The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-10-07
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
, No Conf -act Entered Into With the Ele
tric Light .Company-Other
Business.
The city council for Dalles city hel
, its regular monthly meeting in tn
council cham bers last evening wit
councilmen Chas. Stephens, DR.
Shackleford, Sam Johns, F. S. Gum
ing, w. A. Johnston and Jas. Kell.
were in attendance while Mayor Kucl
presided.
The. select committe on electric
lights which was instructed to confer
with the electric light company in
regard to securing street lights for the
city reported as follows:
That the only proposition the light
company would make would be to en-
t,.r into contract to furnish not less
than 10 lights ana that the contract
should be made for period of not
less than years at the rate of S11 per
are per month. The llgh: company
| were very independent 'in the matter
and would not place the lights where
the city required them TO butin the
original locations which in some cases
we're contrary to the desires of the
committee. They stated further that
they could not furnish light, If the
contract were closed, before January
LIST.
In order to bring the matter to a
vote Mr. Cunning made motion that
the city enter into contract with the
electric light company. and but one
vote in favor of the same was cast.
Therefore the select committee were
discharged and all hopes of making
reasonable contract with the company
were abandoned.
The petition of Keys and, Nelson
praying that the council grant them
saloon license for the term of nine
months wa r' Ii was &C
companied by receipt showing that
S225.00 had been deposited in the city
treasury in payment of the same The
usual bond was also presented and up
on motion the petition was granted.
The petition of E. E Brooks, pray
ing for a deed to lots and 2 block AZ, |
in Gates addition to Dalles city was |
considered and upon motion was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
The petition of J. C. O'Leary for |
de, to certain lots was read and upon !
motion of MIR. Cunning, was referred |
to the judiciary com mittee.
The remonstrances of Mays & |
Grove, Robert Ma and French & Co. |
against the assessment of certain prop
.rty for the construction of the sewer
system was read and upon motion was
referred to the committee on sewers.
The reports os the officers were read
ind placed on file. The recorder was
,hen instructed to WITHHOLD all claims
n favor of persons who have not yet
paid their poll tax.
Ali claims against the city were
'ead and ordered paid according to
he recommendations of the finance
committee.
All bills of expressmen which were
lot sufficiently itemized we're referred
back to the persons presenting the
anne, while the claim of Oscar John
ton, for 81 30 was disallowed. The
lar gerous condition of the old Dalles
steam Laundry being considered the
committee on fire and water were in
tructed to investigate the matter.
The matter of the wood supply for
,he city was referred to the committee
IN streets and public property with
power to act. r, ~ erf
The marshals report showed that
nineteen arrests were made during
be month, while the report af the re-
,erder showed that SS2 had been col
ected On fines.