The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-04
CITY DADS.
Very Harmonious. but the Recorder
Goes on on a Tangent.


Eshelman, Lauer and Hudson.
The minutes of preceding meetings
were read and approved with the excep.
ton of the resolution concerning reduc-
tion of salaries of city officers, which the
recorder read as having been laid on the
table. Aid. Hudson refreshed the mem
ory of the council upon the point, and it
was ordered to change the minutes SO as
to read that the resolution passed.
The reading of applications for night
watchmen were ordered postponed on
motion of Aid. Hudson.
petition was then read from J. G.
Koontz and others. praying for a side
walk on Eighth street, between Pent-
land and Court streets. Moved that pc
tition be granted and recorder instructed
to advertise for bids.
A petition was next read from the
property owners adjacent to the Lincoln
street sewer, praying for extension of
time for payment of assessment thirty
days, or till April 10Th. 1t appearing
THAT the time asked for is but very few
days longer than the actual time these
property-owners have in which to pay
the assessment, on motion of Aid. Hud-
son, the petition was laid on the table.
The agreement between Dalles CITY
and the Electric Light company was
read. The provisions call for a mini
mum of fifteen arc lights of 1000 candle
power, and as many more as Dalles City
may request, maintaining said lights
from twilight to twilight. The company
are to be paid $11 per light for the
months of March, April, May and June,
1894, and $12 per month thereafter. If
for any cause the lights failed to burn
more than two nights in any one month,
a pro rata exemption is to be deducted.
Aid. Hudson moved that the contract be
accepted, and motion was carried.
An ordidance was then passed, con-
cerning a two years agreement between
Dalles City and the Electric Light com
pany.
Mr.. Joles, chairman of the finance
committee, reported as to the matter of
the bill for 267 meals furnished prison
ers. All the Information that Mr.. Joles
was able to get was that Mr..
Fish stated that the hotel would
rather lose the amount of the bill than
to have any trouble over it. A discus
sion arose between the recorder and
council relative to recorders report
which had been in the hands of the COM
mittee for. over a month. The recorder
insisted, with considerable warmth, that
the report was public document and
should be left at his Office. He charged
that the chairman of the committee was
the report around for political
purposes. Mr.. Hudson thought the de-
mand was unwarranted, but did not
want to take up the controversy for the
finance committee. On motion of Aid.
Butts the committee was granted further
time, the recorder meanwhile demand
ing andinsisting that the report must
be left at his office.
The reports of street commissioner, re-
corder and marshal were next read and
accepted.
Bids for repairing the city Jail were
next considered. G. NJ. Fouts offered to
make the improvement for 1887 $50. The
The bid of A. Anderson was $429. .25, and
T. F. Esping for $463. All were ac-
by good and sufficient bond.
On motion of Aid. Audson the contract
was awarded to G. M. Fouts
motion was carried that the action
of the committee be confirmed in rela-
ton to letting the contract for building
the Union street sidewalk to C. M.
Fouts.
communication from Game Warden
Mcclure concerning the dam in Mill
creek above the old city mills, was re-
ferred to the water commissioners.
The letter cites that the dam interferes
with the fish passingup stream. 1t was
contended by Aid. Hudson that the dam
was not an illegal fixture, but he was
pleased to dispose of the matter by Aid.
Joles moving to refer it the water COM
and cut his argument short.
A bill of 81 having been presented for
feed to impounded stock,
without any equivalent to the city, Aid.
Lauer wanted to dispense with the or
dinance. Mr.. Hudson did not see how
it could be suspended and thought the
ordinance could be repealed, but not
suspended. Later Mr.. Lauer withdrew
his motion.
Mr.. Hudson moved for a reconsidera-
ton of the petitions laid on the table
early in the evening. Petitions for the
position of night watchman were re-
ceiVed from L. L. Hill, Jos. S. Schooling,
NJ. E. Payne, II. G. French. On motion
of Aid. Butts the position of night
was declared vacant. The
election resulted in the choice of Mr.