West Market Street to the south side of West Cornwall Street , between Ayre and Liberty Streets , as is shown on a plat of the entire sewer system filed in the Clerk' s Office of Loudoun County , Virginia on the 7th day of February, 1939 , to the' extent of showing all easements necessary to complete the construction of a sanitary sewer system for the said town ; and the location of said easement • which the town is seeking to acquire is described with more particularity as follows : Beginning at a point mil-the north • side of West Market Street in the line of the land conveyed to the said Edwin E. Garrett by W. C. Orr and M. Page Orr by deed bearing date of July 23 , 1912 , bf record in the Clerk' s office of Loudoun County , Virginia , in Deed Book 8 Q' s , at page 325, which said point is aprnx#mately ten feet west of the southeast corner of said lot conveyed to said Garrett by said W. C . Orr and M. Page Orr ; thence N 19° E 418 feet to a point in the south line of Cornwall Street and the North line of said lot conveyed to said Garrett by said deed dated July 23, 1912 , of record as. aforesaid , and said• last mentioned point is approximately ten feet west of the northeast corner of said lot conveyed •to said Garrett as aforesaid ; and the said lot or parcel of land which was conveyed to the said Garrett as aforesaid by deed dated July 23 , 1912 , is located in the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun County , Virginia , and said offet of $40.00 to the said • Edwin E. Garrett is final , and in' the event same is not accepted or rejected on or before the 25th day of February , 1939 , the said Council will consider negthtiations between the Town and the said Edwin E. Garrett as having been completed. 204: • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the said Council of the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , that the said Council deems the acquisi - tion of said easement necessary to eneble the town to complete the construction of a sanitary sewer system for the said town of Leesburg , in Virginia. • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , by the said Council of the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , that Louis T. Titus , Recorder , be and he is hereby authorized , instructed- and directed to forthwith present to the said Stilson E. Hall , Town Attorney , four certi- fied copies of this Resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the said Council of the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia , that Stilson H. Hall-, Town Attorney, be and he is hereby authorizedm instructed and directed to have • the Sheriff of Loudoun County , Virginia , or one of his . Deputies , serve a certified copy of this Resolution on the said Edwin E. Garrett. and such other papers or letters as he deemS advisable and necessary. There being no further fastness , on motion duly made , • seconded and carried , the Council adjourned.. APPROVED: �ga4"""r g_frtperzim / RECORDED. /AAYOR February 27 , 1939 At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Town Council of the town of Leesburg , in Virginiam held in. the Council Chamber on Monday February 27 , 1939 , at 7 :30 F. M. there were -present ; Lucas:iD. Phillips; Mayor; . Louis T. Titus , Recorder ; and Roy M. Flippo , E. C . Rollins , J . D=- Taylor and Joseph H. Turley , Councilmen. • The Recorder read a letter from Mr. E. F. Garrett to Town Attorney. Stilson B. Hall in which he stated that he would be very glad to discuss the matter of an easement through his property with -the Council upon his return from Florida . The letter also stated that he (Mr. Garrett) was sorry that it was not the plensure of the Mayor to call a meeting of the Council so as to give him (Mr. Garrett) an- opportunity to discuss the matter of an easement with them. After the above mentioned letter was read Mayor Phillips stated that he wished to mkke it clear to, the Council that he had not been requested to call a meeting of the Council by anyone in regard to any easements and that therefore had not called a meeting. A proposed Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings in the Circuit Court- of Loudoun County , Virginia for the purpose of agquiring an easement through the lands of Edwin E. Garrett between Market and Cornwall Streets between Wirt and Ayer Streets . iJo action was taken on this matter . On motion of Councilman Turley seconded by Councilman • Flippo and unanimously carried the follwoing Resolution was adopted ;- BE IT RESOLVED , by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia , that Roscoe B. Rhoads , Auditor-Treasurer be and he -is hereby -authorized to pay Robert Atwell $90.00 per month Waite he works regularly as night watchman. Mr. t9. C. Whitmore , PostMaster appeared in regard to a sewerage connection for the United States Post Office in Leesburg. Mr. Whitmore Stated that he wished to know just how far that the town would lay latteral connections to the new sewer.