The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-15
High Pressure Also Put
on Sewer and Walks
Ordinance--The Costs

The council of Ely last night side
tracked rules and by unanimous vote
passed the ordinance granting a fran
chise over Clark street to the Ne
yada Northern railroad. thus putting
il up to the road whether the subur-
ban service which is To begin today
between the Veteran and Ely City
shall be carried ON over the high line
or over the route asked for by the
council and Ely citizens.
The ordinance was signed immcdi-
clerk ordered To submit certified
copy of IL To Attorney G. ;. Chandler,
representative of the road, in order
that the road may Immediately Sig
nifty acceptance or rejection. The or
dinance allows the road 30 days In
which to file their acceptance of its
provisions. II not accepted within
this time limit. the franchise becomes
null and void
The ordinance as passed is prac-
tieally the same as the two previous
ones offered, and In each case re-
jeeted by Mayor Clark. the last time
upon the recommendation of the
councilmen. In two respects. how
ever. it differs Importantly. as 1t spe-
cifies the site OF the present depot as
the only one at which a depot build
ing need be maintained. but specifies
stop of all suburban trains at or
near the corner of Clark and Murry
streets to receive and discharge pas
sengers.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Clark with all of the coun-
cilmen present The street commit
tee reported that they had secured
the debris from the removal of the
fire wall of the Northern hotel build
ing for the purpose OF filling sunken
places In various paris of the town.
The price per load was 30 cents. The
report was accepted The condition
of the sidewalk on Murry street at
the corner of the O'Neill building
was brought TO the attention of the
council by Root and referred to the
sidewalk committee for attention.
The ordinance granting the Ne
yada Northern a franchise over Clark
and intersecting street was then
placed on second reading Carbon
moved that IL pass its second reading,
that rules be suspended and the fran
ohise passed by vote This was done
all voting aye Hall then asked TO
be excused and left.
Ordinance carrying with II the es-
tablishment of sewer district number
and arrangement for collecting as
sessments levied for building the
sewer was then introduced. The or
dinance provides that the assessed
cost to the whole district shall he
$4,000. \ second provision makes
the city engineer special assessor.
The third provides that the taxes
shall be paid In four semi-annual in
stallments. The fourth makes the
city treasurer special tax collector
and instruets him 10 levy upon any
property In the district and in case
of delinquency 10 proceed against the
owners in court If necessary.
City Engineer Millard explained
that the cost per lot would be about
$50 per % foot lot. two-fifths as
sessed against the frontage and
three-fifths against the area. Street
crossings are included In assessment,
each - foot lot being assessed tor
30 feet On motion of Carbon the
four installment payment plan was
adopted and inserted In the ordi-
nance, while on his motion the city
attorney was instructed to insert
clause covering payment OF accrued
interest ON deferred payments.
Sewer district number . was then
taken up. This covered the same
ground exactly. except that the cost
was smaller. the whole amounting 10
$4,000.
Sidewalk district number I IN
oluding both sides of Aultman street
was then taken up. The cost to be
assessed against the citizens for this
Improvement is $1S,500. In TINS
case the seml-annual payments VIII
amount to $41.25 per lot.
Bills were presented by Mayor
Clark and letter read by him from