Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-12
THE CITY
FATHERS
LAST NIGHT
Eisd q Genuine Love feast and Never
Said BuCe. YOU'RE Another"

The city Fathers last evening, in an
Ssd1ourned session of the city council,
heId san harmonious meeting, in
which street improvements, bills for
which street improvements, bills
TOR regulating theatres appoint
ting "a city surveyor we're TAX
en mp. The roll call showed, be-
RfdRHs Mayor Rodgers, Aldermen
Duwning, Churchill, Gesner, Fraser,
tGreenbaum, Jacobs. Haas, RadcliT,
STOCKTON, Stolz and Waldo were
spresent.
"A bill Aor an ordinance to improve
Twelfth street from the North line
tof State to the South line OF Union
with mauadam was read the first and
second times and referred to the
committee on bridges, with instruc-
SioHs to investigate and report at
'-Ehe next regular meeting of the coun-
'ril.
Alderman Stockton made a motion
which was carried, lnstructing the
recorder to give ten days notice to
the property owners that the assess
ment on property adjacent TO the i'm
provement on Court street is now due
and payable.
a letter was read from ]. p.
O'Bnen. OF the Southern Pacific,
stating that his company was ready
and willing 10 improve the track
trum state street to Union, in prepa-
ration FOR the proposed macadam
with gravel both inside the rails and
outside, 10 conform with the re-
'2Iuired grade.
An action was taken requiring the
recorder to notify the property own
ers on State street that their I'M
proyemf\ assessment Is now due
sand payable.
~ was decided by the council that
n special water committee should be
appointed to carry on the work which
has been begun, and the mayor ap-
pointed the old committee.
The citizens of Yew Park request
ed that a special policeman be APP
pointed To rid that section of tramps
and suspicious characters. The pc
tion was referred 20 the committee
on health ana police, and Will report
at the next meeting.
A petition OF August Schreiber 20
open and conduct saloon at asa
state street was referred to the com
mittee on licenses.
A bill of H. Byars for services In
surveying was ordered pald
a IRE department Is being organ
a2ed In South Salem, and the citizens
ask that the company be loaned
Nhe 1000 feet OF hose which the city
NOW holds In reserve In the city hall.
fhe petition was referred 20 the com
imittee on nrc and water.
John Bayne, l.. Wade and James
Wilson were appointed appraisers Of
Hthe property OF j. l.. Froeland over
which Pine street Is TO be opened
The bill for the Improvement OF
Rine street was referred TO the COM
2mittee On ordinances.
\ bin was introduced 20 regulate
Nneatres, which was read FIRST and
ssecond times.
Alderman Gesner introduced an
Ordinance providing for a city sur
'veyuT at a salary of $500 per an
nun, payable from the general funds
NOf the city
A bin was submitted for gradu-
s,ted assessment franchise for the
Portland General Electric Company,
10 run 20 years, The bill contains
Nfiauses covering various points
which are not embodied In the pres
~ent franchise, such as regulating
switches along the right of way and
providing that such Improvement be
made as the council may direct from
time TO time. The bill. was referred
40 the committee on bridges.
Adjourned 10 the next regular
meeting night, Monday. November
as.