The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-09
COUNCIL SITTING AS A COMMIT
TEE OF THE WHOLE DIS.
cUSSED PAVING
south First, North Second and South
Third Will Go to the Warren
Construction Company

Although majority of the property
owners on East Main and East Alder
streets have expressed a preference
for biulithic pavement and the council
has voted to award the contracts to
the Warren Construction company,
work on these improved districts will
not be started until such time as the
city can see it's way clear to pay for
paving the street intersections, which
will probably be after the assessment
roll for 1905 is completed.
The council convened as a committee
of the whole yesterday afternoon and
threshed out the paving subject, if it
was not to the satisfaction of four of
the members of the council, VINO lined
up solidly for the Warren Construction
company.
Mayor Hunt presented the matter
to the council in a brief and concise
way stating that the city had reached
and bonded, and until such time as the
city taxes commence coming in, the
city would be unable to pay or con-
tract for paving the street intersec-
tions. Mayor Hunt explained that the
council was up against the same prop
osition last year. but that there was
nothing to delay the awarding of con-
tracts to the Warren Construction
company where the city would not be
called upon to pay for street or alley
intersections.
Acting upon the mayors statement
the committee decided to have ordi-
nances drawn to be presented at the
adjourned meeting tonight to award
the contract to the Warren Construc-
ton company for North Second street
South First street and South Third
street.
The council can also award the con-
tracts for paving South Third street
and South Second street at tonignts
meeting as there are no street inter-
sections. In these two districts the
property owners are divided as to the
kind of pavement they want and it will
be up to the council to award the con-
tracts either to the Barber Asphalt
company or the Warren construction
company.
The inability of the council to COM
mence work ON East Main and East
Alder street at this time was quite
disappointment to the four members
of the council, who have stood by the
property owners of these two districts
in awarding the contracts to the War
rem Construction company, and many
schemes were suggested to admit Of
the work being started Immediately
without involving the city in any legal
entanglements.
Hold Up Main and PaIouse Streets.
The pavement of Palouse street and
West Main will be held in allegiance for
tilC tiiIlC oCiiS' hoyO iIuiie ch0h~N
that these two streets be taken up and
disposed of and after some little dis
cussion it was decided to respect the
wish of the property owners that these
districts not be paved at this time. 1t
is believed that property owners in
these two districts will experience a
change of heart when the work starts
up around them and will petition that
the work be done as originally in
tended.
Buy Pumping Apparatus.
Water Superintendent Knight was
given the authority to purchase two
motors and the necessary pumps to
install the new auxiliary water system
in the Green Park addition, where wells
are now being sunk for supplying that
district. The apparatus will cost ins
the neighborhood of $4,000. The North
western Gas & Electric company Of
fered to furnish the motors at cost
and the offer was accepted.
EViDENCE AGAINST STOESSEC