The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-24
Council Again Discusses The Second
Street improvements
REESE and TAUsICk IN 4 CLASH
COUNCILMAN AND MANAGER IN
DISPUTE OVER NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNERS.

street from Main to Rose were taken
by the council last night when the re-
port of the street committee recon-
mending that an assessment district
be created and the tax levies fixed
was adopted.
Plats of the proposed district show
ing the benefits to adjoining property
was submitted to the council by the
city engineer and the boundaries were
fixed by the street committee.
The necessary ordinances, fixing the
tax and calling for bids for opening
the street will probably be prepared
in time for the council to take them up
at the next meeting.
To open the street it will be neces-
sary to bridge Mill creek nearly the
entire distance, estimated at 500 feet.
The cost will be around $4,000.
To Pave Second Street.
The paving of South Second street
from Poplar to Garrison creek will be
made a special order Of business at a
meeting next Tuesday night when the
remonstrance of property owners
against the improvement will be taken
up and disposed of one way or other.
District % was pushed into the
limelight again last night when an
ordinance, fixing the tax for paving
the street and awarding the contract
to the Warren company passed to its
second reading.
majority of the property owners along
the street, called attention to the fact
that the council mad before it a re-
monstrance from a majority of the
front footage owners against paving
the street. The remonstrance was
granted at a former meeting of the
council, but at subsequent meeting,
the former action was reconsidered.
Attorney Gose cOntended that
by reconsidering it's vote, the remons-
trance was left in the same position 1t
was before, namely that the council
had granted the prayer of the property
owners. Attorney Gose scored the
council for playing fast and loose with
the same consideration they did prop
erty owners in North Second street
and in Rose street, wnen remonstran-
ces against paving were granted.
Manager Rees Objected.
Frank Reese, local manager Of the
Warren Construction company was
present at last nights meeting and en-
tered an objection to the council pay
ing any attention to the remonstrance.
Mr.. Reese said his company had been
awarded the contract for paving South
Second street and the company had
gone ahead and bought material be-
/ sides going to considerable expense in
| getting out abstracts of the property
/
rem company should be given some
consideration.
1t was finally decided to make the
paving of the street special order of
business next Tuesday night and City
Clerk Hart was instructed to publish
a notice to property owners to. that
effect
1t appeared to be a question whether
a majority of the property owners
want to pave or not. Attorney Gose
said they did not but Mayor Kellough
said several property owners who had
signed the remonstrance mad come to
him and said they wanted to pave.
Tausick and Reese Clash.
| Ordinances creating assessment dis
tricts and fixing the tax for paving
Districts q, 20 and 80 were taken up
and passed to their second reading
last night and then placed on the cal
endar
Councilman Tausick made a motion
that the same notice be given to the
property owners in those districts as
in District %. in order to let them
come in and protest against the pro-
posed improvement If they desired.
Mr.. Reese thought he saw "colored
gentleman in the woodpile," in the mo-
ton and raised an emphatic objection
to any such proceeding. He accused
Councilman Tausick Of attempting to
inject a legal technicality which
would cloud the title of their bonds.
Tausick denied the accusation and
said he did not see why property own
ers in these districts should not be