The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-03-23
YAKIMA AVENUE TO Be
PUT IN PROPER SHAPE
Council Votes to Improve It-Sewer-
age and Drainage System-Sec-
ond Street Assessment.

! the least OF Willch was tlc passing vi "
resolution directing the city attorney to
prepare Il resolution TO create an i'm
provcmcnt district to macadamize Iaki-
ma avenue from the railroad track to
| Nachc, avenue. The matter was brought
ND by Alderman Rand of the street and
ditch committees He said many citizens
/ had spoken to him about the condition
of the avenue: that it must he improved
very shortly or the city would have no
street to repair. The mayor and mem
bcr- of the council agreed with Mr.. Rand
that melting must be done and COM
muuication was submitted from City
Engineer Wand on the subject. His
plan j, to first level the street and then
pave it with four or five inches of mae
adam made of crushed bouldcrs. cover
ing this with fine gravel or sand and
rolling it thoroughly. His estimate was
that the work could be done for about
81 per foot per lot. The council seemed
to approve of the plan and ordered the
steps taken TO create an improvement
district to pay for the work.
For the public Improvement commit
tee. Mayor Fcchter reported that the
committee had about decided to employ
George +. Cotterill of Seattle and Ear
nest Mccullough. one of the engineers
of the Yakima Development company. to
prepare plans and specifications for a
sewerage and drainage system. The
mayor said he had been to Seattle and
talked with Mr.. Cotterll, who was will
ing to act as consulting and supervising
engineer. making two or three trips here
to examine the plans and specifications
when they We're ready, to approve the
surveys and finally to see that the work
is properly done. lie proposes to charge
for the service according to the time
consumed. but agreed that the charge
two trips and proportionatcly more for
three or four trips. The committee
proposes to employ Mr.. Mccullough as
the regular engineer to make the sur
veys. prepare plans and specifications
and superintend the work. Mayor Fcch
ter said he had been very highly recon-
mended to him in Seattle as thorough
| ~ competent engineer. 1t would take
| him from four to six weeks to do the
preliminary work and it was suggested
that he be authorized to employ other
engineers to assist him in order to has
ten the work. 1t is expected Mr.. Nc
Cullough's services can be obtained for
$3.50 per month. He thinks the work
of building the new sewers can be com
pletcd in about four months after it
is started. He is also of the opinion
that much of the sickness here is caused
| by lack of drainage and drainage sys-
TEN is contemplated along with the
sewers The committee was given full
power by the council to make a con-
tract for engineering work for the sew
erage and drainage system.
The committee met Yesterday and de-
cided to employ Messrs. Cotterill and
Mccullough to do the engineering work
at the figures reported to the council.
G.. n. Miller who claimed that he had
been employed by the public improve
ment committee to do the engineering
work for the sewerage and drainage
system and afterwards discharged. put
in bill against the city for $1,000, cX-
penses for moving his household aud
office furniture here from Pendleton and
other necessary expenses incurred i'll con
| temptation of doing the work. The bill
was endorsed by Aldermen Switzer and
Fisher of the public improvement com
mittee, but not by Alderman Bull. N!r.
Switzer said he had agreed to vote for
the bill if Miller would sign a statement
releasing the city from all further la
| bility. and Mr.. Fisher was inclined 20
think that he was entitled to something
for his trouble. Mr.. Bull, however, said
that the committee had not employed
him; that it had no power to do so with
out submitting the matter to the council
and he opposed to allowing the bill.
A vote was taken and the bill disallow
ed. Attorney Nestal Snyder was present
to represent Mr.. Miller and when the
bill was disallowed informed the council
that the city would have a lawsuit on rs
hands.
Alderman Thorp brought up the mat
ter of collecting the assessments for the
grading of Second street and wanted 10
know what shape it was in. City At
torney Gull replied that he expected to
institute suits for foreclosure this week.