The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-03
sALIAnDs NEW COUNCIL Busr.
Mayor Dow Advises-The Blake-Morris
Consest--Settlfng Accoants.l

CouteSt-Setel1n2 AccouHtsu
The new council of the city OF Ballard
for the year 1895 promptly met at o'clock
New Years night. All the members, ex-
cept David Mcvay. VINO is absent on
trip East, were present. The council is
nav composed of. Matthew Dow. mayor:
Seth Chandler. George startup and Thcna-
as Winsor, ho,dover councilmen; II. +.
Beach. j. NJ. Donoghue. r. A. Morris. new
c.uncllmen fer the two-year term, David
McVay. councilman-at-larse for the one
year tsrsn
Mayor DIV Tresig. Il with dignity and
dispatched business in cool matter Of
fact way that produced a favorable i'm
preston. He made no ADDRESS. but hoped
their relations would be of the
pieasantest kind. He suggested that
the members strictly adhere TO par
fiamsentary usage when addressing the
chair and concluded his remarks by Civ
ing an abstract of the financial condition
of the town. There were outstanding
warrants amounting to sis.75s.f7. with
about 1000 interest. making a total out
standing debt OF 81. 159.41. To meet this
there was tax levy OF $4,000. $500 of
which he estimated would be collected.
was aboust s240o, and from delinquent tax
collections about sl,i05, making a total
of s1l,5o5. The current expenses would be
Fer officials .$S,Vv0
Interest on warrants ................... 100
Street repairs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,0O0
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $1,000
The council could by good business
methods thus pay off ~ the end of the
year 5000 outstanding debt, and il it did
nothing else, that in itself would be a
coed record to make.
Winsor called attention to judgments Of
81, 800 against the city.
K. O. Marsh, the retiring clerk, in call
ing the roll. called the name of j. II.
Blake, instead of X. "A. Morris, whose
seat Blake is contesting in the courts.
Chandler asked for an explanation, and
the clerk making an unsatisfactory reply,
Biake's name was struck from the roll.
The finance committee reported on City
Attorney Murchisons accounts and found
them correct according to stubs and re-
ceipts. but advised that the clerk be in
structed 70 check them and credit the as
sessment roll to the retiring city attorney
Peterson. The report was referred to the
committee of the whole, and the clerk in
structed to check and adjust accounts.
The bond of g. w. Emerson. clerk, with
himself as principal. and Robert Murphy
and FL. F. Conner as sureties for $50 was
approved.
The application of Stephen A. Tuttle for
appointment as deputy policeman without
pay was referred for investigation to the
COMMITTEES Of the whole. The following bills
were referred to the committee OF the
whole: City attorney. si1o; Winsor, Bush
a. Morris. costs of supreme court, 500 rs
superior court, $3.50. In the case of the
state ex rel. Thomas winsor. The fol-
lowing We're ordered paid: Pacific States
Saving & Loan Association, enc years
rent, $3.50; Stimson Mil Co., "a; Ballard
News, sl.50: Anthony Cook, labor,S7; Z. Z.
Sprague, labor. $3.50.
Thomas Johnson, n. +. Beck, Martin
Kelley. E. II. Faulkner, III. w. Maxwell
applied for the position of night watch
man, and the matter was referred to the
committee of the whole to consider the
advisability of having a night watchman
and if so To fix his salary.
The city treasurer was ordered to pre-
sent a certified statements from the
banks of the amount OF money the city
has deposited there.
The following subjects were referred to
the committee of the whole: The Thorn
ton case VS.. city; bond of new treasurer;
and all matters relating to the purchase
of the electric light plant from G. F.
Gund. The committee met last night and
Will report at the next regular session.