The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-12-27
Council Proceedings.


council was held Thursday evening.
Present-Mayor Brosius, Aldermen
Bell, Blowers, Barnes, Luckey and Nc
Donald, Recorder Nickelsen and Mar
shall 0linger.
Considerable debate was INDUCED in
concerning the legality of the meeting.
The adjournment on the regular meet
ing night was made by two members
outside the council rooms, after they
had failed to find enough aldermen to
make quorum. Alderman Mcdonald
handed in report OF the adjourned
meeting. Blowers and Luckey argued
that the meeting could not be considered
legal. The mayor was of opinion that
the council was the only authority COM
petent to decide the question. BY a
vote OF 3 to 2 the meeting was de-
clared legal and regular.
Committee on streets and public prop
erty reported they had employed sur
veyor to give S. Z. Bartmess the line Of
the street grade for the extension OF his
building. Report accepted.
Special committee on extension Of
First street reported nothing done.
Committee on sewerage reported Sur
veyor Clark would be in Hood River in
few days.
Committee on leasing Columbia street
reported nothing done and was given
further time.
Ordinance 40, providing for the pass
age OF ordinances, was read second time
and passed.
Ordinance 46, providing for the con-
structiOn of sidewalks on Oak street, in
conformity with the established grade,
was read second time.
Blowers moved an amendment, max
ing width of sidewalk seven feet instead
OF eight. Rejected.
Mcdonald moved an amendment
making the timbers AKA where Axe is
mentioned. Adopted.
Blowers moved that the curb of the
sidewalk be made 3xS instead of 4x16.
Adopted.
Mcdonald moved to amend section 5,
giving the slope of the walk a fall of
one inch instead of three. Adopted.
Blowers moved an amendment max
ing the time 80 days for the completion
OF the sidewalks where there are now
sidewalks on the line, and 60 DAYS where
there are none. Adopted
Barnes moved the adoption of the or
dinance as amended. Bell, Barnes and
Mcdonald voted yes, Blowers no.
Bill of the Glacier, $4.25 for publish
ing ordinances, was allowed.
Barnes moved that the electric light
proposition be taken from the table and
acted upon. Adopted.
Bell moved that 500 a month be laid
aside for electric lights in the streets,
and that the committee on streets and
public property be instructed to con-
tract for and locate the lights.
Blowers said there was no money in
the treasury to lay aside, He was not
opposed to lighting the streets if the
city had the money. He favored a
sewer system before street lights.
Bell withdrew his motion in order to
amend. He then moved that the COM
mittee on streets and public property be
instructed to make contract with the
Electric Light Co. for $40 worth of lights
a month for the streets.
Barnes said he was in favor of lighted
streets, at least some of them should be
0gnteu. ii fZO month Will give us
good light, he was in favor of the mo-
ton.
Blowers opposed the motion. II
adopted we do not know how much
light we would get for $40 month. He
was opposed to leaving it TO committee.
Bell spoke in favor of the motion.
Mcdonald opposed the motion for the
reason that he was chairman Of the
committee on streets and public prop
erty. The committee is composed Oi
Mcdonald, Luckey and Davidson.
Bell said he thought the company
would furnish thirty S2-candle-power
lights for $40 month.
On motion OF Barnes, Bells motion
was adopted.
Communication from United Artisans.
offering to rent their hall to the council
for meetings at $3.50 a night and 81 a
day for day use, was read.
Blowers moved the proposition be ac-
cepted. Adopted.
Mcdonald moved that after January
lst the msrshal's salary be abolished.
Adopted.
Adjourned.