The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-02-14
OF lAE
COMMON COUNCIL
SECOND ASSESSMENT ORDERED
Other Important Matters Come Before
the Adjourned Meet.
Ing.

The adjourned meeting OF the Com
mon Council was held "Wednesday
evening, February 6, With all present
except Council Imam liershner.
Counc Imam Mayes presented the
matter OF Lulding tower tn hang
tho new bell lurehas' d by the fire
department, and also recommended
building 1t high enough and OF suita.
bic proportins to hang up the hose,
requiring height OF fifty feet. Chief
Sheets was also presei t and addressed
the council The matter was referred
TO the committeo on streets and pub
lio property, to report at the next
meeting.
ounc'lman BlanchaI asked to be
relieved from the sewer committee,
stating that new member vi the
council should be put on that com
mittee, SO rs to familiarize Lisuself
with the work. The present commit
tee, were appointed year ago, and
had to take ul, tue work where the
old committee left off, without any
previous knowledge Of the matters,
and 1t bad seen someS hat uf "a handi-
cap. The mayor took the matter un-
der advisement.
The question OF having the fence
across Front street removed was dis
cussed. lt.de,eloped that the council
wanted mainly to protect the rights
OF the city as to the street; that
there was no objection to the fence,
provided that the o. K. 4 N. Co. rec-
ognized the city's rights, but that 1t
would be advisable to widen out the
street In the near future. The matter
was left to the street committee.
1t being reported that the snow had
broken In the roof of the shed over
the fire engine, the same was ordered
fixed.
The city treasurer asked tor re-
duction in his bond of s15, 600, as the
amount OF money to be handled now,
the sewer money being mostly collect
ed, did not Justify the large bond. A
resolution tu cut tile a,no,.nt TO 81, 500
was found to be out vi order, a9 the
amount had been nxud Ly ordinance.
The bonds ior marshal aud street
commissioner. for $3.50 in each caee,
we're accepted.
The sewer committee reported that
the engineer in charge of the sewer
had made certain errors In grades In
the sewer, and recommended that the
balance for engineers services unpaid
be held back until the errors we're
corrected at the enginesr's expense.
!. he rep 1rt was &C, epted.
The recorder WAS instr, cted to pur-
chase 100 dog tags.
Tho following nills were allowed:
j. X. Nlckeisen, clerical services,
j. r. Nickelsen, stove for jail, S3.
j. II. Middleton, refund OF overpaid
sewer taxes, S9.65.
Davidson Fruit Co., 200 sidewalk
cleats, 81.
Transfer Co., carriage, IS 50.
A. ID. Moe, complaint blanks, "a.
Fred Howe, hauling gravel, S22.
VIM. Ganger, salary, $50.
A. y. Stevens, hauling lum ber, 25c.
Electric Light Co., lighting, s34.
Title Guarantee Co., refund OF sew.
ei tax, sl2
Ed Pace, labor, S3. 80.
Fashion Stables, Cal tage, S8. so.
Stanley Smith Lumber Co., lumber,
s21. 40.
Nightwatchman Taylor, salary, $50.
Report Of the Sewer Commit ee.
To the Common Council OF the City
of Hood River:
We, your committee have completed
the constr uction of the outfall sewer
and the system In division No. l, Ut
the city OF Hood River. The specifi-
cations fCI construction OF this sys-
tenn have bean followed with the ex-
ception of few deviations therefrom
where the interests of the city requir-
ed, towit:
l. Lessening the depth Of the sew
eT where its efficiency was not i'm
paired.
2, Including the tracts OF few
residents adjoining on the outside Of
boundary OF the fiist division on the
east where connections properly be-
longed in this division in order to be
drained.
3. Omittting the tracts OF three
residents located along the inside of
the western boundary of first division
where connections can only be made
with sewer system in division No. 8,
when same may be constructed.
The petitions OF owners OF these
tracts which have been included or
omitted have been passed upon by
this committee and approved.
With the exception OF section OF
sewer located on Oak street east Of
First street Of from 80 feet to 100 feet
In length, we believe the system to be
well contructed and operating satis-
factorily. The defect above refeared
to consists in the sewer pipe having
been laid one to five inches below
regular grade and hla) settlement
with the engineer in charge has been
deferred until the matter is adjusted
which will be as soon as weather per-
mits.
The estimated cost of the sewer for
division /, a.d outfall sewer as esti.
mated by the engineer Of the city
and which was used as basis Tor the
assessment, was S25, $50. The actual
cost completed wa, S3U, 45i.6 "a.
This increased ctst Is due to the
fact that the engineer tor the city
bo5Ou CcelhhutcS hPob OOa sNAn pa
portions Of r. ok and dirt work In ex-
cavation and the contract for con.
struction was let ulon q classified
basis OF fifty cents Upward per cubic
yard for excavating dirt and ~ and
upward per cubic yard for escavat-
ing rock and cement gravel, the price
ranging upward from these figures ac-
sording to the depth of excavation.
Ihe actual estimates during the
construction OF the sewer and the hnal
estimates by the engineer tOi the
city, as approved by the city inspect
or of sewer work and tbi, COMMITTEES
and filed with the city recorder,
show that the proportion Of rock work
encountered In actual construction
was more than double that OF the en-
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