The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-11
FRIDAY tiARBOR
TO Be PLATED
Council Authorizes Clerk to Call tor BIDS
for Plating Town. Bills Allowed
Other Business Transacted

The Friday HaI Doc to"H
met in regular session Tuesday even
ing with the mayor. clerk ana All
members of the council present.
Minutes of previous meeting ana
special meeting read and approved.
A motion was made by Bugge ana
seconded by McKinnis that compe-
tent surveyor be employed to make a
plat of the town. establish the lines
of same and set up permanent monu-
ments wherever needed. especially at
all street intersections, corners ana
angles. That street and side Walk
grades be established and proper lev
els run, and that blue prints Ee fur
nished the city for its future guld'
ance. and t at the clerk issue the pro-
per call for bids for doing the work.
Motion carried unanimously.
The ma ter of the sea wall at the
foot of Spring street was postponed
for two weeks owing to the fact that
a definite agreement has not yet been
reached with Mr.. p. A. Jensen for
surrender of his lease from the coun-
ty on the wharf and warehouse lying
in front of the proposed improvement.
The matter was referred to the streets
and alleys committee with insuruc-
tions to obtain if possible Mr.. Jen-
sens consent. As the north line OF
Front street does not extend to the
Jensen holdings the retaining wall
might be built. but the entire propos-
ed improvement cannot be made un-
less Mr.. Jensen consents to vacate the
property he holds under lease.
Attorney McFadden. of Belling-
ham. instructed that the council re-
iect the claim of Mr.. Murray for costs
in the case of the town of Friday Ilar
Dor vs.. John l.. Murray. Mr.. Muir
ray, through bis attorney, r. E. MGR
ris. withdrew the claim.
The clerk was authorized to draw
warrants in payment of the following
bills:
j. W. Frits. costs in Murray
case. S3. 25
Piper & Taft. supplies for mar
shal. 1895
G. A. Tulloch, police lantern. It's
The Islander Co., typewriter
paper, 1.5C
VIM. Fowle, blank books. 1.5O
The San Juan Amusement Co. ad
dressed communication to the coun-
Gil asking that it reconsider the mat
ter of the license placed upon perma
nent or moving picture shows, and
citing the city of Blaine as the basis
of its contention. The Blaine IL
cense fee is the same as that exacted
here and that city having seven times
the population of Friday Harbor, the
Amusement Go. asks that the license
fee be lowered to 25 cents a week.
The matter was laid over until the
next regular meeting of the council.
Messrs. j. P. Paine and r. v. Les
lie Douglas. owners of block in
Douglas addition to the town of Fri
day Harbor, presented a petition.
signed by number of the residents
OF that section, asking perm ission of
the council to vacate the 20 foot al
ley running from north to south
through the block. stating that they
desired to open an alley through the
block from east to west, which they
would dedicate to the city. The mat
ter was laid over for two weexs.
DR.. Muscott handed in his resigna
tion as city health officer on account
OF his intended absence of two or
more months from the city. No new
appointment has yet been made.
John Douglas. on behalf of the Ii.
quor dealers, asked for a refund of a
portion of the license money paid by
them to the city. The county refund
Ell % per cent and now they ask that
the city refund the remaining As per
cent of the un earned portion. They
paid both the county and the city and
they deem this an unjust tax upon
them. An agreement was entered in
to between the city and the LIQUOR
dealers, under the terms of which
th=y were to be reimbursed for any
loss they might sustain by reason of a
double license fee. The amounts
asked for by the interested parties
are approximately as follows:
John Douglas S1O5. IL
Lightheart Bros. 2tO.12
McCraIy Bros. 3l5. 90
The agreement entered into was read
and the matter discussed but no def.
mite action was taken.
The lighting franchise applied for
by the Pacific Electric Co., of Port