Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-05
PUSHING
PAVED
STREETS
TWELVE BLOCKS OF STATE STREET
sTREETCAR TRACKS GOING INTO
CENTER OF sTREET-EvEN
MIR. GEsNER NO LONGER oP.
POSES PAvING-REPoRTs OF
WATER SUPPLIES.

Until s o'clock there was a search
ty of aldermen, but at the last mo-
ment Alderman Jacob fioated in and
there was quorum.
Petition for permit to erect CORFU
gated iron building at rear of irwin
grocery. Committee reported favor
able.
Committee on claims reported a
number OF bills that were ordered
paid.
Bill OF Frank w. Kelsey for $500
for engineering report on city water
supply.
Several objected to payment OF
bill until report had been read. Re-
corder read report OF Mr.. Kelsey's.
The aldermen learned a great deal
about water for the next half hour,
while the report was read.
The Various Supplies.
Cornelius springs has an elevation
of 100 feet, flow 100000 gallons.
Stout creek has an elevation OF
500 feet; flow OF 100000 gallons
per day.
Silver creek has $4,000 gallons
per day above the forks east of Sill
verton.
Report does not consider any of
these sources OF supply adequate.
other sources in Mountain streams
are Little North Fork OF santiam,
and Breitenbush creek. The latter
is so miles from Salem.
The Willamette river Is next con-
sidered and amount required Ia fixed
at 100000 TO 100000 gallons
for population OF $1,000. IL esti-
mates as cost for pumping and dis
tributing for city OF $4,000 at $685.
1875. This plant would have S6h
miles Of pipe.
In addition TO above cost is S40..
900 for reservoir. Pumping plant
$4,000. For other expenses the
total expense OF a public ownership
plant is $515,71s.
Estimated cost per year is $1,000
per year. Receipts are s54,921 PEI
year.
The committee report was then
read, as published In this paper.
The reports were placed on n!e
but not adopted. The $500 bill was
then ordered paid.
Estimate No. for Court street
paving, S5739.7O. less 20 per cent.
was referred to committee on
streets.
order to collect $40 for hose dam
aged by streetcar. reported adjust.
ed.
The Warren Construction company
served notice that they were ready
20 proceed with paving State street,
between Church and Twelfth street.
Mr.. Gesner raised the objection
that owing to legal holidays. the ad-
vertisements lad not been published
ten days. He moved reference to city
attorney for an opinion.
Chair ruled notice was not re-
quired to run any fixed time and
bids could be opened.
Mr.. stolz stated that the streetcar.
track should be moved TO the cen
ter OF the street, and the paving OF
the seyen-foot strip was another
matter. The seyen-foot strip for the
street car track should not be used to
hold up the Improvement OF State
street. The Warren people should
be allowed TO go ahead and pave that
street according to their contract.
Mr.. Gesner said he was not op-
posed 10 improving State street. He
was opposed to holding up the War.
rem company or stopping the work
from going ahead lie wanted to be
OF everybody He want
ID to have nothing but good work
lone.
Mr.. Jacob wanted Mr.. Gesner TO
say what he really wanted TO have
lone.
Mr.. Gesner said the bitulithic
pavement was the best that could be-
put down and the work on Court
street was above criticism. He
wanted a seven-inch grooyed con-
.inuoua rail mt down on State
street. and just as good a pavement
rs the citizens are required TO put
Town.
Salary list OF city oficers was read
md ordered paid.
]. I. Blivin made a demand for
injury to his horses on defective
bridge. Referred 10 committee on
bridges on motion Of Mr.. Gesner.
Mr.. Greenbaum secured an order
70 locate arc light al Twentieth and