Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-02-17
City Council Meeting

City Council Meeting
The regular meeting of the Council
was held this Thursday evening and
all the members were present.
Petition of f. A. Burnett and others
for granite sidewalk on North Main
street referred to street committee
The committee is also TO consider "A
petition signed by j. V, Smith and
others for the opening Of Fourth street
across the railroad grounds.
The petition of W A. Murray ct al
for q sewer in the alley between blocks
Ga and SO was referred to the sewer
committee. j L. Fryer and others
asked that North Main street be
opened through Railroad and Laurel
Park additions, which is to be CON
sidered by the street committee.
The committee on fire and water
endorsed the petition for hydranI ON
the corner of Fourth and Manzanita
streers and the Water Company has
agreed to put it in.
The need of better fire protection
for the north part of the city was
considered by the council and the com
mittee on fire and water was author
izsi to secure an option on q suitable
location.
The sewer committee were given
further time in which to make a re-
port on the Seventh street and other
proposed sewers.
Ordinance passed requiring granite
sidewalk on south side of G street
from Seventh to Eighth and ON north
,ide'of H street from Eighth to the city
boundary.
The garbage question was brought
up and each councilman thought his
section of the city was being made a
common dumping ground for all the
garbage of the city, while the Mayor
thought no partiality was being shown
and that such residents as did not use
their back yards as a catch.all for rub
bish used the streets and al
leys, some of which in consequence
were rendered in a very unsanitary Y
condition as we'll as unsightly in ap-
pearance. IL was determined to pro-
vide a public garbage depository and
that severe punishment should be
given to all who put rubbish IN the
streets and alleNs. Cou ncilman
Hall was author zed to look up d
suitable location for garbage ground,
The Fire Company were granted
the use of the hall now occupied by
the A. A. Club.
The proposition to buy road roll
or and rock crusher was brought al
and an otfeI was made to sell the
machines by the representative of 4
Portland house, but no action wa'
taken other than to authorize the
street committee to look up prices ant
merits of the various road machines.
: The following bills were allowed
Nee Restaurant, meals prisoners
....................... 8 ? q
Union Restaurant, meals prison
ers...........'..... '.... 23 q
Hyde Bros, groceries quarantin-
ed family ... ......... 3 &C
G A Bryon, street work ...... 3 0t
Scott Pool, street work ....... 8 2i
ID Morrow, street work ...... IL p
+ Geo Cougle, street work ....... 1 On
r i q Wilcox, street work ..... Ia O'
a car load of machinery arrived
Monday for the Grants Pass Iron q
Steel Works. In the shipment was
5.ton cupalo for the foundry whicl
with the 215 ton cupalo now in us
: will put the foundry in shape (,
turn out any casting that may b.
ordered. a turning lathe with i
foot bed able to handle the larges
n shafting that Is likely to Doe require,
n for any machine used IN this section
a was received a. was also planin
machine that il capable of planin
: iron up to 30 inches wide and ]
4 inches thick ana to any length.
. large drill press aud "A number q
a other machines are soon to arrive an
when all il installed in the nos
u buildings, now almost completed
i Grauts Pass viii have one of th
largest aud best boundaries snc ma
chimes shops in Oregon outside o
Il Portland