The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-11
TRANSFERS ARE MAD.
ChapDan Accuses Then Of Makiag
Pioneer Place = GnmbSfsg Den-
Delay In Pashfns the Cosdenns-
tf0n Suits for Cedar River water
xx.e~- ARRAY. the Counrfs-Rese-
lusfons Passea for street Ina
proveuents-To Restrain Hotel
Rs.ncrs-A Heavy Grist Of Bash
ness.

DROVRmIng8-hO
Rssncrs-A Heavy Grist Of Dssi-
nes~
Tne city council had meeting last
night. during which routine WORK "ss
stfbordfnated 20 discussion the COUNCIL
men were ably abefted IN this ~ repre-
eentafives OF the transfers Oh 'he clty.
who were present 10 protest against being
driven from Pioneer place. Several I'M
rorfant matters we're calculated BY the
discussion. enc being thai DR.. Chapman
knows nothing of cares, while James does.
The dtspute was left zs IL had begun.
with the street comraittee- Delay an
pushing through the condemnation SUITS
which wcs.lc allow ire city TO let con-
tract for the construction OF inc seuAT
river system xzs the subject OF q mlio
roast for the corporation counsel, VINO
subsequently, appeared and explained
matters in such q way as 10 silence III
nc< convince the cocrcilmea. The coun-
Gil. BY resolution. adopted almost all the
7ccomms additions Of shs board of public
works for street improvements new
bill was Introduced, which II intended TO
control the excessive disorder that char
acterizes the harding OF q steamer or ar
rival of train
The Teamst~r~' Grievance.
The 1rst matter taken up ;sst night was
q hearing Of the feanastsrs' Eries 2nce over
their removal from Pioneer place as
standing place for wagons and teams
II really don't know what we do want.
suppose We will have 10 take what we
can get" said w. r.. Pitman. representing
the teamstors. In opening the discussion.
He thonghf licenses should distinguish be-
tween trucks and express wagons. The
express wagons could make more than the
trucks. as they were at less expense. He
didn't believe there was any place
.n the city large enough for the teams OF
the city to stand
q. l.. Burns, another teamster said he
would like 10 see the last two ordinances.
imposing the license and ordering the
teams OF Pioneer place. repealed. He
wished TO hear from the chairman OF the
street committee. Rudy reported that II
was hard to ind n place that would be
satisfactory To all.
Whitman declared that men who had
signed the petition ordering teamsters OF
the square had told him they signed the
petition without knowing what they were
doing. and would readily sign another pc
tttion allowing them To return. As for the
manure on the street. he said the team
sters had chipped In and had that manure
cleaned up every day. Where is that
petition that was signed by the Office and
shareholders on the square, he asked.
Il We never uFtu abit 10 see IL yet 'Df-
poration Counsel Brown explained that
the petition had been lost I'm his office.
Navin spoke In favor OF repeating the
ordinance which forbade the teams from
using the square as standing place. He
had never known n city where the team
sters were not allowed TO stand on the
streets where they wished.
Burns declared that Before the fire the
place now known as Pioneer place had
been bought particularly for the benefit
of the teams. AT the time the bonds
were voted he declared. there was moth
ing said about the creation of baby park
there"
any intention Of ins,huting .'baby gam
bling place on Pioneer square. He had
gone by the wagons and had seen the
Transfers playing cards behind drawn
curtains. This brought Pitman TO his feet.
He said: There IL q law against gam
bling, and II You wanted TO do anything
about IL you could have applied TO the
law
Chapman said he didn't know what
cards were. for that matter. and the
prompt retort was: III you don't know
what pedro h. you don't know whether
we we're gambling or not
Then James took a hand. Now, know
probably rs many games OF cards ri the
gentleman him~eif does" hs exclaimed
and 1 play cards whenever IL suits me
10 do So but don't select y public street
for such an amusement That public
square was bought for the people Of this
city. and not For any class II is prepo.-
ferrous 70 claim that u was ever pur-
chased for tssmsters. The language that
was use-i ey the feasnStcrs standing there
on the square was at times such as should
not be heard BY ladies passing by
Olson moved tina. the street committee
find a place fer faanistsrs 10 stand and re-
4asf 81 -.
warmly asainss tnis. There was no use
for : y street committee TO run is legs al
looking for n p.sce. James amended the
motion. making II that the street com
mittee confer with the transfers and en-
where they wished to stand. and -epor
next Monday Highs. .>h.s paSsed. and the
next basinsse was taken ~
Cedar uiscr water
James reported fer \ special COMMITTEES
60 which had been referred A cornmuotca-
tion from Engineer Adams, OF San Fran
cisco. who agreed 20 come here 20 act
"a assistant engineer of the Cedar river
water system. The council has enter
tained proposition 70 pay Adams 500
month and travelling expenses until the
contract Tor the system * let and S,sa
per month for year thereafter The
proposition wns telegraphod 90 Adams
Who replied that he would como here FOR
$40 per moaih previous to the lettinr OF
the contract ana SIsa month there
after. The committee decided not TO ac-
ccps this. leaving the matter open. Thu
report was adopted and the committee
was continued. II was stated that owing
20 the draExsng Of the condemnation pro-
ceeaiaEs Il would nc probably next winter
before things were In share 20 20 ahead
with the work en the water ayxtsrn The
condemnation proceedings cannot new he
settled IN this term 90 caurt and there
must ~ necessity b. a delay IN this NJ az
least SIX WEEKS, Some disposition va :
shown TO blame Corporation Counsel
brown for dslascrine.s though IL va
stated that he had been very much
pressed with work. MeAril@ thoueh ~
the corporation counsel should havr ak.
ell the council for aid IL Re knew that he
routs not ges the condemnation suits
Through On time 90 les the ecnsrar, in
July, which had been shr time cot hy the
couNctt.
t.rtchser said III was very much alern.
.sctntea at she delay, whsa IRE coans,sl
had determined 10 he resds 10 let she e,nY-
tract for the system ~ july Ne had bean
innocent enough to believe Il meant brxl-
ness When the trttiafory step WAS take,