The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-06
OLD COUNCIL GOES OUT
CLOSING BUSINESS FOR 1903
Message of Mayor Shaw
and Reports of Officers Make
Interesting Reading.

ception of Councilman KecH
The ordinance regarding the sale of
the city property on South Front street
and one fixing the salary of the city
health officer were killed by indefinite
postponement.
The city treasurer's quarterly report
and reports of city justice, city mar
shall and sexton were referred to the fl
nance committee, as was also the anna
al report of the city clerk.
The sections report showed 10 burials
for December and $43.5O collected, with
l56 burials in 1903, 1872 in 1902, 90 in
1901. and "a in 1900, which shows about
an average with growth in population.
The report of the city justice showed
fines collected for the different months
as follows: January, $765; February,
$lO6s; March, $lO65; April, 1915; May,
$3.50; June, $4lO; July, $l2O; August,
$3.50; September, $3.50; October, $4s4;
November, $637 so; December, $2s6.5O;
total, $749l.
The health officers report showed
three cases of diphtheria and one of
scarlet fever during December and no
contagious diseases prevalent at pres
ent.
Bids for the sidewalk on North Ord
street were received as follows: c. II.
Bruenn, 3S cents per lineal foot; G. II.
Moulton, Al cents, and G. f. Pressen,
as cents. Mr.. Bruenn was awarded the
contract
After an appeal by 1. M. Krutz, the
matter of building "a cement sidewalk
on the east side of Naches avenue was
indefinitely postponed and unopened
bids were ordered returned to bidders.
H. J. Snively addressed the council
with reference to compromise of the
claim for damages from the city of his
client, Andrew Lynch but no action was
taken.
| The committee on streets and bitches
reported recommending the acceptance
of the sidewalk on the west side of
| North Naches avenue, from c to II street
and warrant in $50 was ordered
| tractor.
Mayor Shaw stated that he had fore
borne the infection of formal inaugu-
raj address, but could not afford to over
look the opportunity to present a val
edictory, which he proceeded to deliver.
as follows:
Il desire. in surrendering the office
that | have held for he past year, to
express my thanks and appreciation to
those who have labored with me during
that period for he up bu. ding and ad
vancement of our city | thank the
| council of this city for the manly
way they have met the many veXatious
questions that have been presented dur
ing the past year. for the streets they
have improved and extended, for the
sidewalk they have built and for the
general improvement of our city; and
most of all for the harmonious feeling
and united effort that has prevailed
during that period.
Thine does not permit me to sepa-
rately thank and congratulate the diff
ferent committees of the city council
for the work they have performed for
the city during the past year, very fire.
quently at sacrifice of their own pri-
waite business interests.
Il desire to congratulate the city
council upon the conscientious effort
they have made to clean the city and
put il ON first class sanitary basis.
council since the city has been incor-
porated that has purchased a dumping
ground, that maintained scavengers and
scavenger wagons. While it is unde-
niable that there has been some sick
ness in our city during this administra-
tion, shudder to contemplate what the
Result would have been had it not been
~ the effort put forth by this council.
IAely owing TO the councils effort in
5ehalf, we can truthfully say that
y Us not case of typhoid fever or
4 \tagious or infectious disease in
eday.
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