Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-10-06
GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
Citizens League Takes up Much
of General Interest.

line Benton county SlIlZenS
League held its regular meeting
Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, at the
City Hall. Not very large
number of the members were
present, although all had been
duly notified by card of the i'm
portance of the meeting. Il is
very discouraging to the officers
of the League, upon whose shoul-
ders fall all the work, that so
little interest is manifested by
the citizens of Corvallis. The
League is doing good work, and
there is much still for them to do,
but nothing can be done without
the united effort of every business
man in town. Several questions
of great importance were brought
up at the meeting, but it was
hard to take any definite action
at that time on account of the
small attendance.
Judge Waters reported that
he had taken up the matter of
union depot with Mr.. Conan, OF
the S. P. R. R. Co., who said
they did not care to consider the
matter at the present.
DR.. J. A. Harper, chairman of
the Civic Improvement committee
made the following report, which
on motion was made a special
order of business at next regular
meeting:
To the Benton County Citizens
League-Mr. President and Mem
bers of League:
We your committee on civ ic
Improvement beg to make the
following report, after going over
the city and noting the number
of Improvements that can and
should be made which will add
greatly to the beautifying of orr
city, we offer the following sug-
gestions:
l.. We suggest that all tele-
phone, telegraph and electric
light poles be removed from 2nd
street Commonly called Main
street, and placed in alleys, also
that hereafter all poles of such
kind be placed in alleys instead
of on streets throughout the city
and that the owners be made to
keep the same painted and look
ing respectable.
z. That all trees be cut down
and removed from the main por-
ton of 2nd street.
3. That all wooden or other
kind of awnings which are sup.
ported by posts extending to the
street OF sidewalk be condemned
and removed and such Other
awnings as are unsightly.
q. That the hanging of signs
be regulated by city ordinance
and that they be limited to size,
etc., when extending over the
sidewalk.
s. That the cement walk or
dinance be amended so as to in
clude all public sidewalks within
the fire limits and to extend t.
Fifth street from Jefferson tt
Monroe inclusive.
6. That all the old unsightl,
buildings on and street be con
demned and torn down.
7. That the city through it
engineer adopt grade and widtl
for streets aud sidewalks and tha
all streets and sidewalks be bull
to such width and grade unde
the supervision Of the city en-
gineer.
s. That inasmuch as th
business part of the city seems t
be rowing north we recommen
: that the fire limits be extende
one block north, also that th
ordinance be amended so as t
prohibit the building of an
frame structure of any Size will
in said limits, and that the re
pairing of frame structures with
in said limits be limited to 10 pt
cent instead of rs.
9. That an ordinance I
passed by the city council pr
hibiting the swinging of gat,
over the public sidewalks.
10. That the city adopt Il
plan suggested by the officers
the National Good Roads Ass
citation in regard to widening t.
space or lawn on the outside