Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-13
THE CITY COUNCIL
THE WATER QUESTION DIS.
CUSSED At LENGTH.
Alleys to be Planked. Plans for q Sewer
System. Street to be Terraced. Sewe,
From School House Presents Difficulties.
Old Street improvement Taxes to be Sued
For At Once.

j. J. Miller, a fire engine engineer,
recommended by the chief of the Seattle
fire department, can probably be &c.
cured for 800 month, and the fire com.
mittee was instructed to invite Mr..
Miller to Aberdeen, with a view to his
engagement.
An ordinance for planking alley in
block 45, Original plat, was passed and
approved, as was an ordinance for the
alley in block l, w. & BIS addition.
A resolution for the planking of the
alley in block 3, w. 4 B g addition, read
and adopted, and August 26 was fixed to
hear objections.
The clerks water report, showing the
collections for July $l423.o5; the reptrt
of the police judge, showing fines col.
lected $2ll.50, and the treasu, er's report
we've referred to the finance committee.
A petition for sewer in the alley be.
tween F and q streets and First and
Second. was referred to the committee.
Julius Heyer asked authority to i'm.
prove the street in front of his property.
Referred to street committee.
Supt. Semmen reported on the sewer
from the Market street school, and En-.
gineer Hunt said he had examined the
proposed sewer, and did not adv Sc run.
ming to slough, as it could but he tenn.
porary, and recommended the adoption
of plan of a sewer system. Referred
to the street committee.
Engineer Hunt was instructed to OBJ.
tain an estimate Of the cost of sewage
plan.
The committee on the 3 street grade
suggested that two grades I've used on
that street. The engineer was directed
to prepare plan of this Improvement
from Second street to Second avenue.
The petition for the improvement of
First street, South Aberdeen, was laid
over to the next meeting.
c. T. Wooding was allowed to build a
portico in front of the opera house
The matter of tie insufficient water
pressure was discussed at length, during
the course of which it came out that the
trouble is not for want of water, but lack
OF sufficient power to drive the pumps to
their capacity. 1t was said that one of
the boilers was not safe under high pres
sue, and that to run both pumps the
engineers would require man to wheel
in wood, and help fire. Councilman
Leitch said that to allow Mr.. Wilson g
proposition to supply South Aberdeen
would cost the city 500 month, and
suggested that it would be cheaper to
run both pumps and maintain 70 pounds
pressure in daytime, if the boilers wo Id
stand it. The matter was referred to
the water committee, with power to act.
go as to secure the required pressure at
tonce.
! Bids for the city printing we're sub.
mitted BY the Bulletin and HERALD, and
both were rejected, as they did not state
the size of type explicitly, and the clerk
was direc ed to readvertise for bids.
G. NJ. Antrim addressed the council
Eabout the old street warrants held by
the American Mill Co and said the
company was tired waiting for the cit,
to take action Attorney Fox said there
were over fifty complaints made out
that, in his opinion, those complaints
were faulty, and he feared the title
would not be good when the property
was sold. The attorney was directed to
employ assistance to correct these com
plants and to begin the suits.
The application OF S. B. Hicks & Sons
90. Tor water moter was referred to
tn" water committee.
The committee to purchase a team
reported progress.