The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-21
The CITY FATHERS
IN REGULAR SESSION
Frank Lane Elected to Succeed A. F.
Switzer-Yakima Avenue Ordered
Oiled-Ordinance Passed.


the vacancy caused by the resignation
at the previous meeting of \. +. Swift
| or. of the Third ward. Mr.. Lane has re-
sided in the Third for some time, has
many friends and is undoubtedly well
qualified to fill the unexpired term of
Mr.. Switzer with credit to himself and
TO the entire satisfaction of the citi-
zens represented.
Mayor O. A. Fechter presided at the
| regular monthly meeting of the city
| fathers. and there were present City
| Clerk J. c. BROKER, Attorney J. o. Gull
and Councimen Dudley, Fisher, Rand,
Sinclair and Thorpe. The first and one,
of the most important matters to re-
ceive the attention of the council was
the report of the special committee.
composed of Messrs. Rand, Thorpe and
Dudley. on the proposition to provide
an ordinance for changing the present
system of charges for water service.
the water to be measured by meter and
a scale of prices governing it to be le-
galized. The report was a lengthy one,
but showed that change to the meter
system would result in a uniformity of
charges that could not otherwise be OBJ
tanned. and that the result would be 4
reduction in the price of service to a
large ma iority of the consumers. The
council, after discussing the report for
some time adopted it.
The petition of A. b. Weed and 9TH
ers for the creation of an assessment
district for the purpose of providing
funds for matchmaking forty feet of
South Second street. between B and +
streets. was granted. as was also the
petition of number of property own
ers for sidewalk and crossings on the
south side of ID street. between the east
line of Front and the west line of Selah
| streets In response to petitions, re-
to Frank Shardlow, Thomas Lund and
| a. +. Ryan. A license was granted to
the st. Louis Brewing & Mailing Com
pany to conduct a saloon on lot 80,
block IL. at the place formerly con-
| Quoted by Bert Fletcher, who. at the
| former meeting of the council, was re-
fused renewal of his license. The
application acted upon last night was
granted with the provision that none
of the former managers or proprietors
of the place were to conduct it in the
! future.
| \ communication calling the atten-
| ton of the council to the annual meet
ing of the fire chiefs of the state at
| Vancouver on October llth, II and 18th.
and requesting North Yakima to send
a delegate. was discussed briefly and
laid over until the next meeting.
| Three bids We're received and con-
sidered for grading and macadamizing
$50 feet of west Yakima avenue, begin
ming at the railroad. The bids were as
follows: Thomas Dingle, $50 per lin
cal foot; McKivor & Daniels. $500 per
lineal foot; w. W. Pettijohn, $6.43 per
lineal foot. the granting of the con-
tract narrowed down to decision be-
tween the first and second bidders, and
after an extended discussion it was
granted to McKiyor & Daniels, with the
provision that they give a bond for the
return of the city's rock crusher and
other machinery to be used by them in
the work in as good condition as it now
awarded the contract We're TO be al
lowed the free use of the city's crusher
and rock quarries, while Mr.. Dingle Of
fered to allow the city reasonable
consideration for the use of them.
The following ordinances were passed
to their final reading and were passed
by unanimous vote: Appropriating
$50 for the purchase of 500 feet of
hose for the fire department; donating
lots 305 and BOG of Tahoma cemetery
to Mead Post No. o, G. A. r.; providing
for a sidewalk and other improvements
on North Fourth street.
The plat of Lund's addition to the
city of North Yakima, presented by
Mr.. Lund, was approved. The council
then took up the matter of the repeal
of ordinance 404, which granted fran
chise to Dunn 4 Campbell for the es-
Establishment and maintenance of sys-
TEN of gas lighting, and promoted to its
second and third readings the ordinance
repeating the franchise granting ordi
nance, No. 404. and passed the same
unanimously. The ordinance providing
for the creation of paid fire depart
ment, together with the rules and reg
ulations governing the same. was pre-
scented and read for the first time and
passed 20 its second reading by title.