The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-01-09
LAST MEETING
OLD COUNCIL.
CLEANUP MAKES LONG SESSION
Date OF Special Election TO Vote fsr
Water Bonds Set for
February

4, The offices Of the old council a,
al pired ct midnight on Monday, Janr
NJ AIRY O. Although the new council wen
il into office Immediately upon the q,
,r ptration of the old, yet their fiIs
= meeting will not bs held until tb
H. third Monday If the month.
10 At the regular meeting Monda
evening all unfinished business wa
Ill disposed OF as far ss possible.
er reports OF ILnoers we're read ans
a referred to the finance committee.
~ 1he lire and water COMMITTEES re
Q ported that they had looked into tn,
question OF insulating the electri,
light wires In the streets. and baC
'" talked with the electrical expert oI
ss the insurance underwriters. who wa,
le here recently, and he stated that the
20 wiring In the city was above the aver.
. age In cities Of this size, being more
T" up-to-date. As to uncovered copper
9 wires, 1t was customary to have such
J. wires uncovered.
The street COM mittee reported that
1t was desired to cut down the grade
!, pom Ninth stree, from the Unitarian
u choroh to point above Sherman
/ street, and ut the work be done at the
( earliest convenient time, II thought
adv isable by the council.
II. Y. Coe presented the following
petition, which wac referred to the
sti eet committee.
10 she Honorable Mayor and Common
council Of the city of Hood River:
Gentlemen Learning that you are
ABOUT to take steps toward opening
ana surveying street along the west
side OF Blowers addition, | beg leave
TO call your attention to the fact that
| am now the owner of somew hat
triangular strip OF land, 1864 feet and
lu inches long; 251k feet wide at the
south end and 38. AZ feet wide at the
north end bordering the west side of
said addition, and lying between said
addition and the county road running
north and south west OF said sdi.
tion that the streets designated az
Louvina avenue, Viola avenue and
Maurice avenue have no outlet on the
west end for access to the said county
road, but run up to my land and are
smut OIL from said county road by my |
said strip OF land. aud that it is a
matter Of inherent right that man /
cannot be deprived of his property
(amoDg other things) without due
proces, OF law and without Just com. /
pensation. This maxim is SO we'll
known and established and founded |
on the constitution Of the United |
States OF America, chat it need, mo
argument to establish the same. That
! VIII entertain proposition from
the city for the purchase of aid,prcp.
erty Tor street or other purposes tor
the public use and that the said east
ana west streets may be connected
WITH aad have access to said county
road.
That the next page is rough sketch / /
OF map showing the relative position | 1
OF said addition, county road and nv
said strip of land. Ia
The land owned by me Is enclosed
within the red ink lines. Is
That any attempt on the part of the
city or anyone else to Appropriate my
said property without compensation y
Will be resisted, In the courts OF eaui- r
y II necessary, with damages as a.
,esssd. 81
This communication shall he y
ieemed as permanent notice to you
II these facts. LEI
j. &. Carson was present and pre- "
ented remonstrancs, signed by ITO =,
James OF residents on the bill, pro. "
esting against the licensing OF pro IL
'osed.pooi and card games which were
bout to be started on the heights. IL
DE-. Carson said that the petition &c
'hich he had contained only about
alf the objectors to the project. and
sked that license be not granted.
he matter was discussed and IL de-
eloped that the city had no riaht 10 ~
efuse the license, but II IL was run ~
an objectionable manner, 1t could ~. y,
Q declared nuisance. The same was y. ~
sferred to the police committee. ~
City Engineer Henderson reported W
nat ne had been asked to look up the ~; ~
rade on Maurice street, which be a.
ad done, In company with the street Ilt
ommittee, but that II. @. Coe n' ua
aimed strip Of land running along ~. sss
10 west boundary of Blowers addi. gu
on, which did not give Maurice ga
rect, as well as two other cross "" y.
reefs, an outlet to Paradise avenue. ~
9 stated that when the addition was W.
atted by Mr.. Blowers the deed did gne gne
,t call for land clear thu ough to the II 70
d county road, although the plats ali
owed that to be the case. The old
ad ran entirely through the Adams ene
ace, and that later DIR. Adams sUt n,
need up the old road and ded icated 70
irty feet along where the present wh
rset runs, but that Mr.. Coe never col
d dedicated bis part OF the road. IL
ID that he still owned the land. 70
,ich was strip about Is feet at one lna
d and 35 at the other. Later the Oh
uncil had instructed the city enRi- lha'
or to lay out a gu. foot street, which an
had done, tut that the city had no y, emo
le to more than thirty feet. Mr.. var
70 said that be would plat the strjp. sna
d that ii tie city would ACCEPT the Vef'
It, be would dedicate the1cross oou
eats to the city, bat that he would go
dedicate that part of Paradise av. Ina
ne as 1t would take oil bis land. oorl
the property owner on Maurice u
Get wished to make road across ho''
creek to Paradise avenue at once. On na
commended that the city accept I'M
plat as proposed by Mr.. Coe. as iak
property owners In that part of qoIn =. .
oiey had bought property suppos- ~ II
that the streets ran clear thI ouRh, tIy
,ome further discussion was had. ero'
motion was carried to accent
proposed plat, IL 1t uid not con.
with the charter and city ordi- H
lces' or,
}. b. Hartley Was present and made for
cotton to the skating rink az being hold
Quoted, on account Of hay and ing,
bish being stored in the building izeu
the lower floor, which made the two
DC q hretrsp. He stated that boys ticaI
been caught smoking on the baled ca
/. aud that II 1t caught aflre there site
lid be little chance of getting out two
ept to jump from the upper win Mr..
~. Mr. Mayes said that he Lad no. ings
% the same thug. and that the the
ter should he attended to. Mr., Bull