The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17

refuse collected so as to be NUS
ance he will secure an order to be
served upon the offender, the indi-
vidual hereafter being called upon
to secure team to haul away the
garbage and to stand the expense. II
the property owner fails to do 50
he will be fined for maintaining q
nuisance.
Forsyth's Troubles.
When the matter of delinquencies
in the payment of taxes for Cherry
street improvements came up At
torney Forsyth stated that some col.
lection should be made by foreclosure
of necessary. This was decided to
be the proper measure to take.
when Senator Reed was mayor"
stated Attorney Forsyth, 81 at
tempted to take some decided stand
in this matter, but the mayor would
not sign the orders. Then he went
to the legislature and could not get
action on him there. Now that he 10
back do not know but what I will
have trouble in getting Deputy Sher-
if Grant to serve the papers, as he
is also an interested party"
Paving Difficulty.
There was considerable discussion
reative to paving. Mayor Fechter
stated that he is of the opinion the
Inter-Valley Traction company is not
in a position to lay rails Immediately
on Yakima avenue and asked for a
further conference between a coun-
Gil committee and the traction COM
pany to discover just what the COM
pany can do. After considerable dis
cussion the original question of nam
I ing committee to confer with the
company was lost sight of but the
question of paving Naches avenue
came up and it was voted to be the
sense of the meeting that Naches
city limits. and this proposition will
probably be submitted to the prop
erty holders.
Petitions.
Saloon licenses were granted to
Charles Cornell of the Washington
bar, G. R. Mckee and Stewart &
Davern John c. Tucker and R. c.
White also asked for renewal Of a
license. A license for E. G. Thomp-
son was granted.
Property owners on Sixth avenue
between B street and Yakima avenue
asked for wooden walks on the west
side Of the street. The petition was
signed by B. L. Bull and others and
was granted, change being made
in the petition as granted, ordering
the walk to be eight feet instead OF
six.
| Councilman Shaw for the cemetery
committee reported propositions for
using the unused portion of the
grounds. 1t was decided to lease
the grounds for three years, the city
sharing profits from what is pro-
duced.
| Councilman Smith reported that
high water has interfered with erect
ing a dyke near the sewer outlet and
that committee is given further time
in which to make a report.
About $4,000 was ordered trans
ferred from the general fund to the
cemetery fund. AS there was only
about $1,000 in the cemetery fund
and a bill for $3.50 was presented
from w. I. Lince for land sold to the
city, this move was decided upon and
the debt will be wiped out.
A bill of s666 was allowed w. B.
Chase for work done in the city as ex-
pert engineer in securing estimates
for paving.
Ordinance for changing grade on
Yakima avenue was read. A res0-
luton relative to the Spokane ave-
nue. grade was adopted.
An ordinance was amended so the
street commissioner is given power
to issue permits for street excava-
lions instead Of the public improve
ment committee.
Ordinance relative to declaring
garbage and refuse collected a nuis-
ance was laid over.
Ordinance prohibiting placing ad-
vertisements on poles was passed.
Ordinance to abolish offices of
plumbing inspector and city scavan-
ger were laid over.
Ordinance relative to vacation of
Walnut street was laid over.
The sidewalk petitioned for was
allowed on Kittitas avenue from
Yakima to Spruce.
Resolution relative to the sidewalk