The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-09

/ taxi II nothing IL that circular L.
mora true than that charge. u dan {
emounf ta mueh. Pa zirf hiuFtsu out
"fau'H nud aut that IT. not child b
taxi before sea get through With 81.
shouted somebody near TIE spas.
Who paid fhs taaea on Il last year ?
demanded another ritiHsn. and - The
rhaf'inx cuutiaued until Mayer Maeklf
had threatened 60 clear the ruum.
The formal proceedings u the roun-
cii amounted 90 huf little Maror
Maekls opened tha ball - ataliBg hts
attitude toward the rffiEeua demanding
tire sewer ineesfieatiun In the main
hfs stxoeh Waa repetition ~ thr sns
D. delivered last Tuesday night ia
vhigh - declared that BE- wRa ere ~
the residents = ths Second avenue
sewer district Waa faard for the aafh.
intended 70 pay Tor r. va. aa much
Interested "a anyhudg IA hsylaE Il
dans welt had entered into $40 cafns
hiuatlsn With auy contractor. didn.t
knus that any councilman had. intend
q t. feuazin IN Ballard Esd would be
fauad IN Ballard long after the art
tAtaFu and kunsxatiuntsts wsre aaua
snd the pfsseht scandal forgotten
The upFh0t - HE ArFtlmsnt Was that
II the work waa not being done veil
there Was pisntY Of tins g. ascertain
that feet and mat the city was simply
protected hy the e1ntraotarn bond.
CITY Eusiuoer James also made a
speech. - rsqaest 81 the mayor lie
merely reiterated that b. know 81 40
fraud. waa wiiliuE % and would pre-
vent the robbery 81 tee property own
ers ard had never received ANY formal
complaint against the sawur contract.
H. " Grover get the nsor and held
Il IN spite u Mayor Mackis'a repeated
attempts % take Il away from him on
ths gruund that he was not cannninK
himself 20 the subject before the
house, % Wit tbs Second avenue sew
or,
And az a matter % fact Mr.. Grover
dtd stray pretty widely thruush the
highways and bywAys % Ballard in
hts diatfiha against the contractors on
various public improvements lie de-
fsndad himself however. by asserting
that the mayer himself had also
strayed from the program
At times ID was a Joint debate ho-
tween the mayor and Afr. Grover, and
the sparks Huw IN a manner that de-
lighted the andisuce.
= believe you are entirely horcst.
STE Grower said the mayor. during
4 heated Coiloquy.
II think you're honest. too. Mr May
or" rctorted Grover. Il wlsh some
other people were" Tho council in
dnired In a general Hquirm and the
lobby yelled with delight
Mayor MaCkie took advantage u n
luli IN the debate O. explain that there
we no truth tn the statement that
while the sewer had cost but - 90 a
tex u is4epo had been levied and the
nutpluH divided between tbs contract
bfs and the council.
THAT would be a pretty fat divvv.
even for the ballard council" said the
mayor. Ironically.
y believe they'd take t." came IN a
thnnderous stage whisper from some
strong -iunged citizen. More yelia Of
IL ughter,
I'm not IN the council anyway"
added the mayor, as eiincher.
Thank God ZOE that Mr.. Mackir"
solsmuy uttered RrRy-haired citizen
near the stove. More cheering
The deuoucmeut came whom the
mayor explained why the council
would not stand for George =, Cotter-
ili Of Seattle a. a member of tho sewer
Mr. Cottcrili was an anncHatloniat and
unfair to Ballard
lie declared that he would be willing