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U. S. TAKES 23 MORE
TRACTS IN TNT AREA
Thirty-Four Tracts
Have Been Acquired Through Declarations of Taking So Far
SEEK 112 MORE
Prices Government
Offering People for Land Said To Be Far Below Actual Value
Title to
twenty-three more tracts of land in the TNT area were acquired Tuesday by the Government
when declarations of taking were filed in the St. Louis Federal Court. The
total now acquired by the Government has been increased to 34 with 112 tracts
still to be accounted for.
The first
case is scheduled to be brought into court early next month since the property
owners are allowed time to file exceptions to the Government’s offer. If the
amount deposited in court is not satisfactory, the cases will go to trial.
Parties
from whom the Government is attempting to acquire the land at reported
ridiculously low figures, indicated they would make their case on the validity
of the original contract with the Government, in which they optioned their land
for specified sums.
The
Government is offering figures far below the actual value of the land, those
who know land values stated.
The owners
acreage and amounts paid into court yesterday are:
Mr. and
Mrs. William Zeyen, .43 acres, $780.
Thomas
Livergood, 6.2 acres, $1200.
Mr. and
Mrs. Osmund Haenssler, 33 acres, $1320.
John Dixon,
lot in Howell, $500.
Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Kessler, 30 acres, $2420.
Elsie
Knippenberg, lot in Howell, $1300.
Julia
Castlio, 48.54 acres, $1700.
John W.
Miller, 260.70 acres, $11,350.
Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Daniels, three acres, $360.
Joseph
Chandler and others, one-half acre, $200.
Masonic
Home of Missouri, 61 acres, $2280.
Morris
Muschany and others, two lots in Howell, $480.
Addie M.
Sutton and others, 129.76 acres, $5360.
Ella
Treisch, 45.51 acres, $2728.
Mr. and
Mrs. J. Karl Muschany, 40 acres, $2611.
Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mozgva, 12.60 acres, $2400.
Mr. and
Mrs. George Hackmann, 141.20 acres, $8680.
Henry
Keiser and others, 165.60 acres, $5640.
Helen
Hollander and others, 64.31 acres, $2960.
Mr. and
Mrs. Claude E. Muschany, six lots in Howell and 55.75 acres, $8320.
Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cunningham, 33.33 acres. $735.
Louis
Nicolai, 24.35 acres, $3000.
