The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-11-09
COUNCIL LETS
TWO CONTRACTS
New Fire Station and Naches Ave-
nue. Lighting Jobs Awarded
to Lowest Bidders.
COUNCILMEN SCHORN
AND SMITH IN DEBATE
On Recommendation of Fire
Chief, Bids for Purchase of
1900 Feet Of Fire Hose Are
Accepted.

Sitting in regular session last night
the city council let contracts for the
construction Of the proposed fire hall
at the corner of Walnut and south
Third street, and the lighting of
Naches avenue. Henry Boyer's bid of
SILL was accepted on the fire sta
ton and the Pacific Power & Light
company. the only bidder, was award
ed the lighting contract the price be-
ing $4,000. Fifteen hundred feet Of
fire hose was also purchased. DR..
Carver, recently appointed council
man from the second ward was not
present not having been sworn in.
suffering from rheumatism. Council
man Wenner retired early. The North
Coast franchise did not come up.
Fire Station Bids.
The bids on the fire station follow:
Henry Boyer, s11,436; Brinn and
Powell. s11490; Reese Williams and
Son. Sl2l9o; Corbett and Raymond.
S12,S00 The letting of the contract
was unanimous with the exception of
Councilman Smith who has fought the
scheme since it was fist proposed.
As usual the Third ward councilman
delivered a minerature Grafton looking
10 the destruction Of that and the
NacheS avenue lighting ordinances
but he stood alone. During the ar
guments on the Naches lighting con-
tract. Councilmen Schorn and Smith
INDUCED in their usual verbal battle.
However. Mayor Schott. seeing break
erS ahead, rushed the bids to a vote
and the "oppositons" cause was lost.
More Fire Equipment.
/ Upon recommendation of Fire Chief
+ Dawson, the council voted to purchase
I 1000 feet Of Amazon fire hose from
/ the Yakima Hardware company and
/ 500 feet Al" hose at Soc per foot
/ from Harrist Ansart. More than a
dozen bidders were present with
/ samples AMI il was only after q long
debate that council decided TO divide
the purchase
An ordinAce raising the salary OF
City Clerk Donovan, from $50 p4
month to SIS passed as did one tc
! purchase from John Mechtel and wife
a part Of lot -, Mob Hill addition. fol
the purpose Of widening West Yakima
avenue at that place.
\ petition for an arc light at the
corner Of Argyle avenue and South
Third street was referred to the Wa.
ter and Light committee as was s
similar instrument asking that water
main be installed on Ninth avenue
south from Maple street to the city
limits. \ petition asking that an i'm.
proVement district for the purpose Of
! constructing a cement sidewalk alons
! South Ninth avenue be formed, wa:
referred 10 the city engineer.
Routine Matters
light was ordered installed a
the corner Of Eighth and E street:
in respone 70 a petition Of property
owners in that district.
Declaring that they had not had suf
dcient time 70 deliberate on the Has
I sell, west side pipe line franchise, tn,
franchise committee asked that tn,
matter lay over until the next meet
ing. This committee also reported
favorahly or petition for an arc lgh
At the corner Of Miles avenue ant
n Teton drive and the same was order
ed installed.
a protest. signed by ". ]. Lennon
L. ]. Charles. and D. f. Barton
/, against the acceptance Of a sidewalk
!. along the north side Of east Chestnu
street near Eighth street for the reaS
on thst the same was not built 40
coriing 70 the plans and specified
lions was granted. City EnEnee
pcolittle was instructed 70 repair IN,
Walk where the grade IS wrong.
.. II. B-ookin>. Peter GereauN snt
James Gilmore, paJ-olmen recent,
appointed by the mayor. were con
fined and the designations Of W. {
Hodges ana w. :. simmons were sc
cep;e3.