The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-11-23
COUNCIL PASSES
SEWER ORDINANCE

Council was held Monday evening
with Mayor Blowers presiding. Pres
ent Messrs, Early, Rand, Moe, Mayes
Mcdonald, and Bailey.
The minutes of the last meeting
we're read and approved.
Mr.. Early stated that the sewe
committee had looked into the matte
of the objection Of George Prather Il
regard to the sewer assessment on hi
property In Blowers addition ant
| that II bad found that when the grad
was established for the lots in thi
district that the property could b
severed and therefore the propert,
would have to be assessed. A motiol
was then made sustaining the Sewe
Cmmittee In its action which was car
ried.
The Mayor stated that it was ap
preaching the time Of election anC
| that 1t would be necessary to selec
clerks and judges for that event
Mr.. Early then nominated y. II
Hartwig and j. B. Hunt for clerk
and r. II. q. Wood, l.. N. Blower
and Emmett Tompkins foI judges
The nominations we're seconded ant
carried.
Mr.. Rand as member of the sewei
committe reported that the ordinance
for the sewer assessment was complet
ed and moved that it be given a sec
ond reading. The motion was carried
and the ordinance read. Mr.. Rant
then moved that 1t be put on its fina
passage.
Mayor Blowers asked II there wal
not yet time to reconsider how fal
the sewer should extend aud stated
that IL it was possible he thought II
would be good thing to cut it off al
Park street. He was certain that i
it extended any farther than thai
there would be litigation and h,
would like to have the city avoid any
legal entanglements in building The
sewer.
Mr.. Early said that he understood
that there we're several property own
ers in this district who we're going tt
contest the right of the city to assess
them, but that it wouldn't make any
difference when the sewer was built,
there would be litigation and he
thought that IL would be better tc
have the litigation and the sewer nov
than avoid the litigation and go with.
out the ever.
The mayor said that he did not
want to be misunderstood, tnat be
wanted the sewer project to &c
through, but he wanted to avoid any
trouble
MIR. Early replied that he knew that,
but that 1t was the plan of certain
people In town to delay the matter
until new council could he elected
and then kill the sewer project entire
ly.
Mr.. Rand then moved to have the
ordinance put on its final passage.
The motion was carried and the CLERK
of council called the roll. The vote
was unanimous, each member voting
faye. y
The assessment for lots In town win
be S33, and for those outside, So.
The size of the lots are figured at
l00xl50.
An ordinance relating to the con
struction Of the sewer, and making
rules aud regulations for exeavatinh,
depth, defining the proposed line,
placing Of lights at night, size Of pipe,
ETC., was then given second readin ng
and put on its final passage, all the
members voting faye"
Mayor Blowers then made a little
talk to the council and said that az
everybody knew the city was very
much in debt there was no money in
the city treasury for contingent pur-
poses, and he thought something
ought to be done about it. There
was a warrant in the bank for 81, ,00O
which had been given for spring
that council had bought some time
ago and he had no doubt that the
spring could be sold and the warrant
paid. He also said that he thought
the fire engine which was now in use
here was too heavy, that it could moi
be pulled by hand and at the time
when it was most needed it was not
always possible to obtain horse.
He suggested that IL would be a good
plan to either dispose of it altogethe
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whereby the city could secure light
er machine.
Councilman Early objected to this
idea most strenuously, and said that
the money to purchase the fire engine
had been taken up by subscription by
the fremen and that he thought they
not only ought to keep the fire en-
gine, hut that the city should reim-
burse them to the extent of the
amount paid for IL. The matter of
purchasing fire alarm bell was then
brought up and Ii was stated that
the flremen thought they could get a
bell that would answer the purpose
tor about $50 or S75.
Mr.. Rand said that while they we're
about II they might as well get good
one. He knew of one, he said, in
Portland that had only been In use a
short time that could be bought for
$3.50. 1t was made of regular bell
metal and originally cost Si00, and
was large enough so 1t could be heard
a long distance.
No action was taken ON these last
two propositions, and after some
further informal discussion council
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