The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
To Have Fire
s Alarm System
The City Council so Orders, and
Disposes Of Much ether
Business.

The council met in regular session
Tuesday evening with all members
present. The petition of the resi-
dents of the Garden tracts to be al
lowed to withdraw from the city
corporate limits was brought before
the Council and after discussion was
disposed of by the following motion.
Moved by Crowell and seconded by
Rose that the petition of parties ask
ing for withdrawal from the corpor-
ate limits of Kennewick be submit
ted to the city attorney to draw
notices for the election at which
said question shall be submitted to
the voters, said election to be held
at the time of the regular city elec-
tion in December provided that the
petitioners do not press for an cleo
ton at an earlier date.
A petition of citizens was present
ed asking that committee be ap-
pointed to investigate and ascertain
the cost of the water and light sys-
tenn owned by the Columbia Basin
Water Light & Power Co., motion
that the Mayor appoint a committee
OF five, three members of the Coun-
Gil aud two outside was carried and
the Mayor appointed James Crowell,
J. A. Rose, w. A. Hawes, O.. L.
Hanson and G. F. Richardson.
Application of the Kennewick Re-
porter to be made the City Official
was read and although no price was
quoted for the work and no notice
given to the Courier that change
was contemplated, was granted
without discussion by the Council.
On motion made by James A. Rose,
seconded by H. A. Bier the applica-
ton was granted, Rose, Bier and
Crowell granting Aye, and Hawes,
and Kruse, Nay. The statute re-
quires that paper be established
six months before it is eligible to
bid for the county printing. This
would seem to be a safe and fair
rule for the council to have followed
in the matter. In fairness they
could do no less than give both
papers an opportunity to submit
bids. AS the matter now stands
there is nothing to prevent the Re-
porter getting twice as much as has
been paid for the first insertions of
legal publicans and four times as
much for subsequent insertions.
Petition was presented asking
that the council pass an ordinance
requiring that the Northern Pacific
depot within the corporate limits of
Kennewick be kept lighted at night
within the waiting rooms and
around the outside to the extent of
the depot walk and platform. This
position was referred to the city at
torney with instructions to find
what regulations covering these
points had been made by the State
Railroad Commission.
Marshal was instructed to flush
the fire hydrants once month
from this on and ofteaer if neces-
sary.
The proposition Of the Kenne-
wick Electric Supply Co. to install
an electric fire alarm system was
taken from the table and read. 1t
provides for a ten-box alarm system
covering all parts of tie town and
leaking into both hose houses as we'll
as to the city power plant. There
will be four-p point annunciators in
stalled which will indicate the dis
trict the fire is when the fire is turn
ed in. The cost OF tie system IS
about $500.
This question was referred to the
Fire and Fire Limits committee and
the committee was empowered to
install an up-to-date fire alarm sys-
tenn The committee is composed
of James Crowell, W. "A. Hawes and
Christ kruse.
After a long discussion 1t was
moved and carried that the city
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