The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-26
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Preparing for the City's Elec-
tric Plant.
REGULATING THE SALE OF FOOD.
Proposal to Abolish All eupernuous
Poies-Brown's Qualifications
TO BE Arbitrated.

l B0th houses OF the city councii met III
| regular session last evening and trans
acted a considerable amount of business
In the board Of aldermen an ordinance
was introduced which provides for inn
provement in the appearances and safety OF
the streets Of the city BY causing 10 De re-
moved all duplicate pole lines. so that oy
December 81, 1897, there shall he but one
line of poles on each side of any street or
alley, and. so far IS practicable. wires that
are used for telephone and telegraph pur-
/ poses shall be on one side and those used
Tor light, heat and power shall be on the
/ the other side. The ordinance was re-
| ferred.
/ An ordinance was introduced by Alder
man Compton defining disorderly per
sons and declaring all persons having no
visible means of support, or persons VINO
solicit as a business, common drunkards
| and opium fiends as disorderly persons,
and providing penalty of not to exceed
/ $500 or more than one year IN the city
| jail. The ordinance deals specifically with
bnnko men and what is termed drunk
rollers" that is. persons who rob men
when under the influence of liquor. and
with swindlers and gamblers in general.
| Alderman Compton stated that he had
| introduced the ordinance at the request OF
the mayor and moved that the ordinance
be placed on lis final passage. After con-
sIderation, however, the ordinance was
i referred.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale of
| unwholesome or adulteraIed food was
| again brought up and passed, all voting in
favor with the exception of Alderman
| Jordan, who voted against it for the rea-
son, he said, that it gave the health OFF,
| Ger authority to break into a dwelling or
| place of business if he believed any such
| place contained any bad food.
| The question of licensing the places now
| running ut Madrona, Madison and Leschi
| parks where liquors are sold was called up
| by Alderman Sweeney and the matter re-
/ ferred TO committee. The d fficulty
! heretofore has been, that If arrested for
selling liquor witho Ut license they have
made showing that no drinks were sold,
but given with lunch. so the board thought
a revenue may as well be derived from
| these places.
resolution was passed relative TO the
| street lighting. and directing the city en-
| gineer and city electrician to prepare and
| submit to the city council on or before
| July 10 plan for the lighting OF the
/ etAcCt5s as az HlGsSHk thCEc orc AHdkif AupAl-
cate arc and incandescent lights and the
present contract with the company ex-
| pires on October l.
The following ordinances were read and
acted upon:
Authorizing the Y. VI. G. A. to lay down
| water pipe in the vicinity OF its headquar-
ters; passed.
Authorizing the board of public works
TO notify all companies, excepting street
car companies. that they must place their
wires on Front and Second streets. be-
tween Yesler avenue and Pike street,
underground; passed.
Establishing the grade OF View street
from the east side of Comstock addition to
the west line OF Ash street: passed.
In the house of delegates, a remon-
STRANGE. signed by seventeen persons,
against the appointment of f. W. Browne
as plumbing inspector, was received,
claiming him to be incompetent, and not
a bona tide citizen.
Delegate Chapman moved that Mr..
Browne select one man, the opposition an
other. and these two select i third, to coz
stitute a committee to appear before the
board of health and demonstrate whether
Mr.. Browne is a practical plumber, the
committee to report in one week. The
motion was adopted
The appointment by the mayor of r. NJ.
Crawford as clerk of the municipal court
was confirmed by full vote
A petition was received from Thomas
Burke for permit to lay wires from the
Burke block to adjoining blocks for the
purpose of furnishing other buildings
with electric lights. The petition was re-
ferred.
The committee to whom was referred
the petition of property owners for the adj
justment of street lines and improvements
os Hyde street reported that with the as
sistance of the city engineer they had en-
deayored to secure definite propositions
from all property owners interested for Sc
curing he relief asked, and had succeeded
in every instance excepting in the case of
;. III. Piles. In this case no settlement
could be reached, so the committee rec
commended that the petition be placed on
file until more favorable time. as il
would be impossible TO grant the reIiet
asked by the petition. The report was
adopted.
The following ordinances were read:
Granting additional time to the Sack
man-Phillips Company 10 grade certain
streets in Twelfth Avenue addition
| passed.
| Authorizing the board OF public works
10 lay water pipe on South Sixteenth
street and appropriating money therefor;
passed.
Authorizing John Redmond and Others
10 lay pipe or drain along the south side
Of Grand boulevard; passed
Granting the privilege TO the South Sc
atile Cable Railway Company TO suspend
operations. not longer than May 1, ls95;
passed.
Providing tor rebates of 2S is per cent
on assessments for the Improvement on
Rose and Duwamish streets; passed.
An ordinance fixing the maximum rate
90 be charged FOR use OF telephones; re-
| fsrred
Changing the names of Montgomery
karney and George avenue TO Poplar
street; referred.
Both houses adjourned to meet next
Moaday night
A New Fire Alarm Box
Yesterday afternoon between I and 2