The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-09

CITY ALDERMEN MET IN NEW
CITY HALL-MGOHAN RESIGNS
ON ACCOUNT OF INCREASING
SCHOOL DUTIES.

The city council abandoned the
dingy hall in the old building last
night and met for the first time in
formal session in the new chambers
in the commercial club building.
The members were all a little
dazed at first by the up-to-dateness
of things and the brilliant lights but
finally got over blinking and settled
down to business.
Hale's Plat.
The first matter to come up was
Hale's plat. 1t was approved and ac-
cepted.
Street for Business Site.
After that, H. Harris, representing
the Wenatchee Department Store,
asked permission to move the old
frame building that is a part of the
store, out onto First avenue and fac
ing Wenatchee, for period of about
so days, in order to continue using
the building while putting up the
new one on the old site. The old
building would take up 25 feet of
the street and the council was I'M
decided what to do about it. The
members were DESTROYS of assisting
the business house and at the same
time did not want to inconvenience
the users of the street. Action was
postponed pending the report of the
street and alleys committee at the
next meeting.
Milling Company Gets Permit.
The Wenatchee Milling company
wants to widen the cupola on the top
of the mill to conform with the other
stories of their building. That brought
about a discussion about the fire or
dinance, the sum and substance of
which is that nothing shall be done
to increase the fire risk. Engineer
Ward was of the opinion that the fire
risk would not be increased. This
is the biggest instance OF repairing
old buildings the city has had to con-
slider. A side discussion arose about
the old buildings on Wenatchee ave-
nue.. The city engineer spoke of a
scheme that he had for getting rid OF
one of them by forming an improve
ment district of the alley in the rear.
By grading the alley the building
would fall down. The council decided
to allow the milling company to
make the changes.
Elliott Bay Iron Works.
In the matter of the Elliott Bay
Iron Works, City Attorney Crollard
was instructed to notify the company
that the city would pay $1,977.35.
Object to Signboards.
The residents of Millerdale petit
TONED against certain signboards on
the upper end of Orondo avenue, near
the city limits. There are two large
billboarjs there that are not exactly
ornamental, according to the opinions
of the petitioners and the petitioners
offer to keep all billboards from the
private property in the neighborhood
if the city will do as much on the
streets, where it seems that the bill
boards are.
Some comment followed about an
old ordinance relative to keeping
posters off of poles. Mayor Gellatly
instructed Engineer Ward to have the
signs taken away.
Want Arc Lamps.
Citizens in the neighborhood of
Second and Chelan asked for an arc
lamp on the corner instead of the 80
candle-power incandescent that is do
ing duty there. Their petition was
referred to the light committee.
Various Matters.
Residents on Mission, between
First and Second want to be included
in the improvement district. A dis
cussion followed relative to including
First and Second streets at the same
time, down as far as Columbia, in
stead of only to Chelan. The subject
was passed until next meeting.
The committee on cluster lights
was not ready to report.
The committee appointed to see
about the regulation of traffic in
cheap articles by wandering mer-
chants was not ready to report.
The ordinance about improvements
on Mission street, between First and
Stevens, was passed to the third read
ing.
Discussion followed about purchas-
ing a site to move the tin building
onto. One site on Columbia is avail