The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-06
TO AVOID A HIATUS.
Delay in the Charter Election
May be Necessary
70 MAKE NEW BONDS VALID.
Desire to Guard Against Possible Failure
of Water suppIy-Matters ip
the city Coupcfl.

At last NIGHTS meeting of the city council the
question OF the water bonds came up. The city
attorney. MI. Shepard. said that If the charter
election were held on the sd, as had been in
tended the new government would not ges into
working order till late into October. To go
through an election after that for bonds. in the
remote contingency the present ones were de-
cIsrcd invalid. would make IL impossible 70 get
: new issue of bonds and work begun under
them till several months later. At present the
ci.y ID II, sore need of water and such
deIay would entail great loss on
the city Furthermore, 1t was extremely
undesirable 70 begin action in the matter under
one city administration and conclude it under
another for strong grounds against the yalidi y
OF bonds thus issued could be urged. Indeed
with such hiatus IL would be almost impossi-
bic 70 make the bonds technically perfect
Since delay In getting water supply would
subject the city to great peril and possible loss
Mr. Shepard suggested that to guard against
the possibility of failure in the bond matter, the
time of the charter election be postponed 30
that ii the supreme court, contrary TO expecta-
ton decides against the bonds new issue can
be made under the present government. The
matter was lai1 over 10 a meeting OF the COM
1uittse of the whole at 9-s3 this morning
Nh wALLTseYosD DIDN'T KNOW.
Biils OF John g. scurry, the former city sur
veyor, for $4145e. for preliminary surveys on
Rose streets, were rejected on motion of Council
man wallingford No reason was assigned. as
no one denied that the work had been done
under direction of tue council, though the i'm
provements were not ordered on the street Mr.
waliingford. when questioned, said he didn't
know why he had made she motion. nor would
be give any explanation.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES
During the discussion on street railway fran
.<.ffr all rko i
he supposed he would be considered the cham
pion of the corporations.
The ordinance changing the route OF the West
Street & North End Electric line was passed.
with the clause compelling the road TO light the
streets stricken out
The ordinance extending till March ]. 1921.
the time for the completion OF the North Seattle
Cable railway 10 the corner of Bradley and Tenn
perance streets and till March ]. 1892, the time
for the completion of the rest, was passed.
AUXILIARY FIRE ALARM.
An ordinance was passed granting franchise
for the auxiliary fire alarm system so that the
company's Charter may be repealed If the wires
or stations OF the company at auy time interfere
with the citys regular system.
HEALTH OF THE CITY.
Dr. W. NJ. Hilton, the health officer, pre-
scented the following mortuary report for
August: Accident 6, apoplexy 4, cancer 3,
cholera infantum Q, consumption 2, con-
vulsions 2, drowned 3, dropsy !, dysentery
3. cnteros colltis g. epilepsy i, heart disease
3. hamilton l. laryngitis l, murder /, meningitis
4 Group /. paralysis /, pneumonia 4, peritonifis
s,.pymmia !. septicamia !, typhoid fever Q, urs-
mia /. unknown . Total deaths, "a
Adults. male, 80; minors. male, 81; adults,
female Il: minors, female. s.
Deaths in public Observation-Disclosures hos
piiai Is. poor house ]; total, 10.
CITY FINAScEs
The city treasurer made the following report
for the month of August, which was referred 70
the finance committee: