East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-11

problem is greeted with much joy by
the citizens living on the south hill,
and Is also a source of much salts
! faction to the councilmen who have
wrestled with this difficulty for so
long. 1t is also a case of killing two
birds with one stone, as the street i'm
provement is really necessary aside
from the filling of the gulch. The
city's share of the expense will be
small, and as the property owners
have always expressed a willingness
to bear their part of the burden, there
will be no complaint from that
source.
Will Extend Patent Street.
Final action on another street prop
ostion was also taken at last nights
meeting of the council. This was the
approval of the report of the viewers
appointed to determine the damages
to property owners by the extension
of Patent street to Church street from
Lewis. The extension was ordered
made.
This is really a short extension of,
Lewis street and goes under the
trestles of both the Northern Pacific
and o. r. & n. tracks. 1t opens up
the street into the tract which it isl
hoped will some day be converted in
to park
Fire Bell Apparatus Discussed.
When the bill for the new fire bell !
striking apparatus was presented for
payment last night it met with some |
opposition. Councilman McCorm-
mach thought the apparatus was a |
failure as it worked too slowly and |
declared the old system of ringing by
hand was much better as people knew |
it was a fire bell when they heard its
ringing even if the noise was some
what confusing. Councilman Ell al |
so objected to the bill because Chair |
man Strain of the fire committee |
had not yet put his o. X. upon it.
Fire Chief Vaughn explained that |
and that he believed the people would |
like it much better than the old sys-
tenn when once they became accus- !
toned to it. He also said that it |
could be speeded up about one-third !
faster and he thought this would re-
move all objection to it, He explained |
that the difficulty was not with the |
apparatus but with the bell as II was
too small for city of this size and |
sounded too much like some of the |
cty's church bells.
When put to a vote the bill was or |
dered paid without objection.
Flag Pole to be Removed.
The question Of the removal of the
cltys old flag pole in the rear Of the !
old city Jail, also came up last night. |
It was declared to be dangerous to |
life and property in its present con-
dition, and the street committee was |
ordered to have 1t removed.
The old fire bell tower is also to |
be removed. This was left to the !
fire committee which will probably |
decide to have it moved to the head |
uarters of Hose Co. No. 4, as that
company is in need of higher bell
tower. At present their bell is lower
than any surrounding buildings and
it is impossible to hear it any distance
away.
A blank form was adopted for max
ing applications for building permits
within the city fire limits. There has
hoop an ordinance m tho hooks for
some time, providing for there per-
mits but no blanks have been pro-
vided.
Court Street Improvement Bids.
Bids for the improvement of West
Court street were opened last even
ing There were only two received,
one being from A. A. Hardin and one