The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-13
PdcifcC0myany
Gets the WO1R

| Mayor Eugene Tausick called the
| meeting of the city council held last
night in the city hall with five council
men present; Messrs. Bachtold, Lehn,
Stack, Whiteman and Neibergall
Business was hurried through, and no
dissenSion arose at any time. VAR
ious reports were read, and petitions
for minor improvements presented.
Street improvements was the prlnclp-
al order of business.
Only two ordinances were brought
up, and on motion were passed. The
first ordinance was relative to permit
ting the WaIa Walla Alfalfa Meal
track along the alley in block OF
Buffers Addition, and repeating Or
dinance 1419. The second, Ordinance
number t445, regulating the width of
stairWayS in first class fire proof
buildings hereafter constructed should
be feet 6 inches wide into clear. I'm
der this ordinance no stairway shall
be near or inside of an elevator shaft
without being separated from the same
by fire proof enclosure. Buildings
of this class covering total area ex-
,ceeding 1900 feet shall have an addi-
tional stairway of the same width for
each additional 1900 square feet of
area or fraction thereof. Any base
ment used for retail purposes shall
thereform and situate not less than
thirty feet apart. One of said stair
ways shall be not less than five feet
wide and no stairway leading from a
basement shall be less than 8 feet
inches wide.
Street Improvements Acted On.
Report of the paving of Second
street betw cen Whitman and Walnut
streets to the north line of the alley
in block of Singleton's Addition as
corrected by the City Surveyor, was
read and adopted.
The matter of paving Fifth street
to the intersection of Chase avenue,
was reported favorably by the COM
mittee and steps will be taken to be-
gin this work.
The petition of Levi Malone and
others for the paving of North Rose
street from the northerly lone of East
Man to the southerly line of East
Rose and Isaacs avenue from the
northerly line of East Main to the
easterly line of North Rose street was
favorably received and the City Sur
veyor ordered to prepare plans and
specifications therefor.
For So Per Square Yard.
The bid of the Pacific Paving COM
pany for the. Improvement of district
81, Poplar and First streets, paving
with asphalt on a 1-4-7 base, with
Umatilla gravel base, at 81 per square
yard was accepted and the contract
awarded to that company.
The petition Of Sister Superior that
in addition to the paving of Fifth
street as proposed, that Poplar street
be paved from 100 feet southwesterly
from the intersection of Fourth and
Poplar streets to the east line of
Fifth street. was read and referred IL
the street committee.
H. E. Dilley and others presented
a petition for a water main on ROose-
welt street and the report of the COM
mittee favOring the petition was adop-
ted and an assessment district ordered
formed to pay for same. The estimat-
ed cost of this improvement is $500.
The report of the committee on the
petition of w. H. Murray and others
for an extension of a water main on
Pomona street, was received and
ordered formed The cost of same
will be about $3.50
r. N Bernard was granted lease
of the city land above the pound for
$50 per year
Percy Lyons sent in a temporary
bond of $4,000 as city treasurer The
bond was referred to the finance COM
mittee for action.
The property owners residing on
North Third street between Oak and
Elm streets, presented statement
calling attention to the poor condition
of the sidewalks on that portion OF
Third street, and requested that the
same be put in line and new walks
built The petition was referred to
the street committee.
The petition for the Encouragement
of a few blocks and streets in Single
tons addition was read and referred
to the judiciary committee by special
request of Councilman Whiteman.