The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-20

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fhe city council had TO matters NJ great
Importance before * last night and closed
iss session ~ an unusually early hour.
Fl Re nzgeh n@ezezs repairs 20 Grant street
bridge ~ faEt appear 10 have re-
coisca an Impetus which will carry
ihsFn through. Tha city Is anxious 70
hurry the sreil4ninarfes 20 the wo.k Tsosv
that ali obs tncsss Aavs n4en removed TO
the ar-gorgiaelea made by the county.
City buildings will also come IN fer a
&sage 81 shH gsnefcens spirit OF lgaprnve-
r3ent which ss - control % the legislative
body. They derseed tina, cify gasnag
xhsgEa b. dumped and burned or covered
on certain Tot. Last night they slisusisz-
81 remembrance OF property owners.
The committee declared that e had stated
is s.nss ~ smell prath the aroula % tbs
garbage dump and did not consider IL Of
fsnsiEe enough To cause complaint
Two petitions askiug the -ighs 10 lay
private pipes for steam heating wsTc dc
bafed a. length and are asIi 10 % aly-
posed OF. The taxes &C tho Magnolia
blafT military site we're ordered ,eacelet.
The bicycle pzsh fund @as enriched b.
the appropriation CT 81 ae4
tai.ins. for Bids.
county commissioner 20 aid the city is
repairing Grant street bridge. together
with the action ~ the court In declJirI.,
sgch appropriation legal. wa reported ~
OF by special committee made Gp e
Acting Mayor Cfiehtsn. CouBellmsn
Rudy and Cts Comptroller Parry. Tse
eoWInittee recommended ;haf irnuted.a-e
stcca he taken to repair the bridge and
rhat the bonrd OF public w9rks adyer.iss
fer blas. Th.s Fcporf was adopted
GT. ETicht9n urged the importance II
going ahead a4tll the woJE az rDou As
possible as tho danger 81 accident was
imminent and the following resolution
introduced By bin was passed
Resolved. That the board of public
works hs and II hereby Is instructed to
proceed forthwith 20 cali for bids for SUCH
repair ard renewal al the Grant street
bridge rs II may deem necessary and
that 10 report the result 10 the city coua-
ell"
CARNAGE Protest Dismissed.
The garbage question precipitaiei a
vast deiuge og eioGuenee. In which the
orators were Nay1n. ellison and Chap
man The committee on sanitation re-
ported on the remonstraBce which was
called forth from adjoining property own
ers by the dumping and burning Of city
garbage on block Is. Naynards addition
ana siso n resolution from the board of
health. desiring the nuisance stopped.
as follows:
'.on July IL a fun committee visited the
dnmping grounds ard noticed the method
OF dumping. burning. covering uo. etc.
Norkmen and some of the signers of the
rem0nstrance were talked with While
there are many objections 20 tho odor
during Iow tides. they could not detect
anything of an offensive nature. A man
Il kept on the grounds To care for the
garbage.
our committee. In considering the
past method OF dumping In the bay and
l;tcrlng the same. to bee washed back
ward and forward hy the tides and the
present method 81 filling zap burning etc,
thus utiliginf the above 10 I'LL up tho I'M
slightly tide land aud stop the obnoxious
sterchss produced by the flowing tides.
IS much mare preferable.
The committee believes that II the
proper sanitary measures are carried out
the dump VIII ultimately ne sblssslng
Father than a curse To all parties con
cerned.'
The report was adopted after some de-
hate.
Repairs for City Buildings.
The haif-humorons petition put in sew
erai weeks ago hv city Engineer T1ou-
son to offset the demand on :he clty for
"a appropriation for ceisbra ton purposes
was not totally without result The city
engineer asked for sa0oc 10 repair tn.
police qatroi harm and the city hail The
committee un public buildings and
grounds reported on the matter a. fol-
lows;
Your committee has examined the
many points specified hy the board OF pub
lie works and agree that there is serious
nceA for repair and establishment Your
committee, however docs not feel that the
clty is Ia financial copGition 10 make any
repair not absolutely and imperatively
Necessary Co be- ma1s 70 prevent the de-
ftvuetlon of our buildings We ara glad
% sec tho board manifeSting esthetic
taste hat do not feel that u can hp OK
srcie".s AZ tho present time. We therefore
recomutend that an appropriation of s9sA
be made fram ne proper fund for repair
81 tie floor. siiis and roof OF The police
patrol bgrn and that "A further appiopri
ation of $50 he made for the construction
a. a ladies' toilet in the city hall and for
tcf airs &c the foundation aud roof Of said
civ halt"
The condition Of th FIRE boa. Snoeuai-
,ais VAS such "a ~ lead ellison Ia ask an
appropriation FOR its repaEr The nlank-
,ue 1as rottcH be declared and the boat
would he unfit for use Il Il were allowed
u de'efiosute as II had been doing The
hartor aud wharves committee with the
chairmvn ~ The FIRE ana water and finance
committees. were instructed to invssti-
safe.
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