, 1888-04-05
Long and Stormy Session Of the
Retiring Fathers.
Washington and Sixth Streets
Ordered Graded.
The Election Returns Canyassed
and Approved.


The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The city treasurer reported that mistake
had been made in MIR. Ragsdales assess.
ment for work on Monroe street.
Mayor Taylor read the following vetoes
SPOKANE FALLS, w. T. April 4, 1888
To the City Council, Spokane Falls, w. II.
.GENrLEMEN:-l herewith return without
my signature ordinance No. 1873 entitled
AN ordinance establishing the grade Of
Washington street." etc.
My objections are that think il void for
uncertainty through loOseness of ex preston
Of section one and paragraphs following.
Also the grade at the north line of Eighth
street fails to confo orm to the elevation
shown on profile. The figures should read
2051 instead of 2052.
l would recon- mniend that the usual form OF
expression be used for section one that the
paragraph following be stricken out and
the four paragraphs following that be
changed to take the form of enactments
rather than the recitation of facts.
Respectfully.
w. III. TAYLOR, Mayor.
SPOKANE FALLS, w. T. April 4, 1888
To the City Council, Spokane Falls. w. II.
GENTLEMAN I'll herewith return without
my signature ordinance No. 122 entitled
IAN ordinance establishing its grade oil
My objections and recommendations are
the same as rected in my veto OF Washing
ton street ordinances.
Respectfully,
w. Ii. TAYLOR. Mayor.
Clough stated that he did not think
Washington street should be graded until
there was petitun from the property own.
ers. There has been no such petition,
though nearly year ago one was handed
in asking that portion of the street be
graded.
Hoover moved that the veto of the mayor
be sustained.
Dueber said that he had always been in
favor OF having streets graded and should
do his best toward that end on his last
night in the council. Clough had always
fought every improvement, except those I'm
the interest of MIR. Cannon. Clough was a
kicker and a crank.
Clough replied with an indignant denial
and stated that he had worked in the inter
est OF the city while Dueber had looked af.
ter his own. He thought that the latter
gentleman was unusually foolish, probably
ON account of his defeat in the recent elec
tion.
Dueber answered that he would take his
defeat like man. and challenged Clough to
point out where he had worked in his own
interest.
Hoover's motion was then put and car.
ried.
Hoover stated that he thought the ma.
iority Of the people on Washington street
wished 10 graded and he moved thar an or.
dinance be drawn foi grading the street.
Dueber did not think any such ordinance
between Clough and Dueber, which were
stopped by the mayors calling for order.
The motion was then carried.
ClOugh moved that an oi dinance be
drawn for the grading OF Sixth street be-
tween Saxton and Mill streets. Carried.
The report OF the police justice was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
The health officer reported that Loomis
IL Miller were maintaining a nuisance up
the river though they had been warned to
abate it.
Moved by Clough that the city health o.,
ficer be instructed to institute legal proceed
ings against them. Carried.
The city attorney stated that the city
would have no power to prevent porties
from dumping garbage anywhere outside
the city limits
The report of the city engineer in regard
to Division street was accepted and war
rents ordered drawn for the pay ment of the
contractors.
A report in regard to the construction
of a sewer in the Bloomer allew was ac-
cepted
The report of the committee on streets
and alleys, stating that the grading of Di-
vision street was satisfactory, was accepted,
The report OF the city treasurer was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Clough stated that in his opinion the fire
and water committee had been negligent in
Investigating the matter of selecting "a site
tor the city water works, and moved the
committee be discharged.
Dueber said that the committee had not
neglected the matter, but the superinten
dent OF the v ater works had been i'll.
The motion was then lost, Clough and
Bishop only voting aye.
q Hoover moved that the committee he re-
qnested to report at the next meeting. Car
red.
The bills reported favorably by the
finance committee were read and approved.
A bill from j. M. Knight was ordered
paid.
Bill from J. C. Grimmer was referred to
the city attorney,
Bill OF l.. @. Reed was referred back to
the finance committee.
Bill of J. r. Snyder was ordered paid.
Bill of the REVIEW PUBLISHING Co. was
ordered returned to the company for
proper endorsement.
Bill Of Echo Mill Co. ordered paid.
Bill of Jas. +. Roe for grading Howard
street, after considerable discussion was or
dered paid.
Bill of Griffitts and Stout for services In
the Norman case was referred 20 the finance
committee.
Bill for rent of voting place in Third
ward was allowed.
The new bills were read and referred TO
the finance committee
Bill of Baird d Hughes for laying water
main on Main street between Jefferson and
Adams street was allowed.
PETITIONS.
For q saloon license from j. Burns.
Granted.
For saloon license from Need, Waller
& Abrams. Granted.
For damages caused by the flooding Of
w. j. Roundtree's stable through negli-
gence In keel ing up the sewer draining that
portion Of the city.