The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-09-23
THE CITY COUNCIL
IN REGULAR SESSION
The Extension of Water COmpany's
Franchise Receives Favora-
bic Consideration.

in regular mid monthly session, with
the mayor, all the councilmen and full
quota of city officers in attendance.
A petition from the North Yakima
brass band requesting the return of $50
advanced by that organization for polio.
ing the city during the carnival, was
granted, and a warrant ordered dawn
in the amount.
School district No. petitioned the
council to form an assessment district
for the purpose of constructing side
walk on the east side of north Naches
avenue in order to facilitate the attend
'ance of children upon school. As the
petition was also numerously signed by
property holders, the request was
granted.
Petitions for the renewal of saloon Ii.
censes of Thos. Lund and F. B. Shardlow.
in their respective Front street places of
business, were both granted.
RESPONSIVENESS from numerous prop
erty holders residing in the proposed
grade improvement districts on north
First and Seventh streets, were turned
down, and propositions for bids will be
advertised for.
Several interested parties appeared to
add the weight of their presence and YER
bal protest against the construction of
two blocks of cement sidewalk on the
east side of south Naches avenue. be-
ginning at the corner of Yakima avenue.
The demonstrators were given the mar
| BILE heart, and the work will be done
with the proviso that the committee on
streets and bitches are authorized to dis
continue until spring in case ats-freezing
weather
| The committee on streets and bitches
reported favorably on the acceptance OF
the grade of south First street by Petit
John 4 Daniels. and they were ordered
paid from the city exchequer. while the
clerk was instructed to prepare roll
assessing the cost against the abuttinc
property.
The same action was taken in the case
of the south Second street grade. per-
formed by VIM. McKivor.
| These matters were apparently merely
| preliminaries to the grand event of the
evening-the second and last reading
of the ordinances extending for thirty
seven years from the present time the
franchises of the Yakima Water, Light
& Power Co. in its water and light con-
tracts and privileges in this city. The
nall was by this time flle1 with inter
ested spectators and few citizens who
desired to express their views on the
proposition. The second reading occu-
pied little time, and then the free for
ALL opened by the mayor, was entered
by Messrs. McAuley, Fechter and Dud-
ley. each requesting two weeks further
delay in the matter, in order that the
ordinances could be published. Two var
ious motions offered one each by Coun-
cilmen heck and Moran. to lay the fran
chises over for two weeks were killed
successfully. This brought up the ques-
ton of final passage of the ordinances,
which, being read section by section and
amended by nearly every member of the
council. were finally passed, the vote on
the water ordinance being Harrison.
liggett. Fisher. Swit2er and Moran
ayes: keck and Wyman. no. On the
electric light ordinance the vote was
: unanimous for passage, after the charge
! Cor are lights had been amended to read
80 30 per month" instead of Sl2 The
various amendments To the water ordi-
nance had 90 10 with the lessening of
/ present rates. raising the fire pressure
I at given points, extending the city's
privileges in the matter of free use of
water for flushing and sprinkling pur-
poses. and compelling the company to
put in a $4,000 filter at the intake of the
water works.
Mayor Shaw stated that he had been
informed by Secretary Shannon of the
State Fair Commission, that the city
would be expected to see that visitors
to the fair are taken care of and given