The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-01-10
THE MUNICIPAL MHANGE
The Old Council and the New Have
Trouble In Finding Where
They Are At.
PRESSEY BOND SETTLEMENT
The Election Of Marshal and other City Officers
Comes as Surprise-The Mayor Names
the Committees for the En-
suing Year

The meeting night for the old coun-
Gil to close its business, and the new one
the first Tuesday of the year, according
to the code, but as it happend that was
legal holiday so both bodies were sum-
moned to appear on the following Mon
day night. w. H. Redman, as mayor,
was in the chair and Messrs Hough,
Keck, Reed, Shaw and Sinclair were in
their seats when the gavel sounded.
Mr.. Redman was attired in great fur
coat and looked as though he was load
ed for bear, in fact he was charged with
speech which was to have been the
effort of his life, but complications
having arisen as to the tenure Of Office
of the retiring councilman and other
city officials, the advice of some of the
attorneys present was requested, Messrs
Rigg, Snyder and Rudkin gave their
opinions on the question, the consensus
of which was that the terms of the old
officers had expired and that only the
acts OF the officials elect, all of whom
had qualified, had force or were binding.
This was somewhat irritating to the old
board who wanted to close up the past
years business and perhaps throw
few boquets at each other, but the rul-
ing was accepted and the new officers
were seated without even the ghost of
oratorical pyrotechnics.
OF the new board, A. j. Shaw is the
only holdover although H. X. Sinclair
and Walter j. Reed were members of
the old council who were reelected.
The new councilmen are Henry Lom-
bard, George Donald, F. C. Hall and
Sam Chappell. Some slight friction was
developed at the meeting on Monday
night between the old and new factions
regarding the approval OF bills and the
settlement of the long standing litiga-
ton between the city and ex-Treasurer
Pressy's bondsmen. 1t was nothing
serious, however, excepting in the way
of indicating that chips have been con-
veniently placed on the shoulders of
some OF the members. Councilman
Donald will probably be the leading
spirit of the board and his business
training and good judgement especially
| fits him for the position to which he has
been chosen, but all OF the other men,
bers are well qualified for the duties
which will devolve upon them and the
indications are that under the strong
guiding hand of Mayor Fechter, who is
occasionally inclined to take the bits in
his teeth, the council will be one of the
most efficient and capable ever selected.
The bonds of Attorney Snyder and
Clerk Doust were approved and ordered
spread upon the minutes. A petition
was presented and referred to the
proper committee for the establishment
of the grade for Yakima Avenue. An
other petition, and a very important one
too, was that of large number of pro-
perty owners in the Park addition and
Lewis track who requested. that the city
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make the section line the boundary.
The object is to escape municipal taxa
ton but as the required number of
voters had signed the pitition there was
nothing else to do but refer it to the
committee on assessment and taxation
for the purpose of calling special
election.
Attorney Englehart appeared for the
bondsman of Henry Pressey, and after
considerable discussion, his offer to set
tie the obligations of the bondsmen with
$3.50 in cash, and asnote for $50 was ac-
cepted. The defaulcation of Mr.. Pressey
was estimated at 5000, on which there
had previously been realized 81 1905.
There had been paid in attorney fees
$3.50, and another bill in favor OF Messrs.
Snider and Whitson was before the coun-
Gil for 500, but it is asserted that this
will not be approved. The expert who
examined the books was also paid a fee
amounting into the hundreds, so that