, 1892-11-04
lowing accounts:

Total. 2,016 So
The petition Of L. Weiss asking for the
construction of a sidewalk on East Fourth
street from Broadway to Fairview avenue
was granted.
The grading of Fifth street between Cen
trail and Steuben streets was accepted as
now graded.
The committee on fire, light and water
recommended the placing of arc lights at
the following pCi.ts: Corner of Fremont
and Chestnut streets by Lincoln school; /;
Westside road on the point between Estep's
old warehouse and the bridge north of
same, also that the light one block from
Port Townsend depot be moved down the
Westside road about half way between
Fourth street and E. T. YOung's residence :
thata light De placed at Seventeenth and
Franklin streets and that light be placed
on Eastside road south of brewery.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The committee on franchises and sewer
age reported on the claims of l.. Bettman
for $4l.33. Thomas Prather for Sc. Will
lam Hildebrand, S6.75. Peter Cook, $3.50;
Fred SchOuber, $3.05. Milton kellogg &
Co., $51. Recommending the claim of l..
Bettman on Franklin street be disallOwed
and that the claim on the alley between
Third and Fourth streets be reduced to
$1715. Claim of Thomas Prather be not
allowed for the reason that the same was
not itemized and the committee did not
know for what the charge was made. The
claim of William Hildebrant was reduced
to $3.50. The other bills mentioned were
not allowed without reduction.
The petition of F. H. Martin and others
asking that grass plat sidewalks be estab-
hshed on Main street north from Maple
park was granted after considerable dis
cussiOn.
City Engineer Lemon submitted specifi-
cations for the improvement of park blocks
Nos. II and 80, in Woodruff S addition.
Upon recommendation of City Engineer
Lemon the flushing of the sewer system,
under the direction of the sewer inspector,
was ordered.
Upon recommendation of City Attorney
o. V. Linn, the claims of M. V. Mossman
and Addie ]. TalcOtt, for damages to prop
erty by grading, was referred to the com
mlttee on ways and means, for the prepa-
ration of a statement of facts.
The claim of Dr. David Mitchell, for
$81.5O, as health officer, was laid on the
table. Likewise the claim of ] . R. Mitch
ell, for salary as city attorney.
The petition of the First Baptist church,
for special rate for the use of the CITY hall
in which to hold revival meetings, was re-
ferred to the committee on health, police
and public property, with power to act.
Upon the recommendation of the COM
mittee on accounts the proposition of En-
gineer Lemon to correct the survey of East
Fourth street east of Central was rejected
The question of procuring gravel for use
in improving West Fourth was discussed
at some length and laid over one week.
A. H. Chambers claimed that he had
not been treated fairly by the council in the
matter of accepting his sworn statement
as to the number of acres of land owned by
him in Offutt's donation claim. The mat
ter was referred to the Judiciary committee
Sidewalks and cutters were ordered con-
struGted on the south side of Ninth street
from Main to Washington.
Further street improvements were pro-
posed by the Introduction of resolutions to
build sidewalks and cutters on Thirteenth
street from Adams to Jefferson streets, on
both sides of Twelfth, Adams 20 Jefferson,
on the south side of Union from Jefferson
TO Eastside, and to construct sidewalks on
the south side of Fourth, from Franklin to
Adams. The resolutions were laid over for
one week.
Street Commissioner Messegee was in
tructed to lay sidewalks and cutters on
both sides of Puget street from Second to
Fourth street. He will also gravel Ere
mont street from Jefferson 10 Chestnut.
Geo. D. Messegee's application to have
his addition vacated so it could be replat-
ted, was referred to the city attorney.
A petition for a sidewalk on East
Fourth street, from Boundary to FairvieW
was granted.
A petition was read from Mrs. Margaret
McFadden, asking for a so per cent rebate
of the tax on lots 3 and L. block 4, Swans
addition. The matter was referred to the
Judiciary committee.
An ordinance was passed establishing
the grade of Fourth street from Central
to Fairview avenue, and one was intro
duced re-establishing the grade of West
Fourth from Grant avenue to Decatur.