Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-08-29
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

Inc ". Noltllcii met pursuant &c
call offs the.AMayor. Present, His
Honor John F. Convey, Mayor, and
the full Council.
The Committee on Health, Police
and Public Property asked for and
were granted further time in the mat.
ter OF site for the pest house.
Report Of W. Riley, Health Officer
in regard to the water supply for tho
city was read, eating that the SAME
had been examined into and that the
statements that the water was con,
tamina,rd, were without foundation
but that with one exception, which
was rcnncdled at once, the water sup,
ply was pure rs it ever was.
The report WIS ordered placed on
file.
The City ST. or made report that
he had filed ,::.. of Plum and Pear
streets from ti.a- 10 Union street, and
map showing tie land, 20x192J feet
belonging to +. ". Brown, to be con-
demned in order to make Eastside
street 60 feet vile, and called atten-
ton OF the Council to the fact he
awaited establishment OF grade on
Adams street that he might make esti-
mate. On motion, the report was ap.
proved.
! The same officer reported that the
Olympia Construction Company had
moved earth in grading Eastsile street
to the amount of II 600 yards, amount
ing to 1920, and that the plat of
"Olympia Nights" handed to him for
approval, agreed with the Scbrec and
Hale additions but did not agree with
the Galliher addition. On motion, IL
warrant was ordered dawn in favor
OF the Olympia Construction Com
pany for the amounted reported due,
$3,240, and the plat mentioned was
referred to the Committee on Streets.
| Petition of property owners on
Union street, asking that the Council
pass an accompanying ordinance estab-
fishing the grade of Union street and
that such street be graded to the grade
so established, was presented. The
accompanying ordinance entitled" An
Ordinance to reestablish the grade of
Union street from Eastside street to
Water street was read first and second
times. A motion to lay the ordinance
on the table was lost.
On motion. the rules were fur
theY suspended, the ordinance read
third time and put on final passage.
Messrs. Hardness. McBratney, Mason
and Williamson voted aye, 4; Messrs.
Murphy and O'Brien voted no, 9.
The ordinance was declared passed
and the title was agreed to.
Petition of Hazard Stevens, with
reference to change of the line OF
Franklin and Main streets through
Maple Park was read, and on motion
referred to the Committee on Streets.
Communication from the authori-
ties of the town of Tumwater,
acknowledging receipt of resolutions
passed by the City Council of Olympia,
was read and placed on file.
Petition of Louis +. Henderson, for
the opening and improvement of new
streets in Calkins' addition, was pre-
scented and on motion referred to the
Committee on Streets.
Petition of residents on the East
side asking that steps be at once taken
to renew the sidewalk on the east side
of Chestnut street between Fourth and
Fifth streets, was read and referred to
! the Committee on Streets.
Petitions of c. H Martenson, for
permission to erect an awning in front
| of his building on Main street. and OF
J. A. Silsby for his Main street grade
tax to be RENTED and for compensa-
ton for damages claimed to be done
his property by reason of the street
being graded, were read and Oh motion
laid on tho table.
Petition of +. W. Brown, regarding
thesihes OF Esst side street and land
owned by him within such lines was
read and OH moiion referred to the
| Conapaittoo on.StrootS-.
Petition Of A. Hoffman asking the
city to establish northwest corner Of
Fourth and Ounce streets, as she in
tends to build there, was read. On
motion, the City Surveyor was d.
| rected-to establish such corner.
A communication was received from
B. w. Brintnall, asking for an adjust
ment of the claim property owners in
Crosby's addition have against the
city for lands taken for the straighten-
ling of Main street. On motion, the
same was referred: to the Committee
on Streets. 49,.
Protest OF A. Hoffman against the
fence i'll front of her property on
Fourth street being moved to permit
the grading OF said street, was read
and on motion referred to the City
Attorney.
| Ordinances were introduced and
action had thereon, as follows:
can Ordinance providing for the
construction and repair of sidewalks"
Same was, under suspension of the
rules, read three times and put upon
final passage. All the councilmen
voted aye, 6. The Ordinance passed
and the title was agreed to.
Two Ordinances establishing the
grade of Franklin street, were read
first and second times and referred to
the Committee on Strests.
"An Ordinance granting the right
of way to the Portland and Puget
Sound Railroad Company over certain
Streets" was read first and second
times and referred to the Committee
on Streets. b.
IAN Ordinance ,ppropriating five
hundred dollars to pay the expenses
OF the Olympia exhibit at Spokane
Falls" was read first and second times
aud referred to the Committee on Ac-
oountsy
OnS motion, the City At
terney was directed to draft an Ordi-
nance requiring property owners along
the north side of Third street, between
Jefferson and Columbia streets, to con-
struct sidewalks.
On motion, the Street Commissioner
was directed to proceed with the con-
struction Of the sidewalk on Fifth and
Franklin streets along the south and
east of the Robinson lots in block "a.
On motion, the matter of vendors OF
medicines, ETC., obstructing the streets
Was referred to the City Attorney with
view to recommending action neces.
sary to, be taken in order to stop the
nuisaise. w.
j. %. Horr, special assessor, sub
mitted assessments of property 'front.'
ing OH Eighth street between Jeffer-
son and Central streets; on Eleventh
and Twelfth street between Water and
Jefferson streets; on Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets between Main and
Jefferson streets, and Eastside street