The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-13

The advent of thc City or Seattle. list night night caused Che first break In Che presence of thc council as an entity since the Incoming Of thc present municipal government. for Councilman ropc was obliged Co be absent. thougn hc ,howcd opp for a few moments Co confer with An- ircws Of Che Ways and Means Commit tee.
 The minutes were read and approved.
 Applications for the appointment of ts, scssor were read by Che city clerk as follows:
 Phn Abrahnms. ln opplylng offered Co do thc job for tEO; John F. Dplon. for NoO. and w. T.. Gregory for t2oo
 An invitation from the secretary of thc Association Of Fire Chiefs, requesting thc presence of delegate from skasWay to attend thc convention of Che associlu n ot Seattle on August li. i5 nndl iG as read but received no action. as it was too late Co send a member of 'ho fire department below before thc adiogrr- mcnt of that body
 Mir Burns. or the school ho0rd was present In tho council chamber but had no report Co make
 on recommendation Of Che Ways rnd Means Committee Che following hiils W. 70 allowed and warrants were ordered drawn on the treasurer for Che payment 'f the same.
 J. IF. Bennett. express. u50.
 Mot sundccn. express. p50
 W. B. Bcnn. moving smallpox patients and bedding S20
 Kelly & Co.,. supplies u.m.
 The bm Of Frank Lowe for S25 for scr- vices during the smallpox epidemic. was cut down Go Si5
 The school bllls of E. Fonaas or iijlN and Of A. Palmborg for ti.so675 were ol, lowed by thc school board.
 Tho committees on Fire and Water Public Works and Public Property. Health and Police. Judiciary and Flee. tions and Commerce had nothing Co rc- port
 The City Engineer reported thc complc. tion of the foot bridge across the river md presented thc following hlls for tn same:
 RIshoprick Lumber Company tic5S Nr. drew PctrIc. carpenter work 8; Elias Ruud supervising construction, g; M ll strong. labor. S750: A. A. Anderson. hard ware N5.
 Mir McGroth moved that the report he referred back Go the engineer with inc strucuons Co complete the work author. Izcd by the Council making bridges across Che small gulllcs between thc river banks and the bridge.
 The City Engineer stated that whca the bridge was madc there was no water In these cllllcs and that In view oi thc fact that the water would soon rcc'l~ that hc thought tho expense uniustinahlc. in- osmuch as at low water it was c'uicW plated Co turn Inc channel
 Mir Guthrie suggested that thc expense would bc trivial
 The bills were referred Co tho Ways and Means Committee and thc City Eu- rineer was instructed Co bridge thc gul- lies. The discussion on Che bridge u"r ton cllcltcd thc fact that all the council men had Inspected the bridge since the l1st meeting
 The following bnls were referred Go tho Ways and Means Commltt'";
 P. Joquot. labor In setting nrc plugs. u575.
 Alaska Yukon Pub. Co, printing. Sl3. Alaska Transfer Co. hauling. t2
 BIshoprick Lumber Co. lumber. Eoio
 Alaska General Electric Co.,, setting tcl- ephouc lines and furnishing supplies. tOlO
 This last bn was dated Feb 70 and Mir IIcnton wanted Co know what it woe f''. 10 was finally conceived Go he for th" in- staiing or the nrc alarm system Mir Hcnton remarked that the old council had fixed tho present councils u,op plenty with blls that had been lcft unpaid
 Ordinance No. l9. creating a board cf health. etc. was passed Co ts third read Ing and was adopted as read.
 Ordinance No. 2o. amending Ordinance No 9. defining offenscs and mlsdeinc7-