The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-07-16
WHY WORK
IS DELAYED
Council Finds Out Why Paw
ing Is Not Progressing
Other Business.

Al the REGULAR council meeting last
night city Engineer Thomson made
his report giving reasons for the de-
lay In completing the improvements
In the district south Of Ncslor way
and thu macadamlzlnE 90 Madison
street. lie said the delay ia the
Nesier district was caused hy the
construction OF retaining wallis and
bulkheads by the property owners,
the reconstruction Of the car line. re-
moval Of poles. rcaettlng and lower
ing gas and water mains, and the
failure 20 get new water mains IN
time. In the Madison street mat
ter the city engineer deemed Il best
that the water mains from Eleventh
90 eighteenth avenue be laid before
the matchmaking began. This plan
cid not please council and the board
OF public works was ordered 10 adj
vertlse at once Tor bids on the mae
adamininG.
Councilman James introduced four
resolutions which were passed that
provided fer the laying Of wooden
block paving on the following
streets. Yeslcr way from Railroad
avenue 20 First avenue; Columbia
street from Western avenue 60 firss
avenue: Marion from Western to
First and Madison from Western TO
First.
On Esssilxstios Bosrs.
Council elected b. ballot Council
men Taylor. Muidocn and Rude 20
serve with the county board OF equal
nation and gave them power 10 per.
form all duties relative % the equal.
BATON Of all assessments IN the city
Each will be paid IS per day for thr
SEXUAL time served. This Il IN add
ton 20 their regular salary az eoun-
cilmen.
Mrs. Eliza Runkie and Mrs. q A.
Abbott we're hy resolution given free
water.
A bill was introduced 20 set aside
q special fund from the water fund
% pay the time checks Of those EN-
pioyes % the water department who
we're laid OF for want Of further EN-
ployment. IL was stated that
hardship was worked on the men II
they had 20 walt until the regular
payday and In some instances were
compelled 90 sell their time-checks
at a discount
Mr.. Blake introduced a bill pro.
viting for free water 90 those who
would sprinkle the streets with the
customary spriuklinE carts.
Fooe Displays
A bill VAS introduced by Mr.. Mul-
doom making u unlawful 10 display
articles OF food upon sidewalks a. a
less height than "a feet from the
walk and imposing flns or inpris-
eminent for IT, violation.
The following resolutions we're
adopted. plankink Main from Fourth
avenue south % Ninth avenue south.
grading and parking sixteenth and
Seventeenth avenues from Cranes
addition 10 laws addition. cement
sidewalks on East Madison street
from broadway 70 Tweuty.third
avenue planking Pine from Seventh
a. Madison. plank roadway in the
alley through block % % Dcnny.s ad-
dition. sewer on T'wenty-nrst ave-
nue. from Ysaler 20 Alder. and on
East Alder from Twenty first 20 alley
between Twenty first and Twenty
second avenues; water main on
Eighth from James 20 Union: plank
ING Railroad avenue from jackson 70
Connections. grading, sldewalkinE
and pianxing King from Railroad %
First avenue south.
work oresraa.
The following work vas ordered.
sideWaikinE East Thomas street
from Twentieth 20 Twenty
avenue and East John street from
Twenttsth avenue 70 Thomas add
tlon. estimated cost 1890; curling.
parking and sideWaIking belmont
avenue north from Denny way 70
East Roy street. estimated cost. a.
80 gutteFing. parking and sidewalk
~ ..
way to Harrison street. estimated
cost. 1850. sidewaikinR. curbing and
parking Harrison street from Third
avenue north 20 Fourth avenue vest.
estimated cost. $50 grading. curb
inR and parking Mob Hlli avenue
from Denny way u Harrison street.
estimated cost $3.50.
The following special orders we're
postponed until August 5: Grading.
sidswaikinR and parking Fourth
avenue west from Harrison 20 Mar-
Ger street. estimated cost. tss00
grading curbinE. gutierinK and
parking Taylor avenue from Aloha
20 Lee street. estimated cost fzTs9.
A petition was read from ga per-
sons 81 Green Lake and vicinity. ask
INK that the Seattle Electric Co. b.
given a franchise 70 extend its car
line through woodland park.
The Invitation Of Mayor Townlsy
OF Vancouver. -. c.. % council to at
tend the street fair there August
20 n. was accepted.
Fire Chief Cooks communication
asking Tor "a more hydranta I'm thu
business district, as outlined IN sat
urday's Star, was referred TO the
fre and water committee and tbs
chairman OF the finance committee.
The So. 500 ordInsnos.
An ordinance was passed appro-
priating $500 20 assist In defrayfnR
the expenses Of entertaining the con-
gressl0ual rivers and harborm com
fnittee. OF this amount 1880 will
be paid at once, and the remaining
1000 as II becomes necessary. Chair
man Weston OF the entertainment
committee stated that the approx
mate total expense Of entertaining
the committee would be 1900. One
third II borne by the county. one
third by the city. and one-third BY
the cha nber Of commerce.