Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-12-29
THEY WANT THE REWARD
Half a Dozen Claimants for the
Honor of Apprehending BileS
COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY
Report OF the Committee on Legislation
--Davey's and Watkinson's
Claims Rejected
COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY

Mayor Mckenzie and the seven
councilmen were present at the regular
meeting of the council yesterday.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Mr.. Donovan finding it necessary to
be excused at 3 3oclock, the regular order
of business was suspended to take up
the Watkinson and Davey claims.
The claim of w. b. Davey, for 1855
for extra excavation on the Front street
sewer, was taken up, J. A. Frye APP
pearing for the claimant. He stated
that the trench had been made six feet
wide instead of four as the contract
called for, because the engineer had
fonnd it necessary, and that a great
deal of timber had been saved by so do
ing.
Mr.. Donovan held that the extra
work was unnecessary.
Mr.. Davey said the bill covered much
less than the extra excavating.
Mr.. Aubrey held that if the bill had
been made with the engineers sanction
the council should allow the claim, as
it had done others of the same class.
Kingdom moved and Aubrey sec
onded that the bill be allowed.
In voting upon the question Dono-
van, Hedge and Ahern voted nay,
Kingdom and Aubrey aye, Griffin and
Oeser not voting.
A motion was then put to recall the
vote, which was lost
Il. S. McCord then appeared for
William Watkinson, who had a claim
for over $500 for damages for delays on
his contract. He offered to compro-
mise for $500, the amount yet due his
men. He claimed that he had been
delayed six weeks. The city engineer
stated that he had not been delayed
over ten days.
Donovan moved and Ahern seconded
the motion that the recommendations
of the executive committee, allowing
Mr.. Watkinson $50, be allowed. Grif-
| fin offered an amendment, providing
that the unsettled claims for labor, ag-
gregating $500, be paid. The amend
ment was lost and the original motion
prevailed.
Mayor Mckenzie called upon Mr..
Donovan for an explanation of a state
ment contained in an interview i'm the
HERALD of December Is, in which Mr..
Donovan was quoted as saying that
bills for sewer work not to exceed $1,000
had been paid over his objection. The
mayor looked upon this as reflection
upon the other members of the council
Mr. Donovan stated that he had
been correctly reported, but that he had
no intention of rejecting upon other
members of the council in making the
statement. 1t had been made for the
purpose of overcoming the impression
that there had been jobbery in the
sewer work.
Mr." Donovan then requested that
the council consider an ordinance re-
lating to the vacation of the Belling-
ham mill reserve. The ordinance was
read and placed on its final passage
and carried.
Judge /. n. Maxwell appeared before
the council in behalf of the claim of S.
J. Craft for the reward of $500 for the
apprehension and conviction of the
firebug. He stated that he had been
engaged by the city to prosecute the
cas- but was afterward dismissed. He
had received liberal offer to take the
defense but could not do so because he
had been connected with the prosecu-
ton. He then went in with the claim
ants of the reward and had been offered
half of it to conduct the prosecution
and secure a conviction. This he had
done without expense to the city, and
thought ii was now time for the coun-
Gil to pay the reward. He had waited
until the motion for a new trial had
been overruled and the prisoner SEN
fenced. The differences of the claim
ants of the reward had all been set
tied, and he submitted a statement of
the agreement signed by each claim
ant, apportioning the reward as fol-
lows: /. n. Maxwell, $3.50; S. J. Craft,
$50; J. b. Curry, Louis Farrell and l..
w. Nestelle, 1888 each.
Councilman Kinghorn moved that
this agreement and the petition of Al.
Marshal, submitted at last weeks meet
ing, be referred to the judiciary COM
mittee, which prevailed.
A report of the judiciary committee
on the petition of AL Marshal, referred
at the preceding meeting, was read, the
committee recommending that action
relative to the payment of the reward
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passed upon by the supreme court.
A petition from b. b. Jones praying
for permission to improve at his own
expense Nineteenth street from Mill
avenue up to his new residence, was re-
ferred to the committee on streets and
public property.
In the matter Of the petition of j. M.
Warriner for a rebate Of $101 on grade
taxes, based ON duplicate receipt for
the tax, issued by ex-Marshal Parker,
the judiciary committee reported re-
commencing the payment Of the re-
bate. The report was laid over for one
week.
The executive committee reported
favorbly on the following bills
w A Allerton. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40
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Thomas Clark. k.................... q 90
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