The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-02
PASSED 1T AFTER ALL.
Aldermen Take Back Amend
ments to Appropriation Bill
pAYFoR BURNED SCHOOL BOOKS
City and School Board Each TO Pay
Half-Citizens TO Aid on Laying
Out the Bouleyarfs.

A special session Of the city council
was called yesterday by Mayor Phelps
for the purpose OF passing the appropr7s-
ton ordinance and disposing OF other
measures that had accumulated The
failure Of the board OF aldermen to pass
the regular appropriation ordinance at
the session last Monday night, because
Of objections TO the appropriation OF $40
Dor a typewriter for the board OF public
works, and SIS for the garbage scow
slip. was the principal cause for calling
the session, as IL practically stopped the
machinery of the city hall This sounds
somewhat queer, but Il is the fact, as
none OF the departments can legally In
cur debts.
The charter provides that the finance
committee shall receive estimates from
the departments for the next months
expenses and incorporate the amounts
in an ordinance, which is always passed
at the last meeting of each month. The
board passed the bill with the two OBJ
jeetionable features in IL. as the HOUSE
OF delegates positively refused to recede
from its action.
The bill was not passed before Miller.
who has been dubbed the watch dog Of
the treasury" got in his favorite roast"
on Secretary Meachana, and incidentally
a couple OF other departments.
The board also reeeded from it's action
on the burning OF the school books by
the board Of health. Sweeney, chairman
of the health committee, reported favor
ably on the proposition that the city pay
for one-half of the books destroyed. pro-
viding the board of education paid the
other half The report covered the case
fully. and dwelt particularly upon the
precedent involved. 1t did not wish IL to
be understood that the city would be re-
sponsible for similar destruction Of
property by the health board, but merely
agreed TO pay for one-half Of the damage
10 pupils and parents in the case at issue
as a matter OF charity. The logic of the
report was that the individual should he
as careful OF the health of the city as
the city itself, and, IL subjected to a loss
by the burning or destruction of clothing
supposed TO contain germs of contag-
ious disease. must stand the loss. Miller,
who opposed the passage of the ordi-
nance last Monday night and who criti-
cised the action of Health Officer Pal
mer so severely. said he would vote for
the adoption of the report provided all
the aldermen present would promise 10
use their influence to have Palmer re-
move from office. No promises were
made and the report was adopted and
sent to the house for concurrence.
A statement that all the electric COM
panies had agreed TO the proposal TO place
read and the matter referred TO the COM
mittee on streets, to report at the next
meeting.
In the house of delegates an advisory
committee of three citizens was appoint
ed TO serve with a like committee from
each house on laying out boulevards on
Undated ground TO make them conform
TO the boulevards already laid out The
following citizens were named by the
house: W. D. Wood. Thomas III. Demp-
sey and ]. j. McGilvrs. Tho committee
from the house is composed of Little.
Chapman and Goodhue. The matter was
sent into the board, but that body spost-
poned action until the return TO the city
OF President Daulton, father OF the
measure.
The bids for the next years street light
ing by the different electric companies and
the proposition made to the council by +.
II. Ossood, A. l.. Hawley and J. I. Rob
tnson 10 build the city lighting plant
was referred to tho committee on lights
for action.