The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-05-31
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Large Amount of Business transacted The
Building of Town Hall May
Be Delayed


lar session, all members present but
Mayor Hoxsey and Councilman Hansen.
Councilman Woldenberg was elected
mayor pro TEN.
After the minutes of the previous
regular and special meetings were read
and approved the committee appointed
at the last meeting to Investigate bills
presented for goods furnished and work
and attention to smallpox cases, report
ed that they had seen DR.. Elmer in re
gard to his bill for attending one of the
patients, and that he stated that Sven
kel had the smallpox The committee
also reported that the other bills ap-
peared to be just. The report was re-
ceived and the committee discharged.
Attorney Nelson gave it as his opinion
that the county was responsible for the
keep and care of patients afflicted with
infectious and contagious diseases, and
the clerk was instructed to send all
bills of this kind to the commissioners
court.
The mayor appointed Councilmen
Hathaway and Ramsey and the clerk
committee to test the chemical fire ex-
tinguishers.
The following bills were read and
allowed:
F. Sutton, rent of hall for February,
March, April, May and June, $50.
John Brender, work on street IS
hours with team, 1925.
L. S. Belvel, work on street 80 hours
with team, $3.50.
Frank Olson, work on street 38 hours,
$3.50.
P. Mcfarland, work on street IS
hours, 1887.
Herman Rust, work on street "a
hours, SITS.
D. R. Ramsey, work on street so
hours with team, $27.50.
Councilman Hansen's resignation
was read and accepted.
Ordinance No. 81, authorizing the
council to contract with the Tumwater
Light and Water Co. for water for fire
purposes, was read the second time
and passed.
The following ordinances were put
on their first reading:
Ordinance No. %, relating to the
opening Of East Railroad avenue across
the railroad tracks. This street is To-
Gated at the east end of the railroad
yards near where the school children
cross.
Ordinance No. %, relating to the
obstruction of railroad crossings.
Ordinance No. 80, relating to the
public health.
Ordinance No. 81, to open and ex-
tend street in Merriam's addition.
A communication from the taxpayers
residing in block 8 of the original town
plat was read, praying for the establish
ment OF fire hydrant on Commercial
street, between Eighth and Ninth. The
petition was granted and the mayor
authorized to appoint a committee to
locate the point where the hydrant
should be established.
Two bills for nursing smallpox pa
tients were read and the clerk instruct
ed to send same to the commissioners
court.
The matter OF building a town hall
was then taken up. Councilman Hath
away stated that he had been doing a
little investigating of the towns finan-
cial condition, on his own account, and
found that a town hall could not be
built at this time without going into
debt, and he was opposed TO this. He
was in favor of delaying the building
until the town was in better financial
condition and then put up a brick
building, as the cost OF wood and brick
was now close together on account OF
the extraordinary high price OF lumber.
He showed that if the town hall was
built, with the obligations already as
sumed for fire apparatus, there would
be a deficiency OF over $500, with
monthly salary bill of 5000, and be-
tween SIS and 500 per month for in
cidentals to stare the council in the