The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29

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Unless the city officials are restrain
eG by the court from carrying out the
provisions Of an ordinance which was
passed at the adjourned session last
night, within 80 days all the sidewalks
ing the paving district that are now
above or below the grade and all
wooden walks in the same district will
be reconstructed and made to conform
with the regular established grade Of
the streets. Councilmen Bridges, Glas-
ford. Smith and Cox voted for the pas
sage Of the ordinance while Council
men Mexican and Martin voted against
it.
When the ordinance had passed its
third reading Councilman Mexican took
the floor and in a short speech opposed
the ordinance. He claimed that ma
jority of the concrete walks had been
constructed on the grade given by the
city engineer and while there were
some that had not been made to con-
form to the grade, he did not believe
the council should be too hasty in the
passage of the ordinance. If the ordi-
nance was passed, he said, it would
mean an extra expense to many Of the
property owners who had acted in good
faith when they put in their concrete
walks. He wanted the ordinance to
go on the calendar until the next
meeting.
Councilman Martin was of the same
opinion as Mexican and urged the
council to let the ordinance go over
until some future meeting.
Councilman Smith said that while
he realized that many of the property
owners would be put to a very heavy
expense in making the changes called
for he believed that the ordinance
should be passed without further delay.
He said that the walks would have to
be made uniform SOONER or later and
it would be just as we'll to take the
necessary steps to correct the defects
at the present time.
Councilman Glasford stated that it
would make no difference what action
was taken by the council as there
would be kicks made and he believed
in having the matter settled one way
or another at once.
The ordinance was then placed on it's
final passage and carried by a vote of
four to two.
Controversy Over Paving Material.
The council was then resolved into a
committee of the whole, Councilman
| Mexican being appointed chairman by
Mayor Hunt. For two hours the COM
time the subject of paving was the
| only question under discussion. Oscar
Cain, representing the Warren COM
pany, after citing a number of author
tiles to bear out his position, claimed
that the council, under the charter,
had no right to advertise for the diff
| ferent kinds of material for paving and
then submit them to the property
owners to decide which they wanted.
He claimed that would be delegating a
function to the property owners that
the council was called upon to exer-
else. If such action was taken he
maintained it would be illegal and
would result in the city being forced
into litigation.
| Frank B. Sharpstein, representing
the Barber company, took issue with
Mr.. Cain and advised the council that
they could call for bids for as many
different kinds of pavement as it
deemed wise and that after the prop
erty owners had decided what they
wanted it would be an easy matter for
the council to award the contract to
the firm making the best bid for that
particular kind of pavement.
| City Attorney Blandford took the
same view and he. advised the coun-
Gil to proceed with the matter.
The agent Of the Warren company,
who was also present, stated that his