The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-09-26
MEETING Of THE
COMMON COUNCIL
UNFINISHED BUSINESS DISPOSED OF
Adjourned Meeting Takes up Street
Work and Disposes Of Other
Matters.

An adjourned meeting was held
Monday evening to dispose Of unfin-
ished business of the week before,
and also some new matters which we're
brought up.
A permit was granted j. E. Nichols
to erect brick block on Oak street.
j. X. Nickelsen wat granted permis.
sion to build a shed In the rear Of his
business property. 10 strict accord
anoe with the ordinance.
An ordinance was introduced to
amend the charter Of the city In the
matter OF making street improve
ments. The present provisions of as
sessing property In grading streets
makes the costs Of such improvements
very unequal, IN proportion to the
benefits received, and 1t is desired to
correct the same, giving the council
authority to pay q part out Of the
general funds OF the city. The ordi-
nance passed its FIST reading.
The matter of buying a gravel pit
for the city was brought up, and the
street committee stated that negotia-
tions we're pending with Mrs. DIR.
Adams to secure gravel. A very good
gravel bed exists on her land west OF
Stranahan's addition, and 1t 10 very
convenient to all parts of the city, as
1t is a down-hill haul all the way.
While the land cannot be purchased,
it is thought that permit can be se
cured at a reasonable cost to take
gravel out for certain period. The
matter was left to the street commit
tee, to make the arrangements, II such
can lie done at a reasonable cost.
The matter of employing foreman
or special street commissioner for
month or two, putting gang of men
&c work on the streets, was consid-
cred. q. ID. Woodwork was present,
and as be has had considerable expar-
ience building roads, and has made
| some OF the best county roads In the
| valley, he was asked what salary he
wanted for taking charge of the work.
Mr.. Woodwork stated that he could
not take the job less than "a day.
He also stated that in his opinion 1t
would be unwise to tear up the streets
| and leave them ungraveled after the
l rains commenced, but that what work
could be done and finished up In the
Inext month would be safe. That grav.
el should be placed on the roads and
packed by travel to some extent be.
| fore the rains came. He suggested
THAT good sized crew Of men be 90
cured II possible, and work them
steady for month. He thought that
they could be secured In Portland.
Teams we're of as much Importance 40
men, aud 1t would be necessary to se-
cure q complete gang OF men and
teams before commencing any work.
| There are several pieces of work
that should be done as soon as posi-.
BILE, and crew Of 15 or 20 men, with
teams, could be used to good advan-
tage. A good foreman could take care
Of a big gang as we'll as q small one.
II only q few men could be secured,
the masrhal could look after them,
but IL would be economy TO have
foreman for large gang, who would
have nothing else to attend to, az the
marshal has other duties which re-
1quires his attention portion OF the
time.
The matter was finally left to the
street committee to make the best ar
langements 1t could.
Mr.. Brownell, who 10 superintend-
ing the construction Of the Home Tel
ephone plant, was present, and asked
for information in regard to the ordi-
nance requiring license for teams. He
stated that he had man engaged who
lived In the country, and was em
ployed In distributing poles In the
country, and that he had employed
all the teams In the city from the
barns and others who we're licensed,
but there were times when not enough
teams could be had In the city, and
THAT he was compelled to bring In u
country team for a few hours, or have
all his men lying idle. He had been
notified that such teams would have
to have license to work 10 the city
streets.
The recorder read the ordinance,
and 1t was held that such work did
not conflict With the ordinance, as 1t
related only to those having barns In
the city where they kept teams tor
hire.
No further business appearing, the
council ad journed.