, 1888-02-16
Statement Of the Financial Con-
ditiOn Of the City.
A Lively Tilt Over Electric
Lights.
B. Norman In n Had Predica-
meNt.

A regular meeting OF the city council was
held last evening Mayor Taylo- In the
chair. Present: Deubpr, Hoover, Johnson,
kaufman, Clough. Dean. Dennis and Bish-
op. The minutes of the last meeting were
read, corrected and approved.
The Mayor referred To the terrible condi.
tion of tn streets aud Recommended that
the mud be'scraped from those portions OF
the streets where 1t Is the worst, aud gravel
be substituted.
The report Of the city treasurer was re-
ferred To the committee ON finance.
Moved by Hoover that the city attorney
be instructed to prosecute all delinquents
who have not paid up their assessments for
improvements by the lst Of March. Car.
RED.
Moved by Dennis that the city attorney
be Instructed to bring suit Immediately
agains. Mr. j. H. Lanone for his delinquent
assessment Oh Front st, Not seconded.
The committee ON streets and alleys Of
fered the following report:
TO the Hon. Mayor and City Council.
Gentlemen I'VE, the comnittee on
streets and alleys, recommend that,
Messrs. Kaufman and Pllton also Mr..
Victor Desert and Messrs. Guetz aud Baer,
are 10 be allowed the space in side walks Us.
asked for in their petitions.
T.. DUEDER,
/, >. kAiFMAN,
w. u. JunNsuN.
Ciough thought that too much space
WA, granted by The report and also that the
owners vi the buildings should usrte to 40
| all it, their power To protect the Guy rom
| liubil ty tor uccident, which nsht occur
| tnroush tee openings.
kaufman stated that Blalock had been
| granted four feet and lie could see no rea-
SON why Others should not have the same
| privilege.
Dennis stated that he thought four feet
| wuu,l be TOO much space on some streets,
| though it would be All right Oh others
| Hoover said he was opposed to allowing
fJat at oi. Toward, as it was u narrow
street.
| Deub, r amended the original motion Sd
| as To read II four loot opening on all sixteen
| foot sidewaik and three leet ana haii on
| all twelve loot walks.
Clouyi spoke against the amendment.
| but IL was carried and then The original
motion AS amended was carried.
The following report was then submitted
and accepted.
Spokane Fails February g. 1888.
Hon. Mayor and City Cuuhcilo oI Spokane
Falls:
Your committee appointed to examine
into the matter as to whether Or hot there
is AN alley between block number i, IaVer-
mates addition, and block number lo, III
| Spokane Falls, would respectfully rtpur'
aiter an examination Uf the plats On hle III
the auditors office, tin At III their opihioi''
said ground has been dedicated as an aiiey
To the Use ot the public.
| Wonld further recommend that the mat
ter be referred To the city attorney
4. DUEDER.
w. c. JOHNSON.
l, 5. KAUFMAN.
| Cough reported for the committee Oh
public improvements that they had Deei
working ON u system of numbering the
houses, and that the city attorney was al
ready engaged in drs wing an ordinance EN-
Uodyiug their recommendations.
The following report was suohi'ueu pS
the committee appointed to examine th'
work done 10y the city bookkeeper, ana Vi
motion OF Dennis accepted.
To the Mayor and Gentlemen OF The
| Council:
We, your committee appointed to exam
| inc aud make a report on the WORK VI Mr
Day, who was employed to open set %
books Tor the city. would respectfully re
port that we have carefully looked into tii'
work done by him, and find that he ia
made thorough examination INTO tile al
fairs of the city, beginning WIN It's ,hcor
puratiuu: that he has bees successful u
Iln'liiS NOucueIs ior he"''y w. N"P~ a, ~
ture made; that lie was unable TO hi''
vouchers for $2l2. paid from the water luii'
two or the years ago. the vouchers haVini
probably been lost or mlslaid, ana tl'
al o;e amount he has charged as unknuwh
Considering the number ~ ears that III
city accounts have run without oeihE eep
in - husue-s like way, and the Number u
persons that have had the handling U
vouchers, We are agreeably surprised ina
he should have been able to so completei
-. trace out the accounts at this time Heno,
has system adopted which, 1t continued
VII enable one to easily escer'aiii ahu u,
der.tand the condition of the citys affair
We concluded to report the financial con
dlton OF the city, on February Isl, 1855. a
shown by the balances on that date, whic
are as follows:
INDEBT gDNEs5.