The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-12-03


blithesome satisfaction of having saved
the city few dollars, and said nothing.
The bill of w. ]. Moon, which had
not been o.k.'d by the finance COM
mittee, was brought up, and in view Of
the fact that the supreme court had up
held Mr.. Moon in his legal scrap with
the city it was moved by Councilman
R. T. King, seconded by Mr.. Wheeler,
that the bill be paid. 1t was either
this, it was claimed, or a big suit,
with Moon a sure winner. On roll
call, however, the motion was defeated
by tie vote, Messrs. Waldenberg and
E. A. King voting no.
Mr.. Moon wanted his bill returned
to him as soon as the council decided
not to pay it, and he made the de-
mand somewhat vehemently. 1t was
kindly explained to him that the bill
had been laid on the table, from which
it couldn't be pried, even with an axe,
until the next meeting, and MIR. Moon
departed without it, though Messrs.
| Woldenberg and E. A. King were in
favor of his having his old bill, any
way.
A couple of bills of the town against
Mrs. Noble for $3.50, for removing
rock from yard and fixing fence, were
presented and referred to the proper
committee.
On motion of Woldenberg it was
voted that the council meet Tuesday
evening, Nov. 80, as board of equali-
cation for the purpose of equalizing the
cost of the Commercial street side
walks and assessing the same against
the respective property owners.
1t was voted that the matter of put
ting in the needed street crossings, of
which there were, Mr.. Wheeler said,
five very necessary, be left to the
street and ditch committee, with power
to act.
The clerk announced that there
were five ordinances on his desk for the
first reading, and for awhile the coun-
Gil shyed away from the proposition and
rather favored letting them 60 over un-
til the Tuesday meeting. Finally,
however, they were read
The first one to be read related to
wooden awnings over the sidewalks in
the proposed fire limit district, pro-
hibiting the construction of the same
on Front street from the Clifford Hotel
to Tenth street, on Commercial street
from A to Tenth, and on either Eighth
or Ninth street. The ordinance also
provides for the removal of any that
may now exist.
The next ordinance was one prohib-
iting the erection OF any swinging or
other sign over two feet in length
across the sidewalk unless it is a GER
tain number Of feet above the walk and
stayed and fastened in a manner as
council may direct. This applies also
to the district within the proposed fire
limits.
An ordinance was then read relating
to travelling or itinerant merchants and
aims to do away with the practice of
irresponsible parties making this point
dumping ground for cheap goods un-
der the guise of fire and bankrupt
sales. The ordinance provides that
such outfits shall first take out tran
sient vender license at cost of 500
and then pay 81 per day tax. If such
concern or firm should remain here in
business for the space of six months
then the license fee of 800 is to be
refunded and the 81 a day will no
longer be exacted. This ordinance, if
passed, may stick, but there is di-
versity of opinion among the legal fra
ternity on the question.
The fourth ordinance to be read was
the fire limit ordinance and fixes the
proposed limits within which no frame,
wooden or corrugated iron building
shall be erected as follows: Front
street from the Clifford Hotel to Tenth
street, Tenth to south side of Com
mercial street, to Eighth street, Eighth
to Front, and includes all the territory
bounded by or fronting on said bound
aries. Some slight protest was made
against including the south side of
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