Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-02

! tingencies, we have q total amount OF
Sal 400 TO be provided for.
Owing to legal questions involved we
make no recommendation as to salaries
of city attorney, clerk, street commits
| siOner, or heal tn officer
| we recommend that the city engineers
stan Tor the present be limited to one
aXeman, Two chainmen and one draughts-
man .axemen at 81 per day, chainmen
at S2.25 per day, and draughtsman AT "a
per day, and that their services be dis
pensed with when there is not sufficient
! work TO keep them fully EMPLOYED
we also recommend that the salary of
the fire engineer be reduced to 500 per
month, that of the fire chief to $50 per
month, aud that of the engine driver to
goo per month, mo-, and the police officers sal
aries to $40 per month.
| We further recommend that the street
cOmmlsS oner be instructed to limit the
total expenditures in his department to
the rate OF IS per annum, exclusive of
his own salary.
Respectfully submitted.
A. MCKENZIE, Chairman.
j. j. DONOVAN.
II. j KINGHORN
The report of the board of fire dele
gates, certifying to the election of Jos.
II. Matthews as chief, and B. Gibbon
as assistant chief of the fire depart
ment, was read and referred to the
committee on fire, water and light, G.
w. Howard appeared for Mr.. Matthews
and urged that the matter be at once
considered by the council, as provided
by the ordinance governing the elec-
ton. He said that Mr.. Matthews was
ready to meet squarely all the allega-
tions of the protest of Messrs. Gibson
and Biles,a and stated his opinion that the
council had no further Jurisdiction in
the matter than to confirm the election
of Mr.. Matthews or decline to acquiesce
in the choice of the department for
other reasons than those named in the
protest. If any contest was insti-
tuted it should be before the board of
fire delegates and not before the coun-
cil
The bond of w. B. Davey, in the
sum of S., ,S42 AS, signed by himself and
wife and r. ;. DOwnar, for the con-
struction of sewer section No. 2 was
submitted and accepted, all members
voting aye.
The bond of Garvin & Zurn for the
construction of section six was refer
red to the sewer committee. The
amount is S307l and the sureties are
z. J. Cummisky and wife and Il. Il.
Monahan and wife.
John Dorsey was allowed rebate of
Sl0.25 for excess taxes paid on half of
lot 2, block IL, Bellingham, roll of 1891.
Health Officer Bickford was granted
leave of absence for two months, and
the city marshal was directed to in
vestigate and report to the chairman of
the committee on health and police
any case Of contagious disease which
may come to his attention.
Action ON the request of Assessor
Merrill for allowance of his bill of $S7 for
clerk hire was deferred for one week.
Bids for furnishing Portland cement
for sewer work were opened and read
as follows:
Richards & Easton, $S.O4 per barrel;
Pacific Coast Trading Co., $3.10 per
barrel. The contract was awarded to
Richards d EastOn.
Bids for sewer brick were opened
and read as follows: p. A. Pearson,
hard, brown burnt, $3.50 per m.; Z. A.
Pearson, hard, black burnt, Sl2.10 per
m, delivered on the ground from FL
dalgo Brick and Tile Co. yard at Ana
cOrtes; Abel Wemken, brick from the
Fort Bellingham yard, delivered at
Fairhaven wharf, $3.50.
Samples were submitted, and after a
lengthy discussion the contract for
furnishing $4,000 was awarded to Mr..
Wemken, with the understanding that
if they are satisfactors contracty for the
remainder will also be awarded to him
on the same terms, except 10000 black
brick for the inner rim of the sewers,
and 10000 brown brick for which a
contract was awarded TO Mr.. Pearson
for $3.50 for brown bricks and $l2.00
for black.
Mr.. Donovan stated that with him
as well as many other citizens, patience
with the cattle nuisance had ceased to
be virtue. He believed that if the
council thought best to permit the
public streets to be used for pasturage,
1t ought at least to impose some re-
strictions to protect private property
and remove actual danger to ladies and
children. With that end in view he
gave notice of his intention to intro
duce stock ordinance at the next
regular meeting of the council.
n. Clark q Sons, of Seattle, the sue
cessful bidders for sewer pipe, were
granted five days additional time in
which to file the required bond.
Adjourned until 80 to-day.