Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-01-19
GRANTS PASS
WILL PAVE STREETS
Council Preparing to Have the
Busin ess Streets Paved
Licenses Raised.

Mayor Good, Councilmen Hair, Will
Jams. Rsndle, Hall, Chansse, GRAY
lin, Fetscb, Dean and Recorder pre-
tenn Clements present.
A petition was presented for stree,
light at Fifth and A streets. Re
ferred to light committee.
Notice read from Pacific Under
writers that City Hall electric wiring
was defective. The matter WAS refer
rod to the light committee. Council.
man Williams stated he cosidered it a
scheme to raise insurance rates
Councilman Fetsch called attention
to the fact that the city was paying
large sums for water TO flush sewers,
when the city could have water free
Of charge for ut least eight months Of
the year from Skunk and Gilbert
creeks. The proposition was approx.
cd by the mayor and the other coun-
cilmen and motion was passed
authorizing that catchbasins be put
In on Gilbert and Skunk creeks and
connections made with the sewers.
Liquor licenses were granted for six
months to Walters Bros and to Coburn
q Hawkins.
=. The new liquor license ordinance
introduced at the last meeting by
!Oouncilmen Cbausse was read for Its
fipal passage after which Mr.. Cbsusse
moved that 1t be amended and in.
stead Of $1,000 for liquor license and
$500 for malt liquors, the yearly
license be put at 5000 for liquor and
beer, or $500 for beer alone. This
amendment was carried and the ordi-
nance put on its final passage. Coun.
ciImen Chausse, Hall, Hair, Randle
Williams, Dean and Gravelin voting
for II and Councilman Fetsch against
IT, The clause was let stand pro-
viding that all outstanding licenses
be terminated February /, 1905, but
that is not likely to be enforced az
City Attorney Hough says 1t is
illegal. The Judiciary committee
was authorized to see that all ordl.
nances were properly entered in the
city records.
Mayor Good called attention to the
fact that the vote ON the emergency
motion on the ordinance passed at the
nVAu tA I'm
salary of the city engineer and city
attorney was not legal AZ IL was not
the required three-fourths of the
counoilmen n voting. 1t was decided
TO postpone final action ON the ordi.
nance for two weeks and give City
Engineer Reynolds chance to OK.
plain the alleged faulty surveying for
the. new sewers.
Councilman Hall called up the
proposition to macadamize Sixth
street from the Rogue river bridge to
the head of the street and all that
part Of G street, from Second to
Seventh streets. A general discus.
sion Of the subject followed ana an
informal vote showed that every
member Of the council and Mayor
Good favored improy ing these streets
A. B. Cornell presented proposition
ON behalf of himself aud the Golden
Drift Mining Company to deliver
crushed rock ON the streets to the city
for sl,95 per cubic yard. lie said
that the Mining Company would put
In and have in operation by the first
OF April rock crushing plant at the |
Golden Drift mine and that he had |
secured favorable rates from the rail. |
road company for delivering rock In |
Grants Pass. A motion was passed |
authorizing the street committee to
investigate the cost of steam roller
and rock dump wagons and the cost |
OF macadami2ing the streets aud to
report at the next meeting of the |
council as IL was the plan TO have |
all matters settled SO that the street |
work could be began so soon M the
weather permitted in the spring.
The following bills were passed