The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-05-18

rotary of Andrew Carnegie to Rev. Bart
lett in reference to the Carnegie libra
ry. 1t merely stated that if the council
would vote a maintenance fund of $1,000
per year he would give $4,000 for the
building, no other conditions being i'm
posed. The city attorney was instructed
to draw up an ordinance accepting the
proposition and voting the maintenance
fund.
The polling places were named anj
judges and clerks appointed for the
special bonding election for sewerage
and drainage on the 2Sth inst. In this
connection the mayor suggested that
the council arrange for several public
meetings to discuss the question, but
the council thought the discussion in
the newspapers was sufficient, Alder
men Rand and Sinclair expressing theil
| appreciation of the good work The Her.
aid is doing 1t was also stated that
| the Democrat would contain an article
this week favoring the bonds.
The contract for building the new
sidewalk on Ahtanum avenue, from
| Spruce to ID street, was awarded to
George +. Wise at 361sc per lineal foot
Alderman Rand recommended the ap,
pointment of ID. j. DeYo as assistant
| lr;yor of tno obon,io,I a,r;po j., tbo fr,
department at $50 per month. The ap.
pointment was confirmed.
The report of the police Judge fol
! April showed $500 collected from pros
titutes as fines and $l05.5O from mis-
! cellaneous fines. The marshals report
| for April showed l55 arrests made, III
meals furnished prisoners at l5c eacl
and 80 days fines worked out on the
, streets at So per day.
A communication was read from the
state board of health, stating that il
would be here next Saturday to hold q
meeting to take steps to prevent the re-
currence of the typhoid fever epidemic
1t invited the city board of health
mayor and alderman to attend the
meeting. The mayor said he believed
the meeting of the board here was un-
necessary at this time; that it would
only give the city undesirable adver.
Using abroad as an unhealthy place
that he believed the board preiudged
conditions here last year. He was il
favor, however, of the city officials at
tending the meetings, but thought the
council should not give them official
sanction.
The matter of having the sidewalks
| cleared of Instructions in the business
district was discussed and, on motion OF
Alderman Rand, the marshal was in.
structed to use his Judgment in the
enforcement of the ordinance.
Alderman Bull brought up the mat
ter of the city filming the prostitutes
A few weeks ago. he said, the council
instructed the police magistrate to dea
with the women according to law. but
instead of that he was imposing "per
missive" fine. 1t was scandal to the
state. a disgrace to the people and civ
| ilization and the city had no right tc
| countenance the practice. Alderman
Sinclair said he thought the police Judge
was dealing with the women according
to law; if he was not. he should do so
He (Mr. Sinclair) had gone TO church
Sunday night and heard a minister
preach against the city's method of
dealing with the prostitutes. He had
no idea that the law was not being en-
forced. He was tired, he said. of the
council being "ripped up the back" by
the pulpit, the press and the fire de
partment; it was not right for the
council to be blamed for things it was
not guilty of. As far as the police
judge dealing with the prostitutes is
concerned, the mayor explained that the
functions of the council were purely
legislative; that it had no right to in
struct the police judge as TO the en-
forcement of the law. To this Alder
man Bull replied, that the judge said he
was willing to deal with the prostitutes
as the council might direct, but at thu
point the discussion ended.
The street committee was instructed
to 60 ahead and repair Yakima avenue
and the work will be started at once.
James See was appointed and con-
firmed as night policeman, vice Nc
cure, removed.