The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-09
PROTEST CITIZENS AGAINST ROTTEN SEWERS WAS DIS.
REGARDED LAST MONT wHnLE RAISED HUE
AND cay AGAINST AsNExATIoNlsTs- MEETING WAS a,
REGULAR BEAR. BAITlNo CONTEST
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tBy a Staff csrrsspondsnt)
- RAISING the time hoaorsd cfy q
stop thief" the Ballard city council
last niEht sidessrppsd an audience "
fuily 20 aittsens. whs iauHbra. haated
inksd. issraf sad paid rsspsefftd a..
teutioa ~ turns The meeting wss
called ustsnsiely for the purposes = al
luwiuz a friendly conference betuanu
the city dafs and their euHstit tents
IN the Secaud avenue sewer district
bat early degsnefated tnfo a haar bait
Inz contest "a which the mayor ard
n.sfnbsfs % the oauaNu plzy 81 the
rnie ~ nrula. Thrn the council Ent
mad aud rstaiiated by practically an
nuunrinE TIA lntsntian u pay ne more
atisniion % The pubfia demand fut an
ihvestizatia 81 the ssssf scandals
There Vas nepsr q Chanon Tor a ar
fsrsuf outcome Mayor Aaekir. a. IA
later admitted weut late the msstius
convinced that the agitation fsT an In
ssstirntlan Of the rotten sewer Nurk
had bean set pn foot b. The AunsKa-
tiuHistk. who favor a consolidation q
ballard and Seattle. and 10 bella scring
a utraw man % hiss osn cFrs tlou be
entirely iazt sight af N. advertised
purpose ~ the meeting Every had
that bohted up be declared % bs that
u an snnsaatioaist and raped at u
aceofsIinMiTt
Had MAJOR Aarkis been better fitted
for thu Gar Reed role. the conferences
would haVs begun ana ended - n
mum" social nut the worthy may or
is not a dicfatgf ~ nature. lie II As
honast and strenuous adVncafs u fair
ness and justice. ana even last nlaht
allowed hla natural inrifnationa %
sway his actions 70 a large sxtsat
The cpnngauanos was that pafiia-
meutAry rules we're largely loaf sight
u and spirited debates hstween The
mayor and caunellmsn aud different
individuals In the lotbeY we're fire.
quent. 70 the huge edihcatian q the
audience. A. timsa red hot persanaii-
ties w.Ts induissi in Especially vas
this the caRs when Councilman Frazier
felt called upon % make som. oHpiana-
ton Of the uKly charge made against
hirn that he had violated his oath q
once b. selling property 70 the city
for a reservoir site.
Ons % the citizens committee cir
cuiara containing the charge against
Frazicr had been read BY the clerk
Il Just Waut 70 say" remarked FRA
Ei-r. after a painful silence. that
never had a thing q 80 with that sale
never owned the property ard my
name don't figure IN thc Haf~ a. at
havs been - careful IN al these
things that the city actually owes me
81 on one deal
Move that W pay him" shouted an
irrspressibis. In tho lobby
what did you make out Of II Fra
zierF' shouted another.
That's my private buslnosH" ~
torted Frazier. III | could make 4
dollar an a real estate agent had a
right 90 do ~
Yslls Of laughter. ieera and boots n
derision followed the eouncliman'n RI
mark.
Contractor Porter. a Third warder
who has charge u certain sewer waTk
at Fort t.aWton demanded % Frazier
why the latter had never seen NJ 10
make formal answer e. the charge %
uaifeaaauce preferred by the citizens
This preeipijatsd an exchange u per-
sonalltles that Mayor Mackie wore his
Eavsl 60 spllntcrs IN stopping.
what did you pay the other man
10 deed that lot to the city," shouted
q voice IN the rear Of the room, before
order had hsen restored.
That's ell fooiishnes. It's child =