The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-16
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At THE OLD
STAND
OBLIGED TO MEET AT OLD QUAR-.
TIERS IN ORDER TO COMPLY
WITH ORDINANCES-NO PRO-
TESTS ON SEWER SCHEME.

The city council met at the old
stand again last night, as a forgot
ten ordinance was discovered that
made meeting in any other place IL
legal.
AS Mayor Gellatly was absent, on
account of illness, Councilman Rus
sell acted in his place. The business
at the last meeting, held in the new
council hall, was gone over again
in order to make it legal.
In the matter of Lyman Harris
petition to move the frame part of
the Wenatchee Department store out
into First avenue for period of so
days, pending new construction on
the site, the petition was granted
with the provision that Harris put up
satisfactory bond for liability from
any accidents due to the building be-
ing in the street.
R. F. Holm appeared before the
council to see If grading work on
Okanogan avenue could not be done
this year, as he and other property
owners wanted to do some building
and were hindered by uncertainty
arising from matters relating to the
grade lines. Engineer Ward stated
that sewer work and grading could
not be done at the same time and that
one or the other would have to be
left over. 1t developed in the course
of remarks along that line that the
citizens in Bolenbaugh's addition
were preparing strong petition to
present to the council. probably next
meeting night, to have their entire
addition graded also. The council
advised Mr.. Holm to talk the mat
ter over with Mr.. Ward during the
coming week.
Fire Chief Throw then. spoke
about an opportunity to economic
in the matter of janitor expenses in
the new city hall by an agreement
with the Commercial club. The fire
committee was instructed to look
into the proposition and given power
to act.
Chief Throw also spoke on the
necessity of hook and ladder truck,
stating that the two 16-foot ladders
that now make up the climbing out
fit of the department were entirely
inadequate to the needs Of the city
and that the department could do no
good where fires were at a greater
height than 20 feet from the ground.
Cheaper insurance was mentioned as
an additional incentive to getting a
ladder truck. The fire committee
was instructed to investigate into the
needs of the department and to re-
port at the next meeting.
An opportunity was given for all
those who wanted. to enter protest
against the general sewer system, but
none came forward, and the city at
torney was instructed to draft an or
dinance covering the sewer propo-
sition, and placing the sewer work in
one district.
The finance committee reported on
the sale of the bonds Gas published
in the World last weekly and the
council ratified the committees &C
ton.
The Elliott Bay Iron Works wrote
to Engineer Ward that their repre-
sentative, Mr.. Gregory, would be in
the city on Friday next. The finance
committee was instructed to act with
Mr.. Ward and Attorney Crollari and
settle with the iron works on the
basis of the proposition made last
week.
The corner of Second and Chelan
will get an arc light.
The commercial club rendered a
bill of $2,Ss2.95 for fitting up the
new building. which was referred to
the finance committee will power to
act.
An ordinance providing for a
change of meeting place for the coun-
Gil was passed to the second reading.
1t can then be made into a law by
suspending the rules, consequently
the council will be obliged to meet
once more in the old chambers.
Attorney Crollard asked permits
sion on the part of the Wenatchee
Military band to use the new council
chambers once a week for practice
purposes. Permission was granted
The ordinance for Mission street
j improvements was passed to the
third reading again, and the re-rati-
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