Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
CITY CONUNCII,.
The Usual Routine of Business Gone
Thrgugh WiIh-ElecIiOns.
PETITIONS.

OF G. w. Gray for liberty to erect
one-story stores at once on Bennett
house corner. To committee on fire
and water.
Or &. w, Pugh for construction Of
asidewalk on Cottage street, already
petitioned for. Walk ordered built.
Of Ladd g. Bush for assessing
property for stone crosswalks at
Stale and Commercial streets. Re
ferred.
OF many citizens against widen
ing sidewalks to more than IA feet
Action deferred until ordinance on
same subject to be taken up.
ORDINANCES.
For sidewalk on east side 1t 4, blk
HI, 178 feet, c. B. Brummell. was
passed, contract to Horace Mann.
For curbs on Commercial, Court
and State street 20 feet from front of
stores. to cost S1745.60. Contract
awarded to Bays-Jeffries Co.
Alderman johnson said he felt it
his duty to respect remonstrances of
property owners. He was in favor
of the improvement, but owing to
this objection he could not vote for
it.
Mr.. Moores said the remonstrance
was signed by less than Oue-third of
the owners of frontage to beimproved
The curbing proposed was necessary
to build any streets at all. 1t was
made of this width to avoid remov-
al of poles and trees now standing.
II all understood this they would
not object to the ordinance.
Mr.. Murphy said if ii was a pro-
position to extend the walk out 20
feet width he would vote for it. The
20 foot curb and the IA foot curb |
would leave space to be filled with
rubbish. 1t would make the street
too narrow and he could not vote
for it.
Mr.. Gray said that nearly half the
expense would be saved by use of
these cutters. He would vote for
the ordinance.
1t passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Gray, LAHORE, Moores, Hut
ton, Lamoreaux, 5.
Noes: johnson, Murphy, 2.
THE PARK.
Mr.. Skiff' spoke in favor of keeping
he treeson Wilson avenue trimmed.
MIR. Johnson moved that Mr.. |
Skift be authorized to super
intend caring for the trees of
Wilson avenue, and be authorized
to call on tho street commissioner
for assistance. Carried. The street |
commissioners reported that improve
ments of Marion park were pro-
crossing.
Mr.. Gray spoke of the overflow of
ots caused by raising the water in
the mill race. If the race was not
fixed sewerage would be demanded.
Mr.. Murphy moved reference to
on streets. Carried.
BILLS ORDERED PAID.
H, P. Mimic, $lO2.4O; S. IT, Rich
$l45; r. A. Crossan, $72;
Dora Adams, $41.35; Electric Light
Co., 1870; E. j. McCaustland, $64; |
L. Cavanaugh, $2l.O4; Rice & Ross,
SIG; Ed. Edes, $15.75; j. H. Miller,
S5O6; w. g. Mitchell, $3.50; Steiner
& Blosser, SLIPS; Gas Co., $3.50; d.
J. Fry, $50; A. II. Forstner & Co.,
JOc; Statesman, S25.25; r. M. Wade
& Co., So %.
STREET COMMISSIONER.
This official was instructed:
To order property owners along
18th street to make their own side
walks.
TO receive bids for repairing the
bridge on Liberty street.
To receive estimates for building
one half of the bridge on High street
a ross North Mill creek, the county
the other half.
TO flush the sewer back of the old
court house.
ELECTIONS.
The following are the polling
places aud the judges, the two last
named in each instance being desig-
mated as clerks also:
First wdrd-Mansion house
He ry Croft, l.. +. Pratt and G. M.
Second ward-Oid court house
]. G.. Wri- ht, G. II. Burnett and
George Gray.
Third ward-Opera house-W' ]