The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-07
ted, the gravel having not beer

pleted, the gravel having not beer hauled in.
 Mir. Keelar urged the necessity o fixing a bad place on Main street be tween Seventh avenue and Eighth avenue. He said the old corduroy bridge was very dangerous, and .hC only means of getting along now was to keep in near the side walk. Mir Barley eorrobobated this condition oI affairs and the public works commit tee was given authority 10 have the place fixed, but it was limited in ex- penditures to $so.
 Mir. Barley made a humorous allu- sion to the Dyea puncheon.
 Mr. Laumeister in explaining his side of tlie question stated that there hal been SO much kicking" that to please everybody he had not brou0ht the lum- Der over He could now sell it. on the spot for SO cents per plank, whereas he had offered to land 1t here above high water for % cents apiece.
 Mir Keelar evoked another round oi laughter by moving that Mir Laumeis- ter be forgiven It was generally un- derstood that the city would eventual ly get the much discussed blanks.
 City Attorney Price preached the question of the coming municipal elec- ton. stating it was about time the Council took some action 10 have an election ordinance drafted and that he contemplated going to Juneau in few day 10 attend court.
 On inquiry by one of the council. men, Mir. Price announced unreserv- edly, that the Council had power to divide the city into wards and insist upon registration.
 Mir Mayer moved that matter of an ordinance be taken up with the city attorney and that the town be district ed into wards and registration be es- abolished.
 Mir. Laumeister seconded, but on suggestion of Mir. Price, the matter was held in abeyance until the com mittee on elections could consider it. A conference will be had with Mir. Price this week and a report made al the next meeting,
 Mir Mayer called up the question of people peddling in the city without a license contrary 10 the law.
 Mir Keelar told how he had arrest cd one of these vendors as he was about to ply his trade in the new thea tre. and took him before Vendetti. The mans boss. "If we have a law" he said, 1t should be enforced We have an officer who gets pay for looking after these matters. but he is seldom to be seen around the Council chamber. and is doing nothing in relation to this matter. Those of our citizens who are engaged in raising vegetables should not be thrown into competition with peddlers of truck from the states they should have some protection The license fee is emphatically too high to be enforced. and consequently we get no revenue"
 An informal expression Of opinion on the price of licenses resulted in the city attorney being directed to draw m amendment to the existing ordi- nance. putting the figure at SI25 per annum. Mir. Price. however. express ed himself to the effect that il any ar rests were made under the present or dinance he believed it would "hold water" as one of the councilmen put it. He would give them chase any how
 Mir Laumeister explained that the presence license was none too high. The vendors come in during the good weather and peddle. and when the winter with it's bad weather is here they. like the flies. are of. This leaves the merchants to carry the trade on in the worst part of the year and sub iects them to unjust competition at the time of the year when there is the least impeachment to supplying the trade.
 Mir Barley spoke strongly of the eX' istence of stove pipes in the business center. particularly addressing his re- marks to the rear of the w. P. E. C. hall He said sometime when there is a strong south wind blowing and a blaze gets started down there all that part of town is bound to go.
 Mir Price interjected that the city marshal had authority 10 tear the stove pipes out fl necessary to force com pliance with the ordinance on the sub jeot
 Mir. A. F Eastman. from the lobby, called attention to a long-standing bin for the rent of hydrants. 4 warran, for it had been drawn on the general fund. but there was no money 10 re- deem it. He asked that the pay be made from the fire fund. which was done on motion of Mir. Barley. sec onded by Mir Guthrie. The old warrant
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