The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-12-29
NEW CONF ANY
OFFERS PLANT
WILL SELL TO CITY FOR $38,9OO
Council Refers Matte. to City Attorney
for Opinion as to Whether
Title Can be Given.

At the adjourned meeting of the
council Thursday the new owners of
the Light and Power Co. submitted the
following proposition:
Portland, Ore, Dec. q, 1910.
Honorable Mayor and City Council,
Hood River, Ore.
Gentlemen We hereby submit to
you the following propositions: We
will sell to the city our water works,
consisting of the following:
Three franchises, two city and one
county, for the operation of water
works.
Three pieces of real estate, as fol-
lows One piece of one-fourth acre
and drainage rights to ten acres, with
three springs located thereon, about
one mile out of the city.
One piece of two and two-tenths
acres with springs located thereon in
the city, with reservoir of 125, 900 gal
Ions capacity thereon.
One piece of one-half acre with the
upper reservoir thereon, with capacity
of 800, 600 gallons.
approximately 39, 440 feet distribut-
ing system from two to eight inch
pipe.
One electrical driven pump.
All pipe line from the springs to res
ervoir.
The reservoir and distributing sys-
TEN, hydrants, valves, tools and every
thing connected Herewith, including
the springs and rights of way, for the
sum of $685. 900; and to give the city
absolute title thereto.
Or Second, We will sell the water
plant to the city and arbitrate the
price. The city to appoint one ap-
praiser and we to appoint one, and the
two to appoint a third one, and the
value so arrived at in their decision is
to be the price paid by the city for the
water plant to this company.
Respectfully submitted,
Hood River Light and Power Co.
A. Welch, Pres.
The matter was referred to the city
attorney for his opinion as to whether
the company could give title.
The following ordinance was passed:
Ordinance No. 26l.
An ordinance to protect the fire
apparatus of the City Of Hood River,
| Oregon and prohibiting the turning in
of false fire alarm $.
The city of HOOD River does ordain
as follows:
! Section |. No person or persons
having control of any vehicle, automo-
| bile or other conveyance shalt permit
| the same TO obstruet the progress OF
the apparatus of Lue fire department Of
| the City of Hood River III going to a
fire.
Section 2. No person shall wilfully
iniure any engine, house, hose, horses,
engine carriage, hose-cart or other
apparatus of the fire department of the
City of Hood River; nor shall any per-
son drive any vehicle, automobile,
truck or other conveyance over any
hose belonging to the fire department
of the City of Hood River when the
same is laid for the purpose Of extin-
gushing fires.
Section 3. No person shall turn in
any false fire alarm or ring the tire
bell of the City of Hood River except
there be a fire threatened or in
progress; provided, however, that the
ringing Of curfew by the Marshal Of
the CITY of Hood River shall not come
within the perview of this section.
Section A.. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance
shall upon conviction in the Recorder s
Court of the City Of Hood River, be
fined not less than $25 nor more than
300 for each and every offense.
A petition was presented by j. F..
, Batchelder asking that the council
consider the matter of opening street
along the railroad right of way from
Third to Sixth street and the same
was referred to the street committee.
This road is urged by the vinegar fac
and other manufacturing interests To-
Gated in the vicinity of the freight
, depot.
The Apple Fair Association asked
for permission to rent their temporary
building for the balance of the winter
Marshal Lewis stated that he had or
dered the building torn down, which
had been partly done, and the request
was refused.
The tax levy for the ensuing year
was fixed at five and half mills for
general purposes, two mill for road
purposes and one and half mills for
interest on bonded Indebtedness.
The recorder was instructed to notify
the Farmers Irrigating Go. to put
their irrigation pipes in the city under
, ground, as they agreed to DO before
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