Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-20
CITY
COUNCIL
GRINDS
ACTION ON BRIDGE
Goes Over. Council Meets Again This
tvening-Annex Saloon Gets ItS.New
LOCatiOn..WeICh Franchise Has
Many Amendments

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Messrs Bayne, Churchill, Down
ing, Haas, Fraser, Gesner, Green
baum, Radcliff, Jacob, Stockton,
Stolz, Waldo and the mayor were
present. Goode and Low were abb
sent.
No Time Saved.
To save time an effort was made
to avoid reading minutes, Mr.. Green
baum moved to dispense with read
ing minutes. Gesner objected and
the recorder was compelled to read
l16 pages of civic records.
Mr.. Bayne sprung a new one by
moving to amend" the minutes in
several respects. The mayor ruled
this out of order. But Mr.. Bayne
did get his appeal from a ruling of
the mayor entered on the minutes.
The ordinance committee recon-
mended that the names of part OF
Broadway be changed to High, and
Old County Road to Broadway. Re-
port adopted.
Saving Public Time.
The city council refuses to suspend
the rule requiring all its highly-elab-
GRATED minutes and proceedings to be
read in full. Monday nights read
ing took half an hour and there was
no correction offered.
There is much time lost in cumber-
ing the records with what the rules
require to be entered in full. What
sense is there in spreading upon the
minutes and reading verbatum sew
eral times the long-winded resolu-
tions that some member sees fit to
offer?
The legislature thinks nothing OF
suspending the reading of its min
utes, but II seems the city council
cannot think OF taking any such
chances.
Business who have confidence in
their recording officer could well
trust that gentleman to keep the
records, and not take half an hour
to read what has In substance been
published in all the newspapers.
Some Bills Allowed.
Mr.. Churchill moved that bill OF
the General Constructing company
OF $3.50 for deepening channel OF
North Mill creek be allowed. Carried.
Bill OF II. C. Tillman for $256.5O
was reported back without recon-
mendation. Mr.. Greenbaum moved |
II be paid. Stolz moved that pay be
reduced for 81 per day to s. per
day Mr.. Gesner said Mr.. Chase was
paid $40 per day and what was right |
for one was for another. Mr.. Rad
sliff said he was opposed TO paying |
more than s. per day. Mr.. Jacobs
said surveying bills were paid last |
month amounting to $395, Mr.. Till
man had completed surveys OF Sc
blocks, or eight or ten times as much |
work as was done by the s. day |
surveyors. Tillman's bill was a just |
one. Mr.. Stockton said the new
street committee had no right TO |
audit a bill OF this kind at 81 a !
day. A large amount of money had
been spent in North Salem and not |
a shovelful of dirt had been thrown.
Mr.. Downing said the old street COM
mittee had paid Mr.. Chase $40 day |
because he was worth It, The amend
ment 10 reduce compensation 10 s. |
a day and $2.5O for helpers was then |
carried and the bill allowed at that |
rate.
From License Committee.
Mr.. Waldo and Mr.. Downing re-
ported fayorably on application of !
Liquor company for change |
OF location OF Annex saloon license |
from Court street TO Commercial |
street MIR. Bayne offered minority |
report and moved that Il be substi-
tuted for majority report, Mr..
Downing stated there were nine In
the block for granting the request [
for change and six opposed. Mr..
said he had found hut two