THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 267 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 MAY 15-16, 1912. 



Committee met with all members present. 



On "Wednesday morning the committee met at the grounds at 

 10:00 a. m., with the Sheriff's jury selected to condemn property 

 for addition to fair grounds. 



The Sheriff's jury made the following awards: 

 Italian Real Estate Company: 



Lots 19-28 inclusive, Block "A" Cotton Mill Addition to Grant 



Park — vacant $ 1,000.00 



Mrs. Eva Brown, et al.: 



Lots 23-24-25 Block H, Redhead's Addition to Grant Park- 

 two houses 1,500.00 



Mrs. Anna Peters Barry: 



Lot 15, Block "P" Redhead's Addition to Grant Park — one 



house 500.00 



Frank Thompson: 



For vacating .3307 Logan Avenue 10.00 



To expense of sheriff's jury 39,50 



$ 3',049.50 



The Secretary was directed to issue warrant for above amount 

 and turn same over to Ben. J. Ness, Sheriff of Polk County. 



The Secretary was instructed to co-operate with the Attorney 

 General 's office in preparing a petition to be presented to the city 

 council, asking for the vacation of streets and alleys on the 

 ground recently acquired by the state. 



The following petition was presented at the regular meeting of 

 the council at 10 :00 a. m., May 17th, 1912. 



PETITION. 



To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Des Moines: 



The undersigned respectfully request and petition your honorable body 

 for the vacation of the following streets and alleys located in Grant Park 

 Addition to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, to-wit: 



Walnut street from the west line of Lot ten (10) in Block D to 



Thirty-first street; 

 Thirty-first street from the north line of Logan avenue to the north 



line of the plat of Cotton Mill Addition; 

 The alley in Block D from the west line of Lots ten (10) and twenty- 

 two (22) to Thirty-first street; 

 All that part of Logan avenue in Redhead's Addition from Thirty- 

 first street east to the Iowa State Fair Grounds; 

 All that part of Thirty-second street from the south side of Logan 

 avenue to the north line of Dean avenue; 



