Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-28
PASS tide flat FILL
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCE
LAST NIGHT.
Automobile Speed Limit Raised TO
Twelve Niles per Hour. North
Aberdeen Bridge Matter Left In
the Air. Billboard Ethics Dis.
CuSSed.

Discussion of the proper speed for
automobiles within the city limits,
methods for repairing of the North
Aberdeen bridge or it's entire recon
struction, the ethics of bill board ad.
vertising on the South Side and the
reading and passage of the tidef1at
fill ordinance formed the more impor
tant matters taken up and disposed
of at last nights session of the city
council.
| The first fight of the evening came
over the proposal of the street COM
mittee to repair the North Aberdeen
bridge at a cost, according to Chair
man Hits, of approximately $4,000,
which he said, would place the bridge
in good condition for at least four
years. The report of the committee
was adopted after considerable dis
cussion, but when it came to getting
motion through to instruct some
body to repair the bridge, Hits
bumped up against it. There didn't
seem to be any legal way to have
the work done and the scrap finally
ended by the adoption of motion
by Newell to lay the whole matter
OH the table.
Fill Ordinance Passed
Upwards of an hour was occupied
in the reading and passage OF the
ordinance providing for the filling of
the tidefat between Broadway and
Division street and the Chehalis river
and the hill. At the suggestion Of
City Attorney Hogan, new ordinance
was passed in order to overcome some
| in, hn fVcf n H.
ing for the sale of the bond issue
of the fill Improvement, and the main
ordinance, or the one which provides
for the fill, was passed under sus-
pension of the rules. City Attorney
Hogan explained that, in the matter
of advertising for bids, there were
several matters to be considered be
fore the call was made and suggest
ed that the council meet as COM
mittee of the whole to consider them.
lit was finally decided to refer the
matter to the mayor, the finance com
mittee, the city clerk and city engi-
neer. The work may be let in two
bids-one for clearing the tract, for
which an estimate of $4,000 is made
: and the other for the filling proper
In order to correct an impression
that exists in some places, 1t may
be stated that the successful contrac
tor may fill in any manner that he
prefers, either by sluicing down the
hills or by hydraulic work from the
bay.
Raise Speed Limit.
Considerable time was used in a
successful endeavor to raise the speed
limit for autos within the city limits
Attorney T.. B. Bruener representing
the auto owners was present and ad
dressed the council at length. He
declared that it was practically i'm
possible for the average large, high
power cars, to run at no greater rate
than eight miles per hour. They
could not do it, he said. on the higf
gear. but would be compelled to use
the low gear which would result IL
sending the machines to the scral
heap in four weeks. He declared
that - miles an hour was a reason
able rate, and that a car could bt
!, stopped as quickly when running a.
, that rate as at a lower speed. II
:. answer to a question he said he be
lieyed that some of the cheaper cars
: could be operated at a speed of eigh
: miles, on the high gears. The dis
cussion came when the city clerF
read an ordinance introduced by
alexander, amending the present ordl
nance and raising the speed liml
from eight to IL miles. Standings
motion to lay the amendment on the
> table was lost by the following vote
, Ayes-Crivyea, Miles, Newell, O'Hare
, Stalding. Noes-AleXander, Bailey
: Hits, Ingram, Quackenbush, Elder.
After the adoption of an amendment
:, by Miles to include certain streets
in South Aberdeen in the provisions
of the IL mile speed limit, the ordi
nance was passed by substantially
the same vote, Miles opposing The
ordinance, after his amendment hat
been adopted.
Questions of "Nerve."
, Citizen e. C. Finch was present
and addressed the council upon tine
matter of his bill board on the south
side. He declared that he had beer
charged, by one of the councilmeI
with the possession of large amount
of nerve" in locating his billboard
in a certain place but he called the
.cOuncil's attention to the fact tina
, that DOOy HdU given Hihi PCi hAAoSlOA
to place billboards on the south side
at such places as should be desig
, mated by the street commissioner ant
that the latter official had directed
him to erect the offending billboard
at its present location. Much orator'
was wasted over the billboard mattel
and it was finally left where 1t was
in the first place. Mr.. Finch agree
ing to remove the offending boart
Il if the council should order him tt
do so.
I Park Proposition
Councilman Quackenbush SUBMIT
ted a proposition which he has salt
had been made by ]. s. Book, To-
the purchase of a tract OF 80 acres
in section 5. for park purposes. HI
said that Mr.. Book offered to sci
the land for $500 per acre. He dit
: not demand the payment of a single
dollar down and would give the cit!
25 years to pay for the land will
interest at eight per cent. In submit
ting the proposition Quackenbusi
B said, that, as chairman of the finance
4 oomm;+too he had been informed tina