Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-08
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Important Legislation in Local Az
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The councilmen were all present
Tuesday night when Mayor Horr
called the council to order in the
new chamber The room has been
fitted up in n neat and comfortable
manner.
The first business of the session con-
sisted Of the approval Of the following
bills w. :. Carney, coal, $3.50; Olym-
pia Construction Company, grading
Twelfth street, $l20; |. Liberman,
grading Pear street, 81 900; I.lLiber-
man. grading Central street, $l,72j;
!. Liberman, grading West Fourth
street, $1,000; /. ii. Loomis, grading
on Brawne avenue, $9S7.75; II. c.
Tillotson, expenses of city engineers
office, $2lS5O.
Annie +. Macleay having protested
against the action of the council in
authorizing w. $. Elwell TO erect a
stable on Eleventh street, the matter
was reconsidered and permission re-
fused.
NJ. q. and T. b. ROYALS offer to do
nate a strip of land in block /, Bige-
lows addition was accepted.
A running discussion between
Mayor Horr and the council arose
over question as TO whether or not
the house OF q. NJ. Matson occupies a
portion Of Adams street. The knotty
question was put over until next meet
ing.
The petition of the Olympia Hotel
Company. asking for a remission of
taxes for 1890 was taken up. Coun-
Gilman Ford antagonized the motion to
grant it.
Mayor Horr spoke on the subject,
saying: While the precedent is a
bad one, the object is q good one.
The house was built for the good of
the city and does not pay"
The petition was granted, Messrs.
Ford and Murphy voting against it,
and Messrs. McBratney, Mari; Perez
val. Sickels and Ward voting aye.
The city attorney instructed the
council on the necessity of specifically
apportloning. in street assessment
cases, 10 each street the sum to be
raised on account of said street. He
also recommended that the charter
aud the compiled ordinances be print
ed.
The city engineer submitted the pro-
Gle aud estimates for the proposed i'm
provcment from Third street to Twen-
ty-second.
Councilman Murphy here declared
that he was opposed to the improve
ment named. lie said:
4" am in favor OF calling halt UNI
ill the revenue of the city justifies fur
thcr work. II we do not stop the city
will be bankrupted. am going to
vote against all street improvements
until grade taxes are collected"
The matter was referred TO the street
committee.
4 petition OF abutting owners was
received for the grading of Franklin
street from Second to Third, and was
also referred to the street committee.
The following petition was present
ed from Main street property owners:
To THE MAYOR AND Cry COUNCIL OF
OLYMPIA conference.-the, the I'M
dersigned. owners Of lots Of land on
Main street, between the city wharf
and sixth street, DESTROYS Of having
said street improved and placed in a
good condition before another winter,
respectfully request that you will order
that curhs be set where necessary, and
that back cutters he constructed, and
that the roadway thereof be macadam-
ICED with rock and that such other i'm
proycmcnts rs you may deem Necessary
be- made, and your petitioners will ever
pray.
Signed by A. II. Chambers, Milas
Galllher, First National Bank, Talcott
4 Son. Joseph Chilberg. +. A. & NJ. l..
Howard, I. |. McKenny, Louis p. Hen
dcrson, =. G.. Woodruff. George A.
Barnes, |. Harris & Son.
The matter Of accepting the Hol-
loway chemical fire engine next re-
rcivd attention.