The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-10-09
Council Fixes Levy and Pays Bills.

The town council held an extend
ed session on Tuesday at which
most OF the time was consumed ir,
discussion of officers reports and an
effort to secure a better system of
accounting, and registering of war;
rants. The officers reports were ac-
eepted and placed on file.
Then the question of vacating the
street just east of the present power
house and on which the new COM
pany, the Yakima Valley Power Co.
wish to construct their new auXili-
airy steam plant. Attorney II. H.
Cole stated that Mr.. Arrowsmith,
the general manager of the company
had phoned him from North Yaki-
ma that the Company would be will
ing to deed to the city a strip of
land so feet wide at the east end of
their holdings in place of the street
of eighty feet which it was neces-
sary for them to have to carry out
their building plans. The members
of the Council had expected to have
the definite plans and concessions
before them and a representative of
the Company authorized to speak
for it present at the meeting. On
account of failure of the Company
to be represented, the discussions
took on a very indefinite character
and nothing whatever was accomp-
l;shed. J. J. Rudkin, G. f. Wood,
O. l.. Hanson and Scott Henderson
spoke in favor OF the Council giving
the company immediate assurance
of the granting of their petition 50
that they could rush theil construc-
ton and prevent them losing their
franchise in Pasco which is without
light and water since the plant burn
ed some weeks ago. There was
considerable opposition to the vaca-
ton the street and a ma jority of
the Council were opposed to taking
such action until more definite
showing was made by the petitioner.
The following resolution as amend
cd was finally adopted: Moved that
it is the sense of this Council that
the Light and Power Co. be given
the privilege of proceeding With
their work subject to making salts
factory adjustment with the Council
before commencing the work.
The Council then took up the
work of auditing ard voting the
payment of the bills. All the bills
which had been approved by the
finance committee were ordered
paid. Then the question of paying
the electric light bills which have
been hanging fire for some time was
taken up and after some discussion
with Mr.. Cochran were ordered paid
including payment for the light at
the town Jail, the bill for which has
been a bone of contention for
months
Some discussion arose as to the
proper time the street lights should
be lighted and turned off. 1t was
moved by Bier and the motion pre-
vailed that the lights be turned on
in the evening at half hour after
sunset and turned off in the morn
ing not earlier than a half hour be-
fore sunrise. In view of the mutu-
al esteem we presume, the Council
generously offered to present Mr..
Cochran a copy of Ayers Almanac
in order that he might be able to
turn the lights on and off at just the
right time.
The tax levy for municipal pur-
poses for the year 1893 was fiXei at
ten mills and the clerk ins' ructed
to certify the same to the County
Treasurer.
O. C. Stark was granted a license
to conduct saloon in the Hotel
Kennewick for another year. An
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