The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-08
CITIZENS
COUNCIL
ACTIVE
In Promoting Public
Business
Cannery Wants Part of
Twelfth Street
Will aid Ladies' In Beautifying
Marion Square

The following subjects engaged the
, attention Of the city council Tuesday
night: Marion square Improvement,
Twelfth street sidewalks. enforcement
or ordinance requiring corporations
! to paint their telegraph. telephone
and electric light poles. and conces-
sions for summer theater An offer
from Mr.. and Mrs w. Breyman was
received. proposing the dedication OF
a public drinking fountain; initial
steps we're taken TO enforce the II.
cense ordinance against the nlihee
and Commercial clubs. and A. b.
Kurtz, Of silverton made application
for an electric lighting franchise.
These subjects are treated in another
column in this issue
Twelfth Street Sidewalks.
Street Commissioner Griswold
cal'sd attention TO the condition Of the
sidewalk on Twelfth street between
State street and the mill race. He
said that in 1871 the Willamette Uni.
versity people ceded to the city strip
of land feet wide on the east end OF
the campus for street purposes, with
the understanding that the city con.
struct sidewalk along that property.
and kdap the same in perpetual re-
/ 90 sNaa
that the condition OF the walk Is such
that Il must be repaired In some man.
ner In connection with the same
subject he stated that n similar strip
OF land was ceded by the University
at the same time TO the Wallace es-
tate, owners OF the cannery, which
has been succeeded by the Oregon
Canning Company. with @. w Hol-
comb. as manager. II ls the expressed
intention OF Mr.. Holcomb, he said. 90
make use Of this strip OF land by
erecting thereon an additional build.
ing that viii extend "a feet into
Twelfth street from the present build
ings. 20 the obstruction OF that thor
Oughfare. He quoted sections OF the
Oregon road law to the effect that al.
ter a lapse of 10 years a thorough.
fare that has during that time been
recognized as street. shall be a
county road.
Claim Part Of Street.
c. A. Park. for the cannery people,
said that the resolution that had been
offered, had been unearthed only with.
in the past month. and that the pres
ent owners Of the cannery. being In.
noccnt purchasers OF the property
should not be compelled 10 be gov
erned by the conditions expressed In |
the resolution. He intimated that II /
the council shall insist on the appro-
priation 10 the city OF the' strip Of
land adjoining the cannery property, |
the management OF this important
plant may remove It's business 10
Portland, where a larger plant is be
ing operated by the same company,
The matter was finally referred 10
the committee on streets and public
property, with power TO employ legal
advice.
VIII Aid the Ladies'.
committee, consisting OF Mrs. d.
ID. Fry. Mrs. A. ~ MoOres and Mrs. s
p Kimball. from the Marion Square
improvement League. appeared before
the council, and their request for as
sistance from the city IN the work Of
beautifying the square was granted.
Council, by unanimous vote, gave per
mission for the removal OF the I'M
slightly building now In the square the
erection OF a neat pavilion, band stand
and the installing OF a water fountain
by the league. Il was also agreed BY
the council 10 further aid the ladies In
their cOmmendable work by providing
a curbing along the west line of Com.
mercial street the building Of needed
cross walks. and furnishing lights for
the square
Want Posts Painted. p
A. Huckestein and n. d. Patton. d
the Greater Salem Com u
nercial Club. requested the council r
70 take steps 10 compel all corpora. G.
ions In this city TO paint their poles e
a the interest OF the general appear D.
.nce of the city. stolz moved that the v
.ity recorder and city marshal notify
u corporations operating a pole sys 4
en- in this city 20 paint all OF their
'oles for a distance OF 20 feet from
he ground. Carried n
For summer Theater ~ ~
\. ID. Patton requested permission ID
or the erection Of a temporary frame Z
trueture al the corner Of Commercial q
nd Center streets. IN which 70 hold y,