Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-23
WERE VERY BUSY
CITY FATHERS HEARD ReSOlO
TONS IN PUNCHES
Many Streets Will be Improved and Dressed Up
in a Metropolitan Mannsr.-firs Alarm Sys'
TEN to be Rspairsd..Pump and; Pipe Will
be Purchased for City Water Works.

Couucilmen I.eitch. Wilson, PecEham,
Jones. Trssk in their respective chairs.
A letter from W. u Hoffus OF Seattle,
Offering a good second hand water sta
ton pump which they would sell at a
reasonable figure.
Proposition from A. J. Coffee OF san
Francisco Offering to repair completely
fire alarm system for $1,000 which Is
$3.50 less than their bid for doing work
and providing material. Referred to COM
mittee on fire water and lights.
Report OF water committee recon-
mended that the bid OF Crane x Go,
Seattle for u inch watermains be ac'
copied; adopted.
The repcs, Of water collections for May
were accepted and filed.
The city attorney presented the agree
ment between the city and A. :. Coats
in the matter OF the and Randle street
assessment. in which Coats was to pay
the sum Of 1912 in full of assessment.
Report was accepted and filed.
The notice to Smits Drug Company
was accepted.
Thesmatter of vacating = part OF First
street in South Aberdeen was laid over
for the present. vsr-,
Petition OF s. ]. Garman for the privi-
llese of moving the dirt from the street
in front OF his property on street be-
tween 5th and 9th streets was referred
to the street committee with power to
act.
The license Of Greek Georges lunch
WAGON was transferred to his brother,
; Pete.
The American Mill company petition
! ed for the privilege OF leasing :he sire ct
huntington the north end Of Market for
q term OF IS years. Referred to ommit-
tee on streets.
A protes: was received from c. F,
Vesev against: building sideW ak or lot
and >, block IS on Marke. street, Re
terred.
. \ nrotes: was received from \. Gaul'
ev and others sgains, improving Second
street near Broadway.
Ordinance for The improvement Of X,
l. and NJ streets was read and referred
to stree; committee.
Resolution for the Improvement Of
Second stree; from H to X was laid or
the table.
Resolution for the improvement Of
Lawrence street from Curtis 10 From:
street. in South Aberdeen was ordered
printed.
W. 5. Mack introduced the matter q
the vacation Of certain streets near the
Union Mill on the south side, they &c
. give a corresponding amount :: adjacent
land to the city. l. WAS ordered that
the city attorney draw an ordinance va
eating the same in accordance with the
: original resolution.
The following bids were received .ol
pump and boiler Tor the ws.erworks.
Smeiley Pump Co., pump s., 300, +. o,
b., Dubuque, Iowa. G. y. Dav, boilel
1855. Chss. c. Moore K Co. Duplex
, pump. $685., larger size sS64S /. o. b
Cincinnati: boiler s6l4, sane conditions
, Caldwell Bros. boiler s9o5. Vulcan Iror
Works boiler 1925, pump $685. Aoer-
deem. Referred to water commit,e;
: with power 10 act.
2 Proposals for water supplies receives
] from five firms Caldwell Bros bid i,
. Cory hydrsnts accepted, and the rest re
ierrei 10 water committee with poNe,
70 act.
Bond and con,rac, from ]. NJ. Lewis
bridge tender on Heron street aocep.eD
: and flea.
Notices sent Il property owners 70 -
: bai.i side walks approved.
: City attorney instructed TO draw Or
: dinanoe ior building alley in Book i
also Improvements On several streets.
Bond Of Ed Dolan securing city 10Y IN
: plicate warrants TO he IS lei 10 F. Q. 1
lodge approved. duplicate warrants OF
6ered drawn.
Mayor appointed Wilson, Leitch an,
Il Sherwood IS committee to sell old 1r
!. house property with view Of purohssin.
smother lot
. William Blaze, allowed $la5 for col
Letting poll tax.