Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-08
AN ADJOURNED Meeting
The City Council Still Consider
ing Petitions for Import
ant Franchises
Fairhaven's First Disastrous
Conhagration Occurs Yester-
day Afternoon n--Loss $4,000
Returned Miners Give Glowing
Accounts of the Great Cas-
cade Mining Region


met yesterday afternoon in the council
chamber. Mayor Turner presiding Coun-
cllmen Cowgirl. Miller. Donovan, Me-
kechnie and Woodm presents: Wardner
absent. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
a petition was presented by Samuel
Curry, John Defries and Geo. r. Kinstra
asking that a franchise be- granted them
for the erection of poles. stringing of
wires. etc, for the purpose of maintain
ing telegraph service similar to what is
known as the American district telegraph
system. Referred to the committee on
judiciary.
City Marshal Parker presented
his report for the month Of
June. The report states that
he has collected aud turned over TO the
city treasurer licenses amounting To Sll. -
90, ana that he has also turned in To the
city treasury $3.50 collected from other
sources. Sixty-seven arrests were made
during the month and Seventy-six days
work done on the streets. The report was
referred to the judiciary committee.
The street commissioner presented his
report and pay roll, which was referred
To the executive committee.
Police Judge Curry presented his report
Tor the month OF June as follows: Total
amount collected, Sjg7. As: costs Of suits
Including witness. attorney and Justice
ices, SiOi.d5; total to city. Slgo.s -
The report was referred to the judiciary
committee.
Chairman Woodin Of the committee on
health and police. presented a report re-
garding the building of Scow for the
purpose OF dispOsing Of garbage. The
report stated that the cheapest the scOw
could be built would be- $3.50 A motion
was made and carried that Chairman
Woodin be authorized to build and equip
the scow at a cost not exceeding $3.50
The mayor reported that the men blast
ing on Fourteenth street were very care
less. and that they were endangering the
lives and property Of residents in that
vicinity. The street commissioner was
instructed to notify the contractor.
City Clerk Riedel rendered his resigna-
tion to take place Immediately, and
asked that his successor be- appointed at
once. Referred to the executive com
mittee.
Mr.. Riedel, in explanation Of his resig-
nation, stated that he was overworked.
The office Of city clerk required more
hours than he could spare. In addition
To the regular duties Of his office he was
compelled To answer the questions Of
everyone coming into the office aud attend
TO numerous other matters that took
up more hours than there were In day.
The usual bills were presented and re-
ferred TO the executive committee
An ordinance establishing the Harris
street grade fund was introduced and
passed.
An ordnance establishing the Twelfth
street grade fund was introduced and
passed.
An ordinance establishing the Donovan
street grade fund was introduced and
passed.
An ordinance establishing the Eleventh
street grade fund was introduced and
passed.
An ordinance applying to sewerage was
introduced and referred 10 the committee
on health and police.
Chairman Miller, Of the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported unfavorably on the pc
tition of Samuel Curry, John DE Fries
and Geo. Il. kinstra for a franchise. ON
the ground that the law expressly forbids
the granting Of franchise or contract
10 anyone holding an Office under the
| city government. The report was adopted.
The rules were suspended and the cOun-
ell proceeded to consider the petitions for
franchises. The first one to be taken up
was the petition OF the Fairhayen Elec-
tric Railway Company, known as Ordin-
ance No. ~. and filed June 9th. The or
dinance was considered section by section
and each OF its provisions fully and freely
discussed by all the members of the cOun-
ell.
Mr.. Pierce Evans, on behalf Of the com
pany. addressed the council. lie said the
corporation was purely local one. that
no outside capital was interested In it,
and that every member Of the company
had the best interests Of the city at heart.
| They were not seeking Ia tie up the city
with an exclusive franchise and did not
want to be hampered and bound up by
trivial technieallties II was the inten-
tion Of the company to put in immediately
| between $1,000 and $1,000. This, MIR.
Evans thought, was an evidence OF good
| faith. But TO one provision he objected.
and that was the limit of time placed on
| the commencement OF the work. oi
course no objection was made 10 some
stated time being set, but many things
were TO be taken into consideration. such
as the unavoidable delays In getting the
proper material for the commencement OF
construction. the ordering OF machinery,
and many causes might delay the work,
| which, II the time that thecouncil seemed
determined TO set for the commencement
of the work. with no grace, would cause
the company TO forfeit their franchise;
In conclusion Mr.. Evans stated that gu
the company wanted was justice. MT
Evans address was listened TO win
marked attention by the members OF the
council.