Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-01-20


and Resolves TO Post Notices In
! stead of Publishing I'm Newspa.
! Pers-WarrantS TO He Receivable
for Taxes Numerous Petitions
! Referred.
The Council held a meeting last
evening with Mayor Robinson and a
full board present.
The special committee on sewers,
appointed at the last meeting, reported
that they had examined the sewers OF
the city and found them in a satsIac-
tory condition. The sewers extend
over five and one half miles, with Is
syphons. The entire system was re-
ported clean, with the exception oil
Union street. Columbia street sewer,
from the hospital and capitol, is I'M
completed and now empties into the
bay under the Columbia street bridge
The committee recommended that il
should be Immediately connected at
Main and Fifth streets. The Wash
ingtOn school sewer empties at the
corner OF Fifth and Pear streets, and
the Lincoln street sewer, at the end OF
| Fremont street alongside the Northern
Pacific railroad track. The committee
asked that the Council compel the
school board to make connections i'm.
mediately. Report adopted.
The special committee on water
rates appointed at the last meeting
asked that the duties imposed upon
them he transferred to the standing
committee on fire, light and water
Adopted.
The Mayor announced the following
standing committees:
Ways and Means-Lammon Byrne
and Giles.
Account and Current Expenses
Talcott, McCausland and Byrne.
Fire, Light and Water-McCaus
land, Phipps and Ballweg.
Streets, Wharves and Bridges
Giles, Lammon and Byrne.
Health, Police and Public Property
|-Phipps, Ballweg and Lammon.
Judiciary-Byrne, Phipps and Me
Causland.
Franchises, Licenses and Sewerage
-Ballweg, Lammon and Byrne.
A petition WAS received from 0. C.
White and others asking the Council
to improve Maple Park roadways, be-
tween Main and Franklin streets, by
crawling the same. Referred to COM
mittee on Streets, Wharves and
Bridges.
A petition from Silas VENT and
others, asking that the grade hereto
fore established on Sixth street; COM
mencing at the Eastside of Central
street and extending to the Westside
of Prospect street, be changed, was re-
ferred to the Street committee.
A communication was received from
Hazard Stevens stating that he had
completed his contract for grading in
Maple park roadways in accordance
with the terms of his agreement, and
asked that the assessment be collected
for such work. Referred to the Street
committee.
A communication was received from
fire company No. 2, notifying the
council OF its action in indorsing S. J..
McClelland for Chief OF the Fire Depart
ment.
Barnes Hook & Ladder Company
notified the council that by vote that
organization had Endorsed George 6.
Allen for Chief OF the Fire Depart
ment.
A resolution was passed relieving
Mr.. Lemon Of further responsibility
as City Engineer and authorizing him
to turn over the office to his successor.
This was done because of the uncer-
tainty that existed as to when his
term ended.
The bids for advertising that had
gone over from meeting to meeting
were then called up.
Mr.. Phipps stated that he had I'M
derstood that by the bill recently
formulated by Mayors OF the third
class, advertising would be done by
posting. and thus abolishing news
paper advertising should the bill be-
come law. He asked the Mayor for
Information on the subject. The
Mayor stated that such a proposition
would be included in the proposed
bill.
Therenpon Mr.. Phipps moved that
the bids be returned unopened. The
motion was carried unanimously.
The bids of G. I. Smith, Sargent &
Meisenbach and John Miller Murphy
for job printing were opened, read and
referred to Committee on Accounts
and Current Expenses.
The City Clerks report was pre-
sented and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
Councilman Byrne stated that he
had information which led him to fear
that city warrants were suffering de-
probation and in order to test the
sentiment of the council on the sub
ject he moved that Ordinance No.
500 be 80 amended as to allow the re-
ceipt Of city warrants at their face
value with interest in payment of city
taxes. The motion was carried and
the City Attorney was called upon to
draft an ordinance in accordance with
the sentiment expressed by the coun-
Gil.
A number of bills were presented
and referred to the appropriate com.