The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-15
CITY COUNCIL,


The council met in their rooms Mondasyv
evening in regular session withss Mayor Bur -
nett in the chair present, J. o. Wilson, c.
Fl. Lee, L. j. Creighton, G. A. Wageoner.-
B. K. Job, VIM. Hairless and r. NJ. Dayiss
son. Minutes of last meeting read and ap:
proved.
The city hall committee made a written
report, recommending that the contractor;
VIM. Butler be allowed his first Payment
$4,000. The report was accepted. and
placed on file.
Report of treasurer and police Judge read
and referred to finance committee:
On motion. claims against the city.includ.
ing Wm.. Buffers claim Of $4,000 on city halft
contract were allowed, to the amount Of
$246O 25.
On motion the City Transfer Co., was
allowed $40 per month for sprinkling the "
streets during the summer months.
Bills OF Niagara Mills Co. S363 A. Joseph
Tenastine $l4, C. P. Zumat So. so and t.
John Scott Sc were referred to finance com.
mittee.
On motion the police Judge was instructed z
to sign in behalf OF the city the petition to "
improve Madison street.
Now came on the hearing of petition a
for the improving of Second and Madison "
streets. The city attorney and alderman =.
r. NJ. Dawson, reported that the owners
of two-thirds of the property abutting on
said streets have signed said petitions. The =
matter of adopting the kind OF improve.
ments and the ordinance declaring the same =
was referred to the street committee. l..
Geo. Waggoner, one of the committee ap-
pointed on June l4th to take into consider. -
alton the best means to secure an efficient
supply of water for this city, asked for
| further time to report.
| VIM. Hairless appointed a committee
of one to confer with the Electric Light Co, -
in regard to arc lights tor the Streets
On motion council adjourned until July
| 18th.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The council met in adjourned session and L
was called to order by Mayor Burnett. -
Present, c. H. Lee, I. j. Creighton. B. Il. =
Job, G. A. Waggoner, w. II. Hairless, J, -
O. Wilson and r. M. Davisson.
On motion, the police judge was INSTRUCT
ed to cause to be published in the Corvallis' i.
GAZETTE statement of the finances of thsl~a
city for the fiscal year ending jnaes eetsssss.
1892, as provided by charter.
w. H. Hairless, to whom wasE ,reseGre4.s1
the matter of ascertaining the. cost hrs g
lights for the Streets; reported that eight t
arc lights would probably cost $780,
The report of the street committee recom<
mending the kind of improvements for
Second nd Madison streets, was~ adopted Z
and an ordinance was prepared and passed
to advertisesfor bids and lett contracts for
said improvements and providing for the
time and manner of doing the work. 1t
provides that the work must be completed /
in 60 days after the contract and the inn
provement of all that portion of Second.
street beginning at A street and extending =:
north to Polk street, at First street and ex->-.
tending west to Fifth street. That portion II.
of Second street extending from A street 10
Van Buren,, will be graded to conform to .
the grade of the street railway track, with,
a fall of one inch in twenty from rail to !.
curb; the balance of the streets to conform
with the established grade; the surface is to
be covered with gravel, spread and rolled,
five inches deep in the center and three
inches at the Sides The side cutters will
be Is inches wide at top, IL inches at bot
tom and three feet deep. with a six.inch
sewer pipe at bottom connecting at proper
intervals with main sewers.
An ordinance was introduced and passed 4
for special election for the vot.
ing of bonds for the erection or purchase Of :
water works. The date 29th lay of August,
1892. The voting places will be the same
as usual and the following persons were ap-
pointed us judges for said election. First
ward, P. Avery, L. Allen, d. Carlile;.
second ward, b. r. Taylor, Thos. Graham,
N. L. Briggs; third ward, f. Waldron,
John Ray, Simon Kline. The following.
we're appointed as clerks for said election:
First ward Thos. Samuels, Geo. E. Smith;
second ward, j. J. Flett, II. G. Davis;-:
hirl ward, Bert johnson, Jas. Osborne. 1t {.
vas further provided that the police judge
should give ten days notice in some news
'aper published in Corvallis of the places:
designated for holding the election, the.
lames of the judges and clerks appointed to-
onduct the election and the purpose of
anne.
It was further recommended that two fire
ydrants be placed on Madison street, one,
t the corner near N. P. Briggs residence
md one at the corner of the public schootl
lock.