Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-08
SALARY
BILL
LOST
City Council Fails TO Increase
Pay Of Marshal or
Recorder

The salary bill, increasing the salar-
les of the city marshal and recorder to
$1,000 per year was read the third time
and put upon its final passage. The bill
failed to pass with ayes and 6 noes.
The vote was as follows; Ayes, Ache
son, Baker, Crossan, Frazier, Downing
and Wallace. Nays,Bayne, Churchill,
Gesner, Hughes, Jacobs, Skaife and
Steusloff.
The committee on ways and means
reported favorably on Recorder Moores
January report, and it was adopted.
The committee ordinances reported
favorably upon the bill establishing a
grade on North Commercial street,
north of the North Mill creek bridge,
and the report was adopted.
The committee on accounts and cur
rent expenses reported favorably on
several claims against the city, which
were ordered paid.
The committee on streets reported
that the curb in front of the LAHORE
property was put on the regular line,
and the street commissioner was or
dered to have the other curbs placed in
line.
Alderman Gesner stated that some
committee was getting bids for the re-
pair of the city Jail, without authority,
and said that they had got figures from
one blacksmith, and given them to an
other, to allow him to bid under the
original bid. This raised n loud pro
test from all the aldermen on the com
mittees in regard to their innocence,
and the matetr was dropped for a
| time.
Fire hydrants were ordered placed on
the corner of Miller and Saginaw
streets and Commercial and Meyers
streets.
| The committee on health and police
reported that they have examined the
business portion of the city, and have
found it in very unsanitary condition
and recommended that the matter be
attended to. The committee also re
ported in regard to improvements on
the city Jail, and the report was re-
ferred to the committee on public build
ings.
A motion by Alderman Gesner, when
the body adjourned, TO adjourn until
Friday night, when. the matter of the
South Commercial street bridge will be
discussed.
On motion of Alderman Gesner $20C
was transferred from the general fund
to the road fund. The committee or
streets was instructed TO ascertain the
cost of a gravel screening plant. TC
freport at the next regular meeting.
A motion of Alderman Gesner to re
consider the purchase of $500 feet OF
new fire hose was lost, when it wal
learned that the hose was already or
dered and on the way to Salem.
A petition for FIRE hydrants to b
placed on 18th and Howard and 18th
and Oxford streets was referred to the
committee on hre and water.
A petition to vaeate the alley Of
block "A, by George l.. Rose, OF al, wa'
referred TO the committee on streets
A petition for an are light on 18Th
and Waller streets was referred e
committee on lights.
The committee on bridges recon-
mended that concrete eulvert and i'll
be placed across the old ''pen ditch
on Lee street, between 18th and 10th
and the report was referred back to the
committee TO report the probable eosf
at the next meeting Of the council.
An ordinance establishing grade OF
South Commercial street was intro
dueed and read the first and seeonC
time, and referred to the committee OF
ordinances, and the recorder was in
structed 10 advertise the change in ae
eordanee with the charter.
The bill vaesting the alley in bloel
3, which is the site of the new higl
school building, was read the first an'
second times and referred 10 the com
mittee on ordinances.
A bill for an ordinance regulating
ihs material Of which sidewalks In th'
business portion Of the city are TO b
built, and regulating the location O
eurbs was read the first and seeon'
times and referred 10 the eOmmitte'
on ordinances.
The ordinance to establish a grad
on North Commercial street was rea'
the third time and put on iis bnal pas
sage without opposition.
The committee on streets were IN
strueted 10 draft new ordinance regu
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