East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-25

An area of public improvement
such as the city has never seen be-
fore is open for Pendleton as a result
of the special election yesterday. BY
their votes the people provided for
extensive Improvements and ex-
tensions to the levee, the erection of
city nall, the extension of the sewer
system and for further street i'm
provement. The fact that the city
now has the power to do these things
Is very gratifying to the mayor and
members of the council.
Mayor Is Pleased.
81 am certainly pleased at the re-
suit of the election" declared Mayor
Fec this morning. Until the cleo
tion was held we could not tell just
what the sentiment was towards the
Administrations policy. By their
votes the people have made 1t pos
sible for the city TO keep pace with
the growth of the surrounding coun-
try and with the progress in private
available will allow. and by next
spring It is hoped to have levee that
will easily care for all the water the
Omdtllla may ever carry.
The remainder of the money voted
for levee purposes will be used in re-
improvements within the city. II a
city wishes its private citizens to i'm
prove their property the city itself
should be energetic in providing need
ed public improvements. This Pen
dleton may now do, and l believe
the election will result in much good
to the city"
That the city will take immediate
advantage of its powers to make i'm
provements is declared by the mayor.
He says that II is the intention to
commence at once in carrying out
the things that were made possible
by the vote yesterday.
For the improvement and extern
sion of the levee $4,000 in cash will
be available. and this amount 1t Is
proposc'i 20 usc this summer and fall.
According to Judge Fee the first
move will be to strengthen the levee
above the city so that 1t will be alb
solutely safe from the upper end to
the Main street bridge, where the
new work commences. The upper
end will be made SECURE for the rea-
son that the safety of the entire city
in time Of flood depends upon that
section Of the levee. After the i'm
provement Of the upper levee will
come the extension of the levee down
the river. The wall will be extended
1s far down the river as the money
deeming levee bonds that will soon be
duo and in redeeming outstanding
levee warrants.
A City Hall.
Aside from the levee work the
next most important Improvement
will be the erection of a city hall.
This the administration proposes to
build this summer and with as little
delay as possible. The city will pur-
chase the remainder of the vacant
lot at the corner Of Alta and Cotton
wood streets and use the entire piece
for city hall site. After the rest of
the site has been secured and bor-
rowed money returned to the sinking
fund, there will be $4,000 left for the
erection Of city hall. There has
been some sentiment In favor of To-
Sop"b ehc City ndii oH SouTt StTeet,
but suitable property on that street
has been found too expensive and II
is understood that the Alta.Cotton-
wood street location will be used.
VIII Extend Sewer.
With the $4,000 made available
for sewer purposes the council pro-
poses to extend the sewer system to
the section of the city lying south of
the O. r. & N. tracks and west of
Main street. The entire city will then
he furnished with sewer connections.
and the general health of the town
should be improved thereby.
Regarding further street improve
ments the council has not yet fully
worked out its plans for the summer.
Aside from the macadamizing of the
residence streets, ordered a few weeks
ago, there is also some paving work
desired, but 1t is not certain that an
other contract Will be made this
year. The property owners for two
blocks east of Main street on Alta
and for one block west on that street
desire paving, and if a sufficient num-
ber of blocks can be secured to jus-
tify contract this year, It will be
let.
Paving Was the Start.