The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-25
An EVENING OF WIND
Couneiimen Practice 0ratory
and Parliamentary Law.
MOVE FOR RAILROAD TERMINALS
Ordinances In Establish a Market House
Instrumentation TO Rs-survsy
Certain streess-

A3s city ec3EG3 got scf&<1@f tax E-k ~
tn adjourned session. ard prayed horse ter
several hoers. n. t2rts Undertaking %
The srestzng was &c formulate = code a.
saxgss<<o1s ard repor. ~ wass the city
has dore s. the une os retrenchrnszs. 20
- s1oEifte3 a. meeting sspteue-g %
tas g@neraI csaeerenc@ q city ard celufy
governmental crgansz ga lions ca rs-easA-
rnsnt- The EcheeE board 60 district No. ]
has shown no~ hard X Is to eecnousxe.
ara the county commissioners have Gem
ohssrated tie lzsgosssbility Of pressing the
matter Of saving. any more than already
6as been done. ard tonight the ctty Nid
have It's inning. The meeting vas called Tor
10 o'ca0cx, half an kouF earlier Tran
usual. and II Is vel that the thirty nain-
utsa leeway was given. ss i WAS nearly
- o'cscc2 before the intentions Of ms nee
ing were taksp up, and for the earlier
hours OF tBe night the cstys legislative
body pulled aa3 hauled. aalsyrasxea and
chswe1 over Questions OF sEtQ2etfs an
parliamentary usage. occasionally inject
isg - per cent infusion os side business
and bouquet throwing.
In the sose1ee OF President CTaeslton.
James moved thzs Hurd take TIE CHAIR,
and that gentleman vss chosen To preside
over the DELIBERATIONS AMI exchanges OF
pseaSantrses OF the gathering.
TIE festivities lead OF with the passing
% a number % liquor rc@flses. winch Ell
aA,ed John Lewis. for the Frtsnd~Degg.n-
ger Co. Pratt & Co. Lambert & Burns.
George +. Hsllowsll. Barton s. Kendall.
Cluatf. e pe.ars. Barton & WEIGH. Martin
Paup and Frank Owens. 10 run saloons al
night (. they care 20. pending the settle
mene Of the appeal 10 the supreme court.
This much having been done for the gen
sral good % the com EEunity and rostaFaty.
the reports Of the committee OF claims.
hristilng with applications for rebates on
tAxss and compromises for damages, Was
taken up. IN the matter q the clam OF
w B. Latham for .aaa damages, the COM
rnittee recommended that Il be rejected,
ana that OF Mark Bertessen and vile Tor
a compsomiss on their suit or s-tS9 Tor
80 be settled.
The COMMITTEES on streets recommended
that the contract FOR painting street signs
be les 10 ]. II. stromberg, provoking he
furnished good and sufficient eosa,
and that unless he did 80 the BOARD OF
public works was recommen5ed 20 let me
s.antras.t 10 another bidder This brought
MeArdIe 20 hss feet. and he asked Rudy
II all Of the bidders would not be required
M xtva q bond ard why tae stipulation
was made in the case OF stromnerg. hE1y
axnlained that the sareties offered D. the
painter In question had said that ttaes
eonskaared the bid too low. and tnat they
would not b * up Stromberg tender.
recommended the renting OF space In the
basement OF the Rislto building for the
binding outfit. at pTite not 10 exceed -
per month.
President crichton. who had come IN
during the proceedings. called Afternoon 70
the condition OF the sidewalks 10 certain
parts OF The city and particularly referred
TO those OF the suburbs. Upon motion tAe
matter went 30 the committee on stE@e-Ss
with the request that they suggest some
wzyos lettering the condition OF thsw walks.
aud their attention WAS also called 20 ne
fact that City Engineer Thomson nsd faf-
nished an estimate that the yearly loss
TO the city through wear and tear sha
neglect Of sidewalks was $500 Gilson
asked the council for rig with watch
10 Inspect tAe suburban sidewalks, and
Rudy Invited DR.. Crichton 70 suggest a
way OF carrying out the committee rec
concentrations.
Then everybody laughed and tilted In his
chair and got ready TO receive the report
OF the committee on FIRE and water. which
was q brief document setting forth GER
tain facts aad containing recommenda-
lions on the petition OF Moran Bros. ct al.
in the matter OF an improved water ser
vice for First avenue south. The state
uent vas made that the laying or the
l4-inch main asked for would cost st.s5a
and of this sum material was on hand Tor
,hA Improvement that was worth $3.50
leaving ki.757 TO be pat In In money Tor
labor and connections This sum, !, was
stated the property owners and petition
ers might be willing 10 advance. and the
city might issue receipts that would ap-
ply in the payment Of water rents. III the
owners would agree 70 tIis arrangement
the city would proceed at once with the
putting Ia OF the main.
A short soaring match for points was
them INDUCED 81 by james ard President
Crfchton over certain rulings made by the
latter AT a previous meeting. AeATdle
furnished some expert testimony, ana all
sorts OF rales and orders % business were
pulled and auosed % sustain the positions
81 the Contestants. After waste Of ex-
acfly twenty minutes % valuable time.
during which the electric fan IL the cell
ing burned 50 fast thar the ar vas all
driven out OF the room end people were
eAsnlug for breath. Cc1Dcs man Rude
facetioasly moved an adjournment that
was seconded by some one whe wss I'M
polite enough 10 remain se2tel. and a res
oluticn was introduced By Councilman
Dolas as follows;
Resolved That f. Is hereby declared 20
ha the 5aa :. 1seE1 Of TIE city councH - The
afTect.ng railroads having terminals II
TITS city should bs framed with , view OF
faciutAtinE AMI Fastening toini terminal
arranSssnent Ter the handl4ag % passsn-
ger ara freight traffic in tais city under
: ssnsr3e rtsnag araent which would accord
@,ssaf ABILITIES ard equal rates 20 al roads
noe heYa ard hereafter &c come here.
rhnf ere recent action " this body u
yarafseg Z porftan pf Marion street On or
as~ 10 enable tise Northern Pacific Rail
vaay Company &c acquire a suitable size
for 4 passenger atseus p as ard is heitev-
- IS Sc 3 step calculated 20 secure the re-
N0fss above indicated, ard es7eec aesY ne
lo-attsa Of ; untua passenger station q
80 visssY,gtv OF EaHroad avenue. G'0iam b5a-
NN~for ard Madison streets. and be 81
Rssoives. That - = the Judgment - this
s-etsls.e4l thaf To further ls11r-ort Ar coEces-
sfenS or franch}scs should Re hereafter
srants6 - sage railrcaa companies for
sssssr5.te use ard that "a far a. - bic
s.g.r,raxe terminal expansion n thts city
fa~ fke uss - saesrsse companies. bat
shr4fls hot& csIg every eneeurv cement aDa
- res.sy 10 grant adequate facilities ana
y~essrhfsex aFysr fuA art c8gefg. cons Ser
sts.~ H.. A terminal cen p4ny 20 - formed
~ az o. ~ Sufficient rgnlser Of gae
roads NAvtnE iuteress@ here cpon saEh
ferTsss aS sNAl protest g. roa1s no1 here
s-s hereafter % come here. ea5 s5so TIE
Interests - the pSsl'e-
Tse resc.utfo- teo< tse usual course
ara tha rao.nenSkre interest g AaS excited
x~xe way Ssse-e 81 ordnance sstre3u-eS
~ Hartman. n which some - his i3Aas
vr~~s SCI rat regarding TIE estAbli s5nrszs
81 a general MARKET house Herman.
,.essxs I-vextfsatscrs n csrtata directions
-staw~e# Ns-- - take re Initiative - ma
..r4 g rehlae ra.lcv Aa3 whose BIZ q
.VsrrassEcrs ~ Escez@es 20 cFeats 4 rev
.-s.s kAs Attracted ger era aefereso0