The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-20
No Fights on
With Council

Nothing more than the mOnOtOnOuS
tick of the big clock in the clerks Of
flee broke the awful stiffness in the
council chambers last night, as, feel
ing deeply the responsibility that rest
ed on their shoulders the seven dads,
who had just passed through the rig
ers of a 12-degree below zero cold
snap, gathered around the golden oak
council table and settled down to the
same old grind. There was not the
slightest evidence of anything sensa-
tional before the session opened, and it
is just as certain that there was no
better evidence after Councilman
Bachtold, following his divine right of
precedent, moved adjournment.
Even Mayor Tausick seemed to lack
that enthusiasm and vim so manifest
in previous meetings, and when the
little gavel, SCARED with the marks of
many a battle, fell on the marble slab,
no interest was shown. Tommy D.
S. Hart opened the calendar and pull
ed therefrom a big bunch Of dope"
including reports, communications and
petitions, all of which were acted upon
in a methodical manner and again
placed out of sight
The semi annual reports of the city
clerk city treasurer, chief of police,
street commissioner, delinquent tax
collector and license inspector were
considered and referred to the COM
mittee in charge of the respective
branches of municipal government.
In accordance with a report of the
street committee, certifying that Stew
art & Blodgett had completed work on
the Milg creek bu1khead between Fourth
and Fifth streets, and recommending
that the work be accepted. the coun-
Gil adopted the report. The same
committee also recommended that the
petition asking for the paving of Third
street, West Main street. North Sec
ond street and Rose street be granted
and that the city engineer be instruct
ed to draw up the necessary plans and
specifications.
Property owners living in the af-
fected district, who some time ago
petitioned for the grading and side
walking of Isaacs avenue from Clinton
street to Bellevue avenue, were grant
ed their request. The petition ask
ing for the vacation of four and one
half feet on either side Of the alley be-
tween Main and Rose streets and Spo-
kane and Colville, was also acted up-
on favorably. The plat of Blasche's
addition to the city, filed at pre-
vious meeting, was adopted in com
committee containing such recommen-
dations.
Although the city fathers felt that
they could ill afford to spend money
at this time, with the city Golfers
showing up a deficit, they could not
see their way clear to deny the re-
quest of Park Superintendent G. L.
Skutt, asking for approximately $241,
with which to purchase plants, flower
seeds and supplies for the city park
for the coming year. Councilman
Whiteman said that the "horse was
long winded and that while he might
not win in the first lap, he would come
out all right in the end" Councilman
Alfred Bachtold made the motion to
allow the appropriation. feeling that
now the good work had been started,
the council should not retard the i'm
provements.
The library trustees were granted
their quarterly payment of 1925 for
meeting the expenses of the institu-
ton for the first three months of the
new year.
The water committee was given
charge of petition asking for the ex-
tension of the water main on East
Maple street, either from Chestnut or