The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-30
CURFEW WILL RING.
Ballard Boys and Girls Must
Stay Home Nights.
A STEP OR TWO BACKWARD.
But the Author OF the Ordinance Thinks
the World Has Advanced Too Far
Back TO the Law Of Moses.

The city council Of Ballard passed the cur
few ordinance Tuesday night, TO take eff
feet as soon as approved by the mayor and
Ave days after its publication. TX provides
that the FIRE bell shall sound eight taps at
o'clock from September TO April !. and
nine taps At o'clock from April 10 Sep
tenber l. as q warning TO al girls ana boys
OF is years or under 10 keep OF the streets.
alleys, and public grounds, unless accom-
panied by their parents or guardians. Any
one violating the ordinance shall be DEEM
ed guilty of a misdemeaaor under penalty
Of q fine not exceeding S. or Imprisonment
not exceeding twenty days II directs the
marshal TO send or escort the offender
home for the first onense, and to arrest for
the second
Before the ordinance passed Councilman
Gerring said he did not like the ringing OF
the bell He thought IL was step back
ward toward the middle ages.
This aroused the fire of Councilman
Beach the author of the ordinance. who
earnestly declared the world had reached
such a condition that we need 10 go back
ward step or two. He had, he continued.
no patience with ths ''wishy-washy SEN
timentaiity of the present day. The ring
ing Of the curfew bell he considered very
essential, and he was glad TO say the city
had at last an officer willing TO enforce the
being on Ballard avenue Sunday night in
stead OF being at church. and concluded
with the announcement that the world
was too far advanced and that We need
some old law to make il better; he would
go back further than the middle ages 10
the law OF Moses. under the old dispensa-
ton. and quoted a. his code. "eye for eye,
tooth for tooth. hand for hand. foot for
foot, wound for wound, stripe for stripe"
with good deal Of self-compiacency. All
the councilmen, except Donoghue. voted in
favor of the ordinance.
After the passage of the curfew ordi-
nance Councilman Beach attacked the
saloons. He complained OF the saloons be-
ing open after midnight. Some closed.
others lodged the issue. and one in par
ticular did not seem to close at all He
fore the mayor and instructed TO close all
saloons at midnight II they did not the
council would revoke the licenses. The mo-
ton carried unanimously.
The teamsters petitioned the council to
plank an impossible strip 400 feet long in
front OF Carpenters mill. between the end
of the plank road to Fremont and Ballard
avenue. The request was postponed until
the plank road to Fremont Is finished.
j. Johnson and c. G.. Sanborn were
granted licenses to sell cigarettes for six
months.
A bill OF so from the Washington Hose
Company for a hose cart guaranteed to
carry 200 feet OF hose. was the cause of
some confusion. The hose was 70 stand
40 pounds pressure. and as the fireman un-
derstood it. the cart would carry 400 feet
of hose. Consequently. when the test was
made the wheels were sprung and the cart
badly damages. The confusion apparently
hefogged the council for they could not
decide whether TO pay the bill or not. and
deferred IL for one week.
The clerk was Instructed TO turn the
books. etc. of the water works over to
the finance committee for examination de-
fore delivery TO the new collector OK water
rates. ~
Councilman Beach called attention to
the failure OF the water system. The wa
ter in the well which furnishes the main
supply was unfit for domestic or manu-
featuring purposes and must be aban-
doned. He urged the council to provide
at once another supply from the springs
OF the West Coast Improvement Com
pany's system and the other wells. The
fire and water committee was instructed
10 investigate and report.