The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-02-17
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE
Sewerage, Sanitary Conditions, Lii
CenSeS and Other AffairS-The
Herald Made Official Paper.

present at the regular meeting Of the
city council Monday evening, which was
a lengthy and important one. Mayor
! Fechtcr called the meeting to order and
presided until after the minutes of the
previous meeting were read and APP
proved. He then called for the report
of the committee appointed at the last
meeting that was authorized to employ
an expert engineer to make survey
and estimate the cost of the extension
of the city sewerage system and a
\ system of drainage The committee re-
/ ported that it had decided to employ
George i. Cottrell of Seattle, provided
4 his services could be obtained at IL rca-
sonable figure. The report was adopted,
when the mayor announced that he had
another engagement and called Alderman
Rand to the chair.
The street and ditch committee re-
ported adversely on the recent petition
of j. II. Thomas and others to open the
road from Beech street east to the Yak
ina river, the committee being of the
opinion that the state of the city's fnan-
ces would not permit of the improve
ment at present. The report was
adopted.
Alderman Dudley from the finance
committee, reported that it had decided
to employ \. G. Eder to expert the
books of the city clerk, treasurer and
police magistrate "a recently requested
by those officials. The report was ac-
cepted.
a petition was presented for a side
walk on the east side of Ahtanum ave
nue. between Yakima avenue and A
street which, on motion of Alderman
Sinclair was granted.
The city clerk brought up the matter
of the extension of Selah street from
Mill View addition north to the county
road, a petition for which was filed last
September 1t was referred to the com
mittee on streets and bitches.
As to the opening of Cherry street.
City Attorney Gull reported that he had
been handed the deeds covering the ma
jority of the property, but there was a
mortgage on one peicc of property and
that the title of that of Il. A. Grants
seemed to be vested in the railroad COM
pany, from which he had a contract. AS
the proposition to the council to arbi
trate provided the title to all the prop
/ erty invovled should be turned over, At
torney Gull said he had advised the city's
arbitrator, /. o. Janeck, to proceed no
! further in the matter until the terms of
/ the proposition were all complied with
The council sustained the attorneys ac
ton
a communication from the Northwest
Farm and Home was read asking the
council to purchase 500 or 1000 copies
of its recent special edition to send
east for advertising purposes. They
We're offered for % cents each, postage
free, to be mailed under the direction of
the council. On motion of Alderman
Sinclair, who thought the financial con-
dition of the city would not permit the
expense, the communication was tabled.
An ordinance was adopted authorizing
the mayor to sell and convey deeds for
lots in city cemetery,
An ordinance was also passed regulat-
ing the disposition of garbage, offal and
other refuse that accumuates on the
premises of citizens. 1t provides that
no matter of this character can be
thrown in the streets or other places
where it will be menace to the public
health; also that barns and privies shall
be kept in a sanitary condition; that
hotels and restaurants must have metal
lie receptacles in which to deposit their
slops, etc. The penalty provided for its
violation is a fine of from 81 to S25.
An ordinance dividing the city into five
new precincts made by the county com
missioners last August, the new law re-
quiring that new precincts shall be ere
ated where there are more than 800
votes cast. The matter was discussed
at some length, but laid over until the
next meeting, a proposition being con
sidered to divide the city into six wards.
The matter of confirming the assess
ment roll for the expense of grading
Seventh street came up for confirmation.
A. F. Shannon, a property owner on
South Seventh, entered a protest, de-
claring that the work was not eomplet
ed and that none of it was well done,
The old council had accepted the work,
with the understanding that it should