The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-05
COUNCIL HAS
A BUSY SESSION
MUCH ROUTINE BUSINESS WAS
TRANSACTED At LAST
NIGHTS MEETING.

lar session last night and from the
time "Tommy's" clock showed the
hour of 1880 until the big hand grad
Iually drew twice around the dial, there
smoke-begrimed chamber.
Reports, communications, recon-
lamentations, bills and applications re-
lceived the same hurried attention and
when the last ordinance had been
passed, and Tommy" drew out pile
of bills, a general sigh of satisfaction
was heaved, as Councilman Bachtold
moved that all bills which had been
10. KID by the proper committees be
allowed
Reports of Committees.
A protest from property owners liv-
| ing on Green, Alice and Alder streets
was filed with the council a week
lago, against the water main assess
ments, and was referred to the water
committee. That body last night, re-
commended that the protest be not al
lowed, and that the city engineer pro-
coed with the necessary steps for the
construction of the new water main
The report was adopted.
The street lighting committee recon-
mended that lights be placed in front
of the Y. NJ. c. A. building on Spokane
street, and also at Fifth and Main
lstreets, the latter "glim'' having been
removed for use of the fire department
when it was in the Star barn, West
Alder street. When the department
moved into the new central station, the
light was not replaced at the intersec-
ton of the streets named.
Recomendati ton that all petitions for
street lights made prior to January,
1908, be rejected, was made in a report
of the street lighting committee, which
was adopted.
Petition for Street Opening.
Residents in the interested locality
| petitioned for the opening Of Clinton
street north to the Lewiston road, the
| opening to be so feet in width. On sug-
gestion of Mayor Kellough, the petition
| Petition for street light at Union
street and Reese avenue was referred
| to the street lighting committee.
E. A. Smythe and LaFortune & Com
lpany, were granted liquor licenses to
renew their present ones, which ex-
pire this month.
Street improvements.
Assessment rolls for the improve
ment of Eighth street from Chestnut
to Main street; Birch street from Sew
enth to Eleventh street, and Pine street
from Second to Eleventh street, were
adopted, there having been no protests
made by property owners last night,
the date set for hearing Of complaints.
Ordinances providing for the improve
ment of the streets named were placed
on final passage and carried.
An ordinance providing for the grad
ing and sidewalking of Division street
from Whitman street to Garrison creek,
ried The city will grade one side of the
street, while the county will take
charge of the opposite side.
The water committee was authorized
to purchase from the Gilbert Hunt
company so fire hydrants, the same fig
ure as given last year, $20.45, having
been made by that company.
F. E. Nelson was granted $500 as
part payment for work on Fifth street
bridge, for which s1,153.45 is still due.
Reports of city officers occupied the
attention of members of the council at
yesterday evenings session of that
body. every department of city gov
eminent having been represented by
communications showing the amount
of business transacted for the opening
month of the new year
City Clerk Harris monthly report
showed the expenditures of that office
to have been $46,293.7S. A total of 3SS
warrants were drawn on the various
funds.
Chief of Police Davis report showed
the results of official vigilance in pro-
tecting the peace, by So arrests, five of
them females. Seven bicycles, reported
lost or stolen, were recovered during
the month and returned to their own
ers Cash collected from fines and for
feited bonds, sos; fines served in Jail,
$50.
Delinquent taxes in the sum Of
sS9496 were collected by Chief Davis,
and the sum of s4,469 was received
from licenses.
Births Exceed Deaths.
According TO the report of Health
Officer A. E. Braden, there were Is
deaths in January, and 81 births; of
the latter IS were males ard eight were
females, all white. Contagious diseases
were shown to have been small in
number. the report setting forth the
following: Smallpox. 1; measles, 9;
scarlet fever, 4; jiphtheria, 10; total
"a cases. DR.. Braden made 33 visits
during the month.
Seventeen graves dug brought into
the city Golfers, SIS, while the care of
cemetery lots furnished s45, making
the total deposited with the treasurer