The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-02-08
CITY FATHERS.
The Road Question Discussed at
Length>-City Sewers.

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The city council again met last night
to consider reports of officers and any
other business which might come before
the meeting. Present Aldermen Joles,
Lauer, Eshelman and Butts and Mayor
Kfeft.
The reports of recorder and treasurer
we're read and accepted.
In the matter of ascertaining whether
or not Mrs. Craig's property was subject
to the Lincoln street sewer assessment,
the recorder asked for further instruc-a
tions. The Lincoln street sewer ordi-
nance was then passed.
The finance committee reported that
in their judgment the offer of Mr.. Lucky
to purchase the grist mill apparatus for
$500 was a fair one, and should be ac-
cepted, and the mill and lot be sold to
the highest bidder. The report was
accepted.
Aid. Butts opened up the Fourth
street road question by saying the petit
tioners should receive definite answer,
yes or no, whether the council favored it
or not.
| Aid. Eshelman said that his mind was
already made up that he did not think
the business of the city, nor the popula-
tion required it yet, in view of the pres
ent city indebtedness, and that if the
city improved the roads they already
had it would be enough to do at this
/ time.
4 Aid. Lauer said that, according to his
version of the charter, he believed the
through the bluff and that such an ex-
pense should be seriously considered.
Mr.. Joles took an opposite view of the
case, and thought that section SO, article
10 of the charter meant that each prop
erty owner adjacent to road should bear
the general average expense of the whole
road. He believed that the expense
block on each side of the road, and that if
necessary two blocks deep could be levied
upon. He believed, also, that the East
End was entitled TO some benefit in the
way of direct road to it, and moved that
a surveyor be appointed to survey both the
clifton and Laughlin'' grades, and esti-
mate upon the cubic yards of stone to
be removed.
Aid. Butts said that, while he was op-
posed to the city undergoing any more
expense until city warrants brought a
little higher figure than they do today,
he would be in favor of having the
routes surveyed, at least, and if then no
considerable remonstrance was raised to
it by property Owners, and the petit
tioners were of the same mind, he would
be in favor of going on with the inn
provement. He therefore seconded the
motion, which being put, was carried.
Aid. Eshelman still maintained his
point that the city would have
to bear the expense of cutting through
the bluff and stuck to his point
the expense could not be afforded.
He did not vote negatively, however, to
lemploy surveyor.
4 Aid. Lauer then brought up the sub
/ ject of sewer repairing and said that at
present all the spare time of the street
commissioner was employed in patching
up old sewers, the expense borne by the
Ieity. He suggested that it might be
well to put in an entire new system of
terra Gotta, and the city would thus be
relieved of the expense of fixing rotten
wooden ones. Aid. Butts favored let
ting them alone when they broke, and
fencing up place in the street till the
property owner fixed it at his own ex-
pense, but was reminded by the mayor
that this would be a nuisance. Aid.
Eshelman combatted the terra Gotta
plan again on the score of economy and
thought it would be better to worry
along the way we are than to tackle the
sewer elephant.
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