The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-05
M|0N|GHT AND AFTER
COUNCIL SESSION
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED. pow
Err FRANCHISE GRANTED.
SALOONS LICENSED

The Garden1ractSS separation eiec-
t;on will be held Sat, April Sd, in
the Town Hall. The notice for the
election and appointment OF the
date and officials were made at the
Council meeting Tuesday night. F.
r. Watson will be inspector, Jos.
Oldbrich and C. Stacer, Judges and
clerks.
Three petitions for renewal of
Saloon licenses were presented and
licenses were granted S. S. Darling,
for the Kentucky Bar, and Thresher
& Loyd for the Rainier Bar and to
Sylvester & Roseman for the Stag
Saloon. The license fee of $500
was paid in each case and on the
J granting of the license each licensee
will file a bond for $1,000. Some
inquiry was made by the Mayor as
to the kind of house they were run
ming and suggestions were made
about keeping clean places and
notice was served that admitting
women to the wine rooms in viola
ton of the Ordinance would result
in the revocation of the license forth
with.
7. J. Wright of the firm of Bow
ers & Wright, was appointed city
. engineer and his appointment con-
frmed.
The detailed reports of the mar
shal and police Judge were received
and placed on file.
A. F. Brown, the manager of the
Kennewick Valley Telephone Co.,
presented a copy of the contract of
purchase by his company of the
Kennewick system of the Twin City
Telephone Co. and the council ap-
proved the transfer of the franchise
rights. Manager Brown started the
council that many improvements
we're going to be made in the local
system in the next few months.
The Yakima Valley Power Co.
filed their proposal to sell the local
water system to the city at the cost
it would take to replace it, which
they estimated would be in the
neighborhood of $40, 900. This pro-
posal was at the request of speci-
al committee of the council appoint
ed to consider the question.
The bills for the care of Geo.
\ B1llum, the small pox patient, were
presented amounting to$474 and Or
dered paid after it had been stated
that the county commissioners
would allow not them or any part of
them for the reason that Bollum
was resident of Kennewick and
owned two pieces of land here.
Some one proposed that Bollum
should pay his own bills as he was
aman OF property, but this sugges-
uon received scanty consideration.
1t was remarked by member that
one or two small pox cases would
tAke all the money intended for
street improvement.
City Health Officer DR.. F. NJ.
Crosby appeared before the council
and asked that selection of a town
D Savenger be made and told of the
Work the Board of Health was do
ing to get closets, vaults, piles of
feluse and other unsanitary spots
cleaned up before warm weather
sets IN. This occassioned a long
period of fruitless discussion and
talk and no definite action resulted
and the management of the entire
matter was referred back to the
Health Committee.
! Ordinance No. IS granting to the
Yakima Valley Power Co., a fran
ehlse to build a transmission line on
certain streets and alleys Of the
'oWn, was given its third reading
and passed.
Inc light company was ordered
70 install 32-candle power lamp at
'he intersection of Railroad street
and Columbia avenue. The mid
night session was then adjourned
) subject to call of the mayor.