The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-08-19
COUNCIL HOLDS
IMPORTANT MEETING.
Article Appearing in Last Saturdays
Times Bearing Upon the Present
Water system of the City
kepudiated.

Councilmen Aiken, Keck, Liggett,
Moran, Reed and Wyman were present
last night at one of the most important
meetings of the council held this year.
One of the first petitions read by the
clerk was from Bert Fletcher, a saloon
man on the avenue, asking for a license
to carry on the whskey business for an
other year in his present location.
Councilman Reed moved to grant the
license. lat this juncture A. D. Sloan
arose in the meeting and called for the
reading OF objections from property own
ers holding lots AUDITING on the avenue.
Clerk Doust appeared confused and said
he did not have the papers. Mr.. Sloan
called his attention to the fact that he
the papers with the city clerk, whereup-
on the honorable mayor instructed the
city clerk to get them. Mr. Doust soon
returned with the filed objections and
read them to the council. Fourteen
property owners on the avenue petit
toned the council not to grant the Ii
cense, and according to city ordinance
when twelve or more property owners
holding lots abutting on the avenue OBJ
ject to the granting of licenses for sa-
looms the council has no authority to
act. Mr.. Fletcher's license was refused.
Likewise Oluf Sandberg's and Kellogg
q Ford's petition were thrown out.
The ordinance granting franchise to
the Christian Cooperative Association
was passed unanimously by the council.
j. f. McNaught's petition for fran
chise to operate railway system in
town was referred to the city attorney.
A petition to build sidewalk six feet in
width from the n. e. corner of block 81
to the s. e. corner block 66 was amend
ed by councilman Liggett to read that
the sidewalk be made s feet wide in
stead of 6. The petition as amended
was granted by the council
The southwest quarter of the south
east quarter of section 20, known as the
eastern addition of the city, was repres-
ented in the form of petition from
large number OF citizens requesting that
said eastern addition be admitted within
the corporate limits of the city, cleo
ton to be held on the 29th' of Sept. be-
tween the hours of 8 a. m. and Z p. m.
The council voted to allow them the
privilege of holding an election and ap-
pointing officers in the different voting
precincts to hold the same on the afore-
said date.
r. X. Nichols, city justice, was granted
leave of absence for twenty days.
Marshall Grant asked the council to |
put new floor in the city jail, which |
ordinance was granted.
Bids were handed in for construction /
of sewer piping on Selah street. The /
Mayor asked for city surveyor Marbles
opinion on the bids, who considered /
them exhorbitant. City clerk was then
instructed to readvertise for bids.
Liggett moved to offer $50 reward
for the apprehension and conviction of
any person or persons turning in false
fire alarm. The motion was seconded
and carried and Mayor Fechter ordered
to post notices of reward.
Mr.. Alex Miller who had been waiting
patiently all this time for the purpose
of addressing the council in regard to
the need of fire protection for the mill,
warehouses and other buildings across
the track in that part of the town, was
here given an audience. He covered
the grounds mentioned and impressed
upon the council the need OF their inn
mediate action in the matter. 1t was
referred to the committee ON fire and
fire limits.
Mayor Fechter in a short talk TO the
council expressed the opinion that it
was now time to do something for the
city in order to remedy the present UNI
pleasant condition of the cellars and
wells all over town. We must inaugu-
rate some drainage system to carry off
the surface water said Mayor Fechter.
1.-THE cost should be a secondary con
sideration and for one think that now