The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-18
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Another $4,000 for Water
Bonds Received.
PROPOSITION ron ECONOMY
Business - Ne Table E.tareiy Cleared
Up-KIeetasn Ordered 70 RIM
the Vacancies.

sAS<t400 Or0Sre0 10 FIJI
the Vacancies.
The board Of aldermen last night cleared
up all the business before it and adjourned
Tor week President Hall said he would
not make any changes in committees until
tine election Of new members. He remarked
that he did not intend to relieve Alderman
Miller of the Craftsmanship of judiciary, g
ne had worked too faithfully.
COMMITTEE or ECONOMY.
The finance committee made the follow
ing report:
W recommend the reduction Of the clerical
sofee ana Eesd department. Of the city engineer
We recommend REDUCTION Of clerical force Of
water department,
We also recommend discharge Of one assistant
enKineer at the pumping station
We recommend that the pilot Of the frebcst
81 n the capacity Of fireman. with the salary
liked for frrmen, and the IRE commissioners
hereby respectfully requested TO reduce
ne force Of the fireboaf by one man
We recommend that the city clerk be allowed
one assistant and one typewriter, who shall.
when required, assist the city clerk At the
meetinss Of the different departments
We recommend that the finance committees
and the presidents OF both houses of the city
council be and hereby are requested 70 examine
and report the result Of such investigations to
ooia houses At the earliest time possible
Mr.. korn advocated the report, but Mr..
Pontius thought il was not in practical
shape. Mr.. Miller believed the water Office
could be run at less expense He consid-
cred also that the fire department was far
too large and expensive He moved that
the whole subject matter be stricken ont.
leaving only the last section amended so as
20 read correctly as separate resolution.
The report as amended was adopted.
VACANCIES IL THE BOARD.
Ordinance providing for the election of
two aldermen TO ill the vacancies caused
by the resignation of f. w. wald and +.
W. d. Holbrook was passed. 1t fixes the
date of election as May 4th.
AxxrvE1sARY CELEBRATION
The following communication was read
from the board of trade:
beg TO inform you that the trustees OF the
Seattle Board of Trade have appointed Q com
miftse OF fiyc 20 invite committee of similar
number from your body. TO act together with
tion, Chamber OF Commerce. Federated Trades
and Board OF Underwriters, IN preparing for .
suitable celebration Of the approaching ami
verxary OF the great ire of june 8, 1859.
Last year the condition of the city was not
such as TO afford . suitable opportunity The
work of reconstruction Was not completed. and
the cramped condition of business houses in
Their temporary quarters put any hope Of dis
play ont OF the question
The advantages TO the city this year Of the
proposed celebration viii readily be seen Not
only viii il bring thousands OF visitors TO the
city. but it win advertise Seattle all over the
country and AFFORD an occasion for once more
demonstrating its remarkable growth. Youn
truly, e. H. GolprE. Secretary
Board of Trade committee: A. NJ Brookes,
A p. Burwell, A. B. Stewart, E. c. Feufelder, b.
H. Goldie.
President Hall said he would appoint
Messrs. Miller, Korn, Wilcox, Bogardus,
Snyder and Pontius, as probably some of
them would not attend.
WATER BONDS
A joint resolution calling upon N. w.
Harris & Co. for $1,000, part proceeds of
water bonds, was passed
The chair announced that the city had
that day received $4,000 cash from n. w.
Harris & Co.
HOUSE BILLS.
Joint resolution for the grading of Dr.
vision and Alta streets was referred to
street committee.
Ordinance for extension of sewer on
Madison street to Fourteenth was passed.
An ordinance TO refund SO to Mrs Han
ford, for wrongful assessment, was passed.
Ordinance exempting from assessment
Plummer & Dearborn's addition for i'm
provements not made, was passed.
Ordinance for the grading OF Banner
street at the expense OF property-owners:
passed.
Ordinance for the grading of Powell
from Temperance 10 Light, was passed.
Ordinance for the grading of Light street,
at the expense of petitioners, was passed.
STREET GRADES.
Ordinances were passed establishing
grade on Vine from Second TO Fifth.
Eleventh from Powell to Depot, West
Wall from Depot to Sixth. Rainier from
Yesler TO California. Canal from Four
teensh to alley near Sixteenth, Republic
can. Twelfth from Madison TO jefferson,
Rochester avenue, Mitchell, Barclay,
Hyde, John, Howell. Olive. Jackson,
IDrexel avenue, Hyde from Madison 10
Willow and Jones street.
SEw CITY HALL
Alderman Morn filoAe1 ts1lt the LnaHce
committee and the committee of pubic
buildings of both houses be requested To
inquire into the expediency of purchasing
the old King county courthouse site as
location for city hall; also the expe-
diency of selling some city property, with
orders to report at once.
Captain Snyder said IS the city was
paying $500 month rent, it was time TO
see about getting building of their own.
The resolution was adopted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Application of ]. E. yanLoon for dupli-
cate warrant, was approved.
Application for exemption OF assessment
by the Puget Mill Company. on South
Fourteenth, was approved.
Same course was taken on c. +. W.
Bowers petition; also on J. Farrar's petit
ton.
License committee reported in favor of
granting licenses for several Chinese
laundries. but the petitions we're rejected
Committee on lights reported favorably
on the proposition Of West Street Electric
Car Company 10 light the street at cost
price.
A house ordinance for electric lights on
Lakeview avenue was sent back to the