The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-18

xesf beside Mayor Drun. aud - he 81
down Wniism Watson rose IN the ios-
By and. leaning oFxr the rAissnE. BEGAN
10 address the council without waiting
for its permission
II am one Of the residents OF the
Fourth ward. gentlemen, be said
They hare been bringing the nth Of
the Second and Third Yards over there
for sfx months and dropping IL over
there until the smell Is such - no man
ever sneif before The people are
dying over there one after another.
here one drops Of from typhoid fever
and there another. One man Is lying
in house within Is feet Of this dump
suffering with typhoid fever. and IN
another house, not far distant, there
are three or four little children down
with It. The thing Is just hsre IN .
nutshell. We are not going 70 staqd II
am 90 years Old. and have Travelled all
over the country. and | never saw
q place where one man could take his
refuse and throw Il under the nose OF
another man. I heard that one mem
Der Of this council said that that dump
would do for five years Now don't let
the members worry about that We
are poor over there. bat our wives and
children are Is dear TO us as any OF
yours. with your thousands. And !
have just this 10 say, that II my wife
or children take sick, some one viii
suffer for il. Now mind that leave
il with you--
Col. Steele said that vas the same
old story. He had been protesting
against this imposition upon the peo-
pie OF the Fourth ward for months.
and he now agreed with the PROPOSE
ton that It must stop. He nos moved
that the street commissioners be in
structed 10 order the dumping stopped
in the Fourth ward. and that the
health and police committee be in
xtructed 10 find a place outside the
city limits for the dump
J. Il. Houghton said the gentleman
knew he was advocating something
that the committee could not do
II am doing nothing of the kind, =
retorted Col. Steele, and that is the
gentleman who said the Fourth ward
would serve rs dumping ground for
five years.
II never said any such thing" said
Houghton.
II say here in this council that you
did said Steele.
Collins called up the action OF the
last meeting. He understood that the
council had ordered ii stopped at that
time. The CLERK looked up the record
and found that The committee TO which
II had been referred, had recommend
ed that man be placed there to see
that il be stopped. but the report had
been only RECEIVED and fled" and
not adopted.
J. b. Houghton said this thing
should be stopped, but il could not be
stopped in q day, and referred again
to the Third ward having had the
dump within its borders for years with
out complaining.
Steeiess motion was about TO be put,
when Caughran moved as an amend
ment that Steele be added for this pur-
pose.
Steele said that too much work for
the good health and prosperity oil the
city could not be put upon him, and
he would go with the committee with
out any motion to that effect. He
said he would go with the committee
tonight or tomorrow morning. and
suggested that the street commissioner
give notice that no dumping should
be permitted in the Fourth ward alter
noon tomorrow. Action was then
taken 10 that effect.
During all this nauseous discussion,
a galaxy OF ladies sat in the lobby.
there 10 watch the action in the mat
ter of the license for " The Murphy y
saloon which was TO come up on re-
port from the committee. A petition
numerously signed was presented in
behalf of the application for license.
j. III. Houghton called it up after a
while, and Lillis moved that the pc
tition be referred to the committee
having il in charge. Steele said he
had signed n report as a member of
that committee, and he thought the
report should be handed in at once.
Collins handed the report. saying he
had been waiting disposition of the
other petition. The report of the
committee did not favor granting the
license
Horsfail. Lillis and Zinram spoke in
favor OF granting the license, saying
they did not believe in discriminating
against the First ward property-owners
in the matter OF erecting their build
ings.
steele said he thought the city had
the right to regulate such matters
jast the same as they might the small
pox or mad dogs running at large,
and he was against the license.
J. III. Houghton read the law passed
by the last legislature, clearly giving
such right to the city council.
The motion that the application be
denied was passed by vote of FIVE to
three, caughran, Collins, j. b. and j
III. Houghlon and Steele voting az,
and Horsfall, Lillis and Zinram voting
no.
Action on the ordinance requiring
that saloons close at midnight and re-
main c'osed until a. m. was post
poned until next meeting, Mr. Sulli-
van, counsel for the saloon keepers.
stating that they desired TO get up a
petition on the subject.
The fire and water committee re-
ported that the California Electrical
Works would put in the Gamewell
system OF police boxes and alarms go
boxes) for the sum of $67s5 80, and
that the committee had drawn up a
contract to that effect. The contract
vas confirmed. but the location of the
boxes was not determined.