The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-28

saloon. Delegates Willis and Cowden
were In favor of granting the petition.
Deiegate Morford moved to table it. Dele
gate Muidoon objected to this procedure.
he thought that if the city had a bad ordi-
nance 1t should be repealed or amended
ana that he favored giving every honest
man . chance to make a living. Mr..
Wins said he thought the ordinance
pad one and should be amended or re-
peaied, especially because it was un-Amer-
ican. Debate was finally cut short bv
Lansing's motion, which was passed. that
the matter be referred to the committee on
revenue and license.
The petition of Fred E. Sander for a
change of route on the Grant street line.
to avoid steep grades and railroad tracks
near Mikado street, was referred to the
committee on corporations, with request
that the board of aldermen appoint COM
mittee also to consider and finally deter
mine the matter.
The petition for a road at Lake Union
was referred to the street committee.
The petition of T. ]. Scoones to have
his auctioneer license extended, was
referred to the license committee.
The petition of Guy G. Phiuney for two
policemen at the end of the Woodlayn
line, toward which the city would be re-
CURED TO pay only $40 per month, was re-
ferred to the committee on police
report from L. +. Compton, superin-
tendent of buildings, upon the matter of
Improving the old county buildings. at a
cost of 81 900, was read and referred to
corporation counsel for the preparation of
an ordinance
Joint resolution No. 81, for the intro
duction of the police patrol and signal sys-
tenn, was carried, Morford only voting
against it.
The ordinance granting the James street
cable line change of route was under
suspension OF the rules read for the third
time and passed, and returned to the board
OF aldermen.
The petition of the street sprinkler for
rebate on license was taken from the table
and referred to committee on licenses.
A petition for lights on Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh streets was favorably
reported on and sent to the other house.
The chairman of the committee on re-
trenchment stated that his committee was
not ready and moved that when the house
adjourned that it do SO to meet on
Wednesday, when the committee would
be ready to report. Among the bills of
importance which had their first reading
were: A bill to define who are Migrants.
The bill does not name among vagrants
men known to be professional gamblers,
and Delegate Cowden thought it should
| do SO. He did not favor beating about
the bush. An amendment was offered to
section 2 of the ordinance adding to the
list of Migrants all men known to be pro-
fassional gamblers. Hanford moved to
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| mittee,
At this juncture Alderman Pontius
| came in and stated that his body could
not meet until Thursday, and with a
| slight opposition by Bagley the next
| night of meeting was changed from
| Wednesday to Thursday.
Ordinances Log and l27 were passed for
an extension of time for payment of inter-
est due to the Starr estate, and to w. P.
Boyd for city purchases of property.
| House of delegate bill, l28, to fix the
compensation and to provide for payment
| of the members of the board of equalza-
| ton was passed and taken over to the
board of aldermen.
Morford, however, caused breeze by
Offering an amendment that the pay be re-
| duced from IS to s. per day. He said that
Bagley had been talking retrenchment so
long that he thought he would bring it
home to him. Bagley said little, but Null
doom grew rather warm and said he had
| given his time willingly to the city free of
charge, but if he was to be paid for any
thing he wanted it distinctly understood
that he was no three-dollar-a-day man. Of
course the amendment was lost.
Bill 227 of the board of aldermen, to reg
ulate the sale of milk and to prohibit the
adulteration and illegal sale of the same,
was referred to the committee on SANTA
| ton.
Joint resolution 80, for advertising
Twelfth street for sidewalk and grading,
was passed. and the meeting adjourned to
Thursday night.