Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
A Large Amount of Minor Business
Transacted.

Transacted.
The city council met i'm regular
session at the council chamber asst
night.
Committee on ways and means, to
which was referred petition Of the
engine companies for hiring the
drivers and allowing one team to be
in the house, each team taking its
turn, reported favorably on the petit
tion, which allows each driver $50
per month. In regard to The petit
ton for the establishment of cisterns
from 10000 to 10000 gallonscapacity,
the committee said il had been
shown that a number OF hydrants
throughout the city have failed to
give the necessary water pressure
and in consideration of the same
they recommended the immediate
construction of number of cisterns
throughout the city and also to have
the chief engineer examine all hy-
drants and condemn those that do
not give the required pressure and
stop the pay for the same.
Committee on ordinances reported
favorably for correction of an error
in ordinance bill No. 1870, and sub
mitting an amendment to Sec. |, of
said ordinance, adopted.
Committee on accounts and cur
rent expenses reported favorably on
the payment of a number of ac-
counts.
The bill, amounting to $l050, for
1909 feet of 2a-inch, 4-ply hose was
laid over until next meeting until
report of the engineer has been sub
mitted.
Committee on health and police
recommended that the keeping of
swine in the city limits be prohibit
ed; adopted and the ordinance com
mittee was ordered to draw up an
ordinance in regard to same.
Report was read from the chief
engineer stating that he was en-
gagged in making examination of
the fire protection OF the city and
would in few days make a full re-
port.
Petition for the construction of II
sewer through blocks 20, so and IS,
commencing at Chemekete street
and running to Trade street, re-
ferred to committee on streets and
public property,
Petition of sewer through block
70, TO connect with Marion street
sewer, referred to committee on
streets and public property.
Petition of citizens in block 33 for
the establishment of a sewer to con.
meet with Court street sewer, refer
red rs above.
The Mayor returned ordinance
bill No. lSl, without his approval,
giving his reason that the bill was
unconstitutional. The bill provided
for n deputy city recorder to perform
the duties of the regular recorder in
his absence. A vote was taken and
the Mayors veto sustained.
Introduction of ordinance bills.
To amend section |, of an ordinance
providing for the construction of
terra Gotta pipe sewers I'm Marion
and Ferry streets and the alley run
ming through block s, in the city
of Salem, approved August I, 1889,
and numbered 1870. Read the third
time and placed upon It's final pas
sage; carried.
Ordinance committee instructed
to draw up an ordinance so as not
to allow the payment of any bill
against the city which is not prop
erly endorsed by the proper au-
thoriues.
The committee TO which was re-
ferred the authority to advertise and
receive bids for the covering of the
cords of the big bridge across the
Willamette river about one year ago,
were instructed to reject all former
bids and advertise for new bids for
the same.
The street commissionar >yas In
structed to retioor the big bridge and
ask the two counties to pay their
proportionate share i'm the cost of
the same.
The recorder was instructed To
place the assessment roll in the
hands of the chairman on ways and
means ~ soon rs completed.