Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

Are RESTRAINED FROM DISTURB.
ing SHACKS BY COURT ORDER.
WiShkah River Bridge Holds Center
of Stage at Council Meeting Last
Night. Property Owners Want
North Side of Market Street
Veneer District, etc.

The matter of removing shacks by
force will be post poned, as Mayor Lind
strom informed the council last night
that he had been served with restrain
ing order from the superior court,
answerable Sept. S, issued at the in.
stance OF Wheeler Bros. and Karshner
Bros.
The leading business of the meeting
was the Wishkah river bridge, to be paid
for by warrants payable in 1910. drawing
s per cent interest, on bridge fund,
which the ordinance created. When
opposition developed to toll bridge, the
trainers Of the scheme admitted that
there was no intention OF maintaining a
toll bridge; that the creation IF fund
based on toll receipts was simply dodge
to evade the law, and that when the
bridge "a steel one costing $30,000) was
built it would be operated free, and paid
for from the general fund.
Councilman Wilson opposed the pro.
position, and presented an offer by his
company and the West & Slade Mill 90.
to furnish the lumber necessary to re-
build the present bridge, and date the
bills two years ahead without interest.
Manager, Mack, of the West & Slade
Co.. protested against toll bridge as a
manifest injustice to the residents and
manufacturers of East Aberdeen, and
gave notice that his company would ex-
aust all legal remedies against such a
proposition. He stated that it would re-
Qulre six months to erect steel bridge,
during which time the city would be
maintaining an expensive and unsatis.
factory ferry. whereas the old bridge
could be rebuilt in four weeks at q cost
Of $500. 81 500 of which would be for
lumber, and which could be had on two
wears time, thus requiring hut 1000
and four weeks time to secu re- q bridge
that would serve all purposes for four or
five years, when steel bridge could be
built without impeding travel over the
river.
Mr.. Mack's lucid statement Of the situ-
alton brought out the fact that the haste
to secure steel bridge was not so much
a desire to facilitate travel as to anchor
the bridge at Heron street, lest it be
changed to Wishkah, and an anxiety Of
the Electric Co. to have city bridge to
cross it's cars over. The matter was finally
referred to a star chamber session to
meet tonight, under the title of q com.
mittee OF the whole.
A 4-inch water main was ordered on
Newell street, to the cannery.
The report OF Supt. Linn on the cost of
water system for July was died, showing
the operating expenses, $72l; cost of ex.
tensions, 81 ,3S7.37.
A petition asking that the district on
the north side Of Market street be made
a veneer district, and request to be
allowed to cover Hume street shack
with corrugated iron, were referred to
the building committee.
A proposition from J. M. Lewis, Heron
street bridge tender. was referred to the
street committee.
The resignation OF Mrs. M. Weather.
wax as library trustee was accepted.
The plat of the West End Addition was
filed for acceptance.
An ordinance regulating the speed of
steam cars in the city was passed, as was
that granting the g. H. Electric Co.
franchise in South Aberdeen.
The street committee was given power
to act in the matters of the removal of
the plank road on Second street, South
Aberdeen, and the adjusting the grade
on Randall street and Terrace avenue.
The telephone franchise of Mcleod &
Locke was passed the second reading
and laid over for week.
Creech Bros. were given Is days to
tear down the Heron street bridge.
The West & Slade Mill Co. was allowed
to change it's private water mains.
h. S. Jackson was the only bidder for
planking Wishkah street between H and
I, and his figure, 1892 foot, was reject
ed as too high.