Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-09-08
SEEK F Street FILL
The COUNCIL Orders ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR WORK.
Improvement to Run from Third TO
River Streets. Argue Over Book
Deed. rCDOuaali Would Get All
Wafer Needed BY City From Char.
lev Creek Source.

Declaring that the improvement
should be made at once so that the
winter rains should cause the dirt TO
settle sufficiently. Councilman Quack-
enbush at the meeting of the city
council last night, asked that an or
dinance be drawn up providing for
the filling of f street from Third
to River streets. No opposition was
met with and it was ordered that the
city attorney be ordered to draw up
the ordinance
Considerable argument resulted
over the acceptance of the deed OF
fered the city by j. S. Book for CO.
foot right-Ofway for the extension of
street from Ninth to Twelfth streets
through his unplatted property. If
the right-Of-way, as offered, is accept
ed, it will leave Mr.. Book strip
ten feet wide on the west side of the
street extending the three blocks
through his property. This strip he
has asked to keep. Councilman Hits,
however declared that this was bot
Ting up" property owners whose land
abutted Book on the west.
When it was pointed on that these
property owners already had an out
let on the west side of their land by
using Spur street the opposition was
outnumbered and the motion to &C.
cept the deed carried.
Following the report of Superin-
tendent of Public Works McDougall
that the South Side pumping station
with the aid of a pump at the Dono
van mill had supplied practically all
of the water used by the city and
that the water secured from the creek
on the Stewart estate was unfit for
use, warm argument resulted over
the proposed discontinuance of the
contract with the Stewart estate.
Superintendent McDougall stated
that the foul smell from the water
was noticeable and declared that the
$500 a year paid the Stewart estate
for the right to use the creek could
be used in installing additional pump
ing facilities at South Aberdeen CIV
ing sufficient quantity of good water
from Charlie creek to supply all needs
of the city for the present.
Councilman Bailey defended the
keeping of the supply stating that
even should the water be of an in
ferior quality to that of Charlie
creek, it's mere value from the stand
point of aid to the fire department in
case OF fire, should make it worth the
money. He reminded the council of
time about a year ago when the
same question came up and the sup
ply was done away with only to have
it found within a week or SO that it
was of use to the city.
The plan to build road around
Dabney hill to offer a means of egress
to the residents of South Aberdeen
came to an end with the report of
the committee TO the effect that it
would be improbable and too eX-
pensive to construct such a highway.
The reading of the bill for $1,007
presented the city by Attorney J. B.
Bridges for his service in assisting
in the city tide land fill debate, caus-
ed some comment. Councilman Parks
wanted to know whether this was
what Mr.. Bridges had asked for his
services. He was told that the mat
ter had been left in the hands of the
city attorney and that this bill, while
being paid now, would be charged to
the tide land fill fund. The bill was
finally allowed all voting in favor of
it except Parks, who declared he
could not until he knew what agree
rent the city attorney had made
with Mr.. Bridges.
That water meters are much more
satisfactory to users, over the fiat
rate plan, was the statement of Su.
perintendent McDougall in his re-
port. He added that residents found
their water bills We're reduced by the
system and that many applications
for the installatiin of meters were
being received from the resident
districts.
An ordinance providing for proper
protection against fires and the pro-
lection OF persons from fires was
passed under suspension of the rules
The ordinance dealt mainly with the
prohibiting of unauthorized persons
from entering burning buildings or
adjoining structures liable to burn
and within the fire line and also pro-
Vides for the proper care of rubbish
1t also provides a penalty for OBJ
structing the fire apparatus while
answering an alarm as well as a
penalty for burning rubbish in streets
alleys or lots without permission
from the chief of the fire department.
The paving on G street was accept
ed as we'll as the II street improve
ment work.
An ordinance was passed for the
Improvement of Eleventh street in
the hill district.
John Nordgren, with an estimated
cost of 81 cents foot was the sole
bidder for the construction of side
walk on Fourth street.
"A petition for the improvement OF
Cushman street from Exchange tC
Clark streets was referred to com
mittee.
Application for the renewal of Ii
quor licenses were granted to A. d
uicl-c and Mckay &, COOey