Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-19
COUNCIL
LETS SOME
CONTRACTS
GRANTED SOME PETITIONS, IN
DULGED IN A BIT OF SARCASM,
AND ADJOURNED UNTIL NEXT
MONDAY EVENING.

The city council convened early |
last night and 1t adjourned early. |
There was but little business tran |
sacted-that is when compared with |
that of the usual council meeting
and of that little there were but few
matters that were of much interest. |
1t was gathered, however, from re-
marks made by the councilmen that |
much business would be brought up
at the next meeting; and when an
adjournment was taken it was until
next Monday evening. Most of the
business to be then transacted is OF
an urgent character.
Must Furnish Data.
A resolution was presented and
passed in relation to the franchise
of the Portland Eugene G. Eastern
Railroad company. The city has a
number of improvements pending on
Front street and has asked the cont
pany to furnish 1t with maps and
data showing what portion of the
street will be occupied by the COM
pany's franchise so that the i'm
provement work can go forward
in an intelligent manner. The COM
pany, however, has declined to COM
| ply with the request and the resolu-
! llOll DdSStu IcuulICS luO COulUdny W
furnish the data within 10 days and
in the event of It's failure instructs
the city attorney to prepare an or
dinance declaring its franchise on
that street, forfeited.
Park Board Reports UnfavOrably.
In relation to the Improvement of
Wilson Park according to plans
adopted a year ago the park board
made an unfavorable report. The
report was in reply to a request
made to the board by Mayor Rod
gers and the reason assigned for not
carrying out the Improvement was
that the city now has two parks and
that should either of them be so ex-
tensively improved as contemplated
in the Wilson project it would
close them to the public and that
the improvement would mean a
great outlay of money and that the
time is not yet ripe for so extensive
and exhaustive an improvement of
the parks as called for in the plans.
The committee sarcastically closes
its report with the remarks that the
board has been doing excellent SER
vice for a critical public and that it
should be allowed to go on in "its
own sweet way and not be hampered
with trivialties," and that should it
be deemed advisable to work the
parks to definite plans "why not Of
fer a premium to local talent for
the best plan-to be worked up and
supervised by the park board? This
city has produced several prodigies
is it Impossible to produce others?"
Bids Opened for Bridge.
Bids were opened last evening for
. tho of
the mill race on Twelfth street and
the bridge committee was author
lied to award the contract to the
| lowest bidder. There were but two
bidders-Litherland &c Albrey of
Portland, which was $500 and
Barron &c Bower which was $1,296.
An ordinance was passed for the
improvement of Winter from Court
to Mill Creek. The estimate of the
( Improvement was placed by the en-
gineer at $4,000
Grant Petitions.
The petition of George n Patter-
son for a retail liquor dealers
license was reported favorably on by
the committee and it was granted
by the council.
The Standard Liquor Company
petitiOned for an extension of time
on its license for the Willamette bar
and j. was granted; also the same
comDnnY's petition, for the transfer
enca OF its liceUse from the building
nov occupied bv the Senate saloon
to the Murphy building was granted.
/ Tho street commission asked per-
/ mission TO purchase n plow and a
! dump wagon and this was referred
to the committee on streets.
] = racp1 1trffor xubfob hoe eo, sta ~,
/ iect the opening and extension OF
/ Pine street was adopted.
Street Matters Considered.
On the remonstrance against the
/ improvement of Fourteenth street
the committee to which 1t had been
referred submitted a report that IL
was insufficient to stop Improvement
and recommended that the improve
ment go on
A remonstrance against the Inn
provement of North Commercial
street from Division to D. street was
referred to the committee on streets.
The committee to which was re-
ferred the petition for money for
the construction of a band stand--a
new one-in Wilson Park, reported
unfavorably on 1t as there was not
provision made for 1t in the budget
The report of the viewers on the
extension and opening of Church
street was adopted.
A motion instructing the city at
torney to prepare a resolution for
the opening of Chemeketa street to
Twenty-fourth street carried.
Plans and specifications for the
improvement Of High street were
adopted. The estimated cost Is s1s,-
342.
The petition OF property owners
for an arc light on Union and
Twelfth street was referred back to