The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-29
Public or Council May Not
Expect Them Sooner
CHAIRMAN K|RKMAN DODCES
Informs His Friend, Glasford,
Payrolls May be Exhibited
When All Is Over

When the new gravity water sys-
tenn is completed and in working order
the council and taxpayers in general
will then be let in on the secret Of
what it has all cost.
Councilman Glaslord mildly inquid-
cd of Chairman Kirkman at last
nights meeting if the water committee
had checked up the time books and ex-
nnse accounts of lle new water sys-
tenn.
The willy water chairman looking as
wise as an owl, gravely informed the
council ttat at the proper time he
would furnish an itemized account of
tAe cost of constructing the new line.
Then the chairman sat down.
The failure of the water cammittee
to submit to the council an itemized
statement of the payrolls each month
as required in the contract between
the city and the Warren Construction
company has aroused considerable
comment among taxpayeds.
Turner Has Trump.
Whether James Prather, proprietor
of the Crown saloon, is to get IL
cense for his new location at No. Z
South Fourth street is still an open
question. The committee on police
last night filed report stating that
title to the Tachi property which ]. M.
was vested in reality in Mr.. Tachi's
name. Mr.. Turner lad a trump up
his sleeve however, and presented a
letter from Mr.. Tachi Withdrawing
his consent to Mr.. Prather opening a
saloon in the contemplated location.
A resolution was passed last night re-
quiring the heads of the various de-
partments to file with --.e council each
month an itemized statement OF the
number of employees in each depart
ment together with the sal
ares they are drawing. In this con-
necvtion the committee on police last
night filed a report of the number of
officers on the police force.
Buys More Pipe.
The water commlIree was granted
permission to purchase 11,UOO feet of
eight inch pipe and other material for
the city water ssytem. Chairman
nirkman surprised his colleagues by
explaining to what use tie material is
to be put.
A request from L.. u. Snorrock that
he be paid balance of $Y57.S6 alleged
to be due for exporting the city books
was referred 10 the finance comm...ee,
Chairman Mexican stating luat the
committee would have in report at
the next meeting.
A petition from a number of big
property owners asking that the sewer
in the alley between Alder and Poplar
streets be enlarged and lowered two
feet was referred to the water COM
mittee with instructions to Immediate
ly look into the matter.
Another Months Delay.
F. E. .selson, awarded the contract
for constructing the concrete bulk
head lor the new Clinton stree. bridge
asked for 80 days extension of time to
complete his contract On Chairman
Glasford's motion the request was
granted.
A remonstrance from Scholl Broth
ers against the opening of an alley
way between Palouse and ouonane
streets ives referred.
A petition from a number of prop
ierty owners in the southeastern part Of
the city asking the council to remove
from beneath ,ne Garrison creek
a wing dam and accumulated debris
was referred to the street SOM
mittee.
The necessary ordinances providing
for creating assessment districts IN
bulkheading the south side of Mill