The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-03-21
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session Mon
day evening. Present, Mayor Brosius
Aldermen Blowers, H. F. Davidson
Clarke, Mcdonald and Rand; Recorder
Nickelsen and Marshal Dukes.
Communication from o. R. & N. Co.
asking the council TO remove the city
jail from the railroad right of way, wal
read.
HI. F. Davidson, from the committee
on health, reported that a case OF small
pox had been discovered in the city and
taken to the pest house.
Mcdonald, from committee on streets
reported that the matter of the opening
of First street to the river was still helC
in abeyance-nothing had been done
The committee reported favorably or
the petition to open River street full
width between First and Second. The
report was accepted and street commits.
sioner ordered to open the street.
Ordinance 4S, relating to plating adj
ditions, was read second time.
Mcdonald moved an amendment, ad.
ding section 3, providing that all plats
be submitted to and accepted by the
council before filing Passed.
Ordinance 40, providing for the i'm.
provement of streets, was read second
time and passed.
Ordinance 80, relating to the improv.
ment OF streets and roads, was read and
passed first reading.
In the matter of parties fencing out.
side of their lots into the street to pro.
tect shade trees, it was ordered that il
was the Marshal's duty to enforce the
ordinances.
Claims were referred to finance COM
mittee and allowed as follows: ]. l..
Henderson, surveying, SIS; A. S. Blow
ers & Son, supplies for pest house,
1885.
Mcdonald, from the finance commit
tee, reported and recommended that
the salary of the street commissioner be
$25 a month, and the marshal's salary
$25 a month. t
Clarke moved that the salaries OF the
street commissioner and marshal COM
mence from the date of the adoption of
this report, provided that the marshal
be allowed all fees earned as marshal.
Motion adopted and report accepted.
In the matter of the communication
from the 0. r. & N. Co., on motion of
Blowers, the recorder was instructed
to notify the company that the jail was
not on the right of way.
A communication was received from
j. E. Hanna, through his attorney, J.L.
Henderson, offering to sell lot 4, block G,
to the city for 81 ,050, and to take in
payment city warrants payable in five
years at per cent.
John L. Henderson submitted plat of
Shepler's subdivision, Pleasant View ad-
dition, and it was approved.
II. f. Davidson moved to reconsider
the vote by which the recorder was in
structed to reply to the communication
of the 0. R. x N. Co., also the motion
to accept the report Of the street COM
mittee relating to the opening OF River
street, and that both be referred back to
the committee on streets and public
property.
Petition from residents and property
owners on State street, asking that
said street be surveyed and the grade
established between Park avenue and
DR.. Adams place.
Mcdonald moved that the surveyor be
instructed to establish the grade of that
part of State street and set grade stakes
every 100 feet Adopted.
In the matter of the city taking into
its system of streets the county streets
and roads lying within the city limits,
committee was given further time.
Adjourned.