The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-04-30
FRANCHISES
CONSIDERED
Water, Light and Telephone franchises
Applied For--CounCil Authorizes
Water Front Improvement


The Friday Harbor town council
met in regular session Tuesday even
inx, with the mayor, clerk and all
members of the council present.
Minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved.
The following bills were audited
and the clerk was Instructed to draw
warrants in payment of same:
Milo M. Smoots, marshal's
salary, $3.50
A. F. Carter. salary as clerk 500
: N. E. Churchill. sewer pipe,
etc. 1000
John w. King notified the council
of his refusal to accept the amount
allowed him in payment for bark de-
lIvered the town. The matter was
discussed for short time and on mo-
tion Was laid over until the next
meeting of the council.
In the matter of the Improvement
of Front street at the foot of Spring
street, the council authorized the
streets and alleys committee to have
the work done in accordance with
the plans outlined. It is the inten-
tion to have sea wall built across
the foot of Spring street on line
with the lower side of Front street
high enough to allow proper fill to
bring Front street up to grade. Or if
this is not. done to Lave the street
planked over. It is also planned to
have concrete piers built for the sup
port of an approach to float which
will be put in for the convenience of
people, coming here in launches or
row boats. Contractors will be asked
to submit bids, and the contract will
be let to the lowest bidder. provided
the cost is not too great. The right
to reject any and all bids is reserved.
The matter of the towns boundaries
was talked over and it was suggested
that it would be we'll to have survey
made and stakes set defining such. As
it is now, the boundaries are merely
described by metes and bounds. No
definite action was taken.
The ordinance providing for the
granting of non exclusive SO year
franchise to the county for the lay ing,
maintaining and repairing of water
pipes, came up for Its second reading.
The ordinance as originally drawn
was passed section by section, Coup-
cilmen Carter. Churchill, Douglas and
McKinnis voting aye, Councilman
Bugge. no. On motion of McKinnis
a new section was added requiring the
county commissioners to lay its main
along First street and Court street
to Spring street and down Spring
street to Front street, also for the
placing of two fire hYdrants, one at
the corner of Court and Spring and
one at Front and Spring and the fur
nishing of water for a public watering
trough at the foot of Spring street.
10 this section Mr.. Morris. represent
ing the board of county commission
ers. objected OH the ground that there.
would not be sufficient water. This
section was passed. however. where
upon Mr.. Morris asked permission to
withdraw the ordinance and the re-.
quest was granted.
Ordinances granting to the Inter-
Island Telephone Co. and the Inter-
national Telephone Co.. franchises to
EQUIP, operate and maintain telephone
svstems we're introduced and passed
their first reading.
An ordnance granting to the West
ern Mills and Lumber Co. a franchise
to equip. operate and maintain an
electric lighting system for a period
of fifty years came up for final pass-
age. After the reading of the ordi-
nance by Mayor Gould, Councilman
McKinnis moved that section be
added providing for the furnishing
OF free lights in the council chamber.
To this provision E. F. Tempiln OF
the light company objected on the
ground that the light plant was not q
paying proposition and that the conl-
pany could not afford to furnish the
lights asked for. The company has
ten days in which to accept the terms
OF the ordinance. In voting upon
this last section Councilmen McKin-
mis-. Churchill and Carter voted aye,
and Cooncilmen Bugge and Douglas
no. Adjourned.
e.. Il. Nash and Mrs. Nash made Z
trip to Port Townsend and various