The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-12
CITY COUNCIL HAS
TALkFEST
MUCH DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT
But LITTLE ACTION-ACCEPT-
ED SOME NEW ADDITIONS TO
THE CITY.


The council last night took up the
matter OF fixing the fire chiefs salary
and appointing a building inspector.
The committee recommended paying
the chief SIS for fires and a salary OF
$85 a month as deputy building in
spector. A showing was made that
the chief could not very well handle
both offices to advantage. Various
plans were discussed and the matter
was laid over for consideration at the
next meeting.
The purchasing of scales and ap-
pointing city weigher was also post
poned one week, no agreement being
reached last night. The mayor sug-
gested renting scale that is in gem
eral use now and trying the expert
ment for awhile before buying one.
Three plats were presented to the
council for acceptance by Arthur
Gum, the River Front addition, the
Second addition to the Manufacture
ers' addition to, Wenatchee and the
Amended plat of the Manufacturers
addition to Wenatchee The first plats
were not accepted as the streets were
too narrow for future demands.
Mayor Gellatly could forsee a time
when the Columbia would be open to
the ocean and he did not think that
narrow streets close to the harbor
would be good things. The other two
plats were accepted after some con-
sideration
Engineer Ward made some semi
official statements about the incinera-
tor and comfort station. The coun-
Gil did not get time to take those two
items under consideration. The COM
fort station is nearly finished and
the most important work left is the
putting in of some glass sidewalk
lights. That cannot be done very
well while the cold weather continues
but temporary makeshift can be
made so that the station may be
opened before springtime.
The incinerator proposition has
not advanced very far. Engineer
Ward has site in mind and has some
plans for building the top flush with
the roadway so that carcasses can be
dumped into it right off of the sleds
Or wagons. There was no opportun-
ity last night to discuss the matter
Another plat was presented to the
council, that of Norrel's Belle View
addition The streets were narrow
again and the plat was referred to a
committee.
City Clerk Sumner had a lot OF
minor bills for the council to o. X
and then came up the feature of the
entertainment, the Elliott Iron Bay
Works claim against the city. At
torney Gregory of Seattle represent
cd the Elliott Bay people. He AMI
City Engineer Ward had tentative
agreement on a compromise by which
both sides were to stand their own
expenses, the city to pay the contract
price and drop its claims for penalty
moneys. Neither Engineer Ward nor
Attorney Gregory Ward were willing
to admit being in the wrong in any
particular but both were agreed that
an immediate settlement on any sort
OF reasonable terms was better than
prolonged uncertainty and litigation
The councilmen were inclined to look
into the matter pretty thoroughly
principal developments in the argu-
ment were that the city wanted a
cheap job and got it (both sides
Agreed; that some important bolts
were put in upside down (both sides
agreed: Seattle attorney stated that
sometimes bolts should be put In
head first. that the Elliott Bay Iron
Works had lost so much money that
the city should be good sport; that
certain differences of opinion on both
sides balanced pretty we'll and could
be waived; that the pump is all right
now in so far as the Seattle firm is
concerned fagreed on both sides) /:
that the council appeared decidedly
unwilling to pay any more than 1t
has already paid.
The matter was deferred for one
week when final consideration viii be
given.
A proposition to adjourn, made by
the mayor, was greeted without dis
cussion and received the unanimous
vote Of the body.