The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-22

make appropriations for extensions.
Furthermore. he saw no reason why the
it with the present force. He needed
more men and another team. The street
and ditch committee were instructed to
look into the conditions and if they saw
fit to provide the extra help. The scav-
enger reported $50 collected in January.
The clerk read the following communi-
cation from Leonard Thorp:
To the Honorable the City Council
and Mayor of the City of North Yakima:
Whereas, the undersigned has been in
formed that the said city council re-
living upon the special election held in
said city on the 9TH day of February,
1905, proposed to authorize and direct
the sale of the bonds of said city, in he
sum of $4,000; and
Whereas, The said undersigned has
been advised that the said election was
illegal and void for the reason, among
other good reasons, that Of the total 642
votes cast at said election, more than
SIP were not registered, as required by
law, and were, therefore, illegal votes.
Now, Therefore, The said undersigned
in behalf of himself and other taxpay
ers opposed to the issuance of said
bonds upon an unlawful election hereby
protests against the said city council
authorizing the said issue, and hereby
protests against the issue and negotia-
ton of said bonds, and hereby notifies
your honorable body that, if you persist
in authorizing, certifying or negotiating
said bonds the said undersigned will in.
stitute the proper legal proceedings to
annul and vacate said election and to
enioin the negotiation of said bonds.
Very respectfully submitted,
L. l.. THORP.
Mr.. Thompson moved that the com
munication be laid upon the table indefi-
nitely. The motion was not acted upon,
however, as the mayor believed that
merely ordering it placed on file would
be sufficient. At the council meeting it
developed that the waiter has been
carefully and thoroughly investigated,
and there is no disposition on the part
of the city to pay any attention to the
protests or threats of the few who are
opposed to the building of the sewer.
The objections of these all center now
in the one thing alleged in Mr.. Thorps
letter-that the election was illegal on
account of tine voters not having reg
istered. With a single exception every
lawyer in the city is agreed that regis
tration was not necessary in this case,
and this view is also held by Supreme
Judge F. II. Rudkin.
The council adopted resolution as
required by law approving the detailed
plan of the McCulloh trunk sewer sys-
TEN, and then took up the ordinance
which had been prepared providing for
trunk sewer system for the city and for
the issue and sale of negotiable coupon
bonds in the sum of $57 900, of which
$4,000 worth are to be sold at the ear
lest date possible. The ordinance was
read second time by title, and under
suspension of the rules was placed on its
third and final reading and passed, every
councilman present favoring it.
The ordinance amending the old il
Quor license ordinance was read. 1t
provides that dealers selling in quaint.
ties of more than one quart of intoxi-
eating liquor and not less than that
amount, not with the intention of same
being drunk on the premises, shall pay
an annual license of $500; dealers sell.
ing intoxicating liquors in less quaint,
ties than one quart, and selling with the
understanding That said liquors are to
be drunk on the premises, shall pay an
annual license of $1,000.
The bond of James Curran, marshal,
in the sum of $1,000, with the signature
of the American Bonding company as
surety, was read and accepted.
The council discussed the matter of the
fire ordinance at length. and finally
adopted tine same by unanimous vote. It
will be found published in full elsewhere
in this issue of the Herald. The fire
committee brought before the council
the question of the need of a new fire
team. 1t was stated that the present
team of grays. while magnificent
pair, are not built according to the most
approved plans and specifications of fire
horses, and that the engine is too heavy
for them to pull any distance. In view
of the fact that the chemical is one of
the heaviest made, and there is reason to
believe that lighter one would serve
the city's interests as well or better
than the present one, the clerk was in.
structed to correspond with Long & Co.
of Portland, Ore. from whom the en-.
CINE was purchased, in regard to exchang-