Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-09
OUR CITY Fathers
Meet With GREAT DELIBERATION
LAST NIGHT.
Mayor France Tires Of REFERRING
Business TO Committees, "Wifh
Power to Act" More Street i'm.
prOvementS. Regular riOnthly
Budget of Bills Allowed.

Budget of Bills Allowed.
The council dragged out a small
amount of business last night to an
almost interminable length and the
small number of spectators who re-
manned through the agony were glad
when motion to adjourn was made
and carried.
The session was interesting only
from two points of discussion. One
in which Mayor France called In
gram down for trying to rush
through his patent motion to refer
bids for furnishing lot of fixings
for the Charley creek pumping sta
ton to the ways and means commit
tee and the superintendent of public
works with power to act"
The mayor said he wouldn't stand
for the power to act" business and
Ingram replied that he didn't see as
it made any difference as to bids, as
the lowest bidder got the work any
way"
well, l am opposed to the plan,
that's ALL" testify responded the pre-
siding officer, and the bids were sim
ply referred.
The second business that furnished
amusement was Mayor Frances face
tious answer to the councilmen when
four of them all at once moved that
a bill allowing them back salary of
IS apiece for committee work be
passed.
Mayor France said that it was the
salary that they once refused and
then wanted the next meeting after
ward
Mr.. Crivyea said he would donate
the amount to the library board.
McDougall said, II need the mon
ey."
Ingram said: 81 want to hold on
to everything l can get my hands on. >
Then the bill passed unanimously.
Other bills aggregating about $12..
600, half of which was for water
pipe, also passed.
There were several passages OF
arms between McDougall and Bowe.
over street improvements.
The proposed improvement Of
: Clark street, on the South Side, t.
which petitions for and remon
strances had come in, and on which
the council had expressed much doub,
and expended much wind at the las
session, was finally referred to the
street committee.
The Improvement of Oak, Griffin
Hemlock and Ash streets, with a 20
foot roadway, was also subject fol-
: contention. Finally an ordinance fol
the work was ordered drawn.
An ordinance providing for a sewer
in district e was laid over a weel
for an opinion of the city engineer al
to whether a lower level is possible
Bowes introduced an ordinance
prohibiting the location of ware
houses for petroleum or oil withou
the consent of the council and fixing
a location for the Standard Oil com
pany and it was passed under sus
pension of the rules. Another Ordi
nance by Bowes allowing the North
ern Pacific Railway company to built
curved switch in the alley in bloch
was also passed under suspension o.
the rules.
The ordinance for the improvement
of street was passed.
A bill for Mr.. Turner for three
days work on Charley creek at SIT
a day, which both Bowes and ingram
denied knowing anything about, was
ordered returned to Mr.. Turner.
Considerable time was spent over
discussion of the equalization of as
sessment rolls POI and 200. The frs
one was passed with corrections ant
the other one referred to the proper
committee.
The city attorney was instructed tC
prepare an ordinance providing fol
the improvement of Jefferson avenue
The request of c. w. Miller for the
use of water front at Wishkah street
was denied.
Street Commissioner Hits present
ed his report for March and it was
referred.
. A petition permitting the c. E
Burrows Lumber company to improve