Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-23
RECOMMENDING
Is Epliveped by a Scrap Be-
tween BeRp and Stewart.
ATTORNEY CROSS EXPLAINS
The Tax Rolls and Exposes Some
Queer Experting.-Routine
Business.

uTudy IukHC, ~. ~ "Hu ". w. i"VoeA
were authorized to improve Wishkah
street in front Of their property.
Ordinances were passed and approved
providing for the following street inn
provements: Planking Wishkah street
from city dock to Broadway; planking
alley in block %; sidewalks on Second
street, from A street to G street, South
Aberdeen sidewalks on Benn and Tyler
streets, East Aberdeen, and sidewalks
on Randall street.
Attorney j. G. Cross appeared, at the
request of the council. to explain the re-
port made by Expert tanning, on the
delinquent street tax rolls. Mr.. Cross
showed the council conclusively that the
expert, in reporting shortage of $12S,
betrayed greater anxiety to make a
shortage than to enlighten the council as
to the status of the rolls. Taking up the
report seriatum, Mr.. Cross produced re-
ceipts for taxes pai1 to the treasurer that
not only wiped out the shortage of 1928
but showed the rolls to have been over
paid-the overplus being caused by the
collection of penalties and interest from
delinquents. He showed that in District
No. 6, where the expert reported short
age of $97. O3, the last quarterly report of
the city treasurer showed the roll of the
district to be paid in full, and to have an
overplus of $32.O4 to its credit, every
payment Of which was noted on the rolls
that Mr.. Lanning was exporting. Again,
he showed that the expert omitted Dis
trict No. ~ I'd ST. from his report en-
tirely, and that the overpayment on this
district alone would have left quite a
balance to the credit of Mr.. Cross, after
wiping out the 1928. Why this was
omitted he left the council to determine.
It will doubtless be remembered that
the resolution authorizing the mayor to
employ an expert in this matter was
adopted upon the statement of Council
man Benn, that there was shortage of
several hundred dollars in the d street
assessment roll, yet after $40 worth OF
exporting the district remains unex-
ported. Mr.. Cross concluded by calling
the attention of the council to his bill of
$40, and requested payment.
The clear, bnsinesslike statement of
Mr.. Cross, substantiated as it was by the
records, was revelation to some of the
councilmen, who had been led to believe
that large sum was due the city from
that gentleman. No action was taken
in the matter, and it is extremely prob
able that it will yet be fully aired in
superior court, with fair chance OF the
city being mulcted in a bill of costs, in
addition to the $40 already wasted.
The attorney was directed to prepare
resolutions providing for sidewalks on
B and Second streets.
Councilman Lindstrom, of the health
committee, reported the complaints
against the health officer to be un-
founded.
The street commissioner reported that
he was asked to build sidewalk on
Hume street from H street to Broadway.
The city attorney reported that he had
dismissed cases against inmates of
houses of i'll fame, as he thought no fine
should be inflicted where there was no
breach of the peace; that test case
against the police judge would be taken
up in the superior court.
The attorney informed the council that
in directing the clerk to refuse license
to the merry-go-round for Sunday, it had
simply voted a donation of Is to Drake
& Critics.
A petition from property owners on
Wishkah street, asking for 14-foot side
walks, was read and filed.
A contract for water supplies was
awarded to F. L. Carman for $1149.
The contract for planking South F
street was awarded to r. S. Jackson, for
1929 per lineal foot.
The bids Of Ladue 4 Hilligoss and R.
A. Wiley, for the planking of North F
street, were tie, and both parties were
requested to be present at the next
meeting, to decide the tie.
June 9 was fixed as the date to equalize
the Hoquiam road assessment roll.
Tie clerk was directed to order three
fire hydrants.
The marshal was authorized to add
another man to the police force.
The resolution for the improvement OF
Third street was laid on the table.
The proposition of Jas. Stewart for