The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-16
roo COLO FOR BEAUTY TALK
Council again Tables Proposed
Park Improvements
WHEN The FLOWERS BLOOM AGAIN
SUGGESTION BY eLAsFoRD TO
DELAY TAKING UP OF RE-
PORT Is ACCEPTED.

I
| was the time upon which the city
| dads agreed last night when the seal
! of the long refrigerated Olmsted re-
port should be broken and it's con-
tents made public.
| When the document was brought
from cold storage by City Clerk Hart
| it was promptly tabled again upon
| the suggestion that it was too cold to
| talk of grassy parks and municipal
flower beds.
| Councilman Glasford suggesed that
| it be resurrected and referred to the
| Commercial club, when the flowers
bloom again. His colleagues all said:
so be it,
/ A considerable amount of routine
business was disposed of at the meet
ports of several of the city officers
were read and accepted.
City's Healthy Condition.
The report of the board Of health
showed there had been 157 cases
of typhoid during the last half
| of 1906. Diphtheria took second
place in the list of contagious
diseases with a record of a.
The board of health reported that
the general sanitary condition of the
city was good but that there was
room for Improvement, that the board
was about to institute vigorous
campaign against nuisances which still
existed and that the condition of the
slaughter houses in the city was good
Considerable amusement was created
when City Clerk "Tommie" Hart, who
was reading the report, floundered
among the technical pOlysyllables
which described the nature of the COM
plants from which Walla Wallans had
died last year, and switched the sum-
mary at the close.
An ordinance providing for the ap-
pOintment by the board of health OF
a sanitary inspector, was passed, the
salary of the office to be $40 per
month, payable monthly. The duties
of the inspector will be to work in
conjunction with the health officer
and the board of health.
An ordinance providing for the con-
demnation of lands for the opening of
an alley between Spokane and Palouse
streets was read and placed on the
calendar.
Reports Of Committees.
The report of the finance committee
recommending that the prayer of the
petition of H. C.. Sniff be not granted
was adopted, as was also the report
recommending that A. R. Grant be
given refund of taxes paid.
On recommendation of the finance
committee. the council decided to re-
fund to the Walla Walla Valley Trac-
ton company the deposit of $1,000
which was made with the council as a
guarantee of good faith in installing an
electric car system in Walla Walla.
Petitions.
Residents of the neighborhood of
Pine and Thirteenth streets asked for
a street light at the intersection of
these streets. and the communication
was referred to the street light COM
mitted
A petition from residents of West
Chestnut street asking that they be al
lowed to grade and improve West
Chestnut street from Eleventh to
Twelfth streets by private contract
was referred to the street committee.
Residents of the interested district
presented a remonstrance against the
paving of East Main street from Pa
louise street to Isaacs avenue, and the
street committee was given charge of
this matter.
The city surveyor filed with the
council a description of lands to be
vacated in Elm street. in making thai
thoroughfare from North Fourth street
to North Tenth street 60 feet in width.
| so as to conform with the remainder
of the street. The report of the sur
| veyor was adopted.
Referred to Engineer.
| Owing to the fact that the city has
not made necessary provisions for a
| ticih VI NiS hSV pipO INV, tbO A>dIlOndl
Wood Pipe company. in a communl-
cation, stated that they could not make
the test as they desired, but asked
that $4,000 of the sum due them be-
ing withheld by the city. be paid The
matter was referred to Engineer
| Thomson.
The monthly reports of the following
city officials were read and placed on
file: City clerk, city treasurer, chief
of police, license collector, delinquent
tax collector. mounted police, health
officer. city sexton, water registrar,
and building inspector. The following
semi-annual reports were also read:
Chief of police. license inspector,
health officer. delinquent tax collector,
| chief of fire department.