The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-23

vor of granting the petition of Mrs. r.
Breeze and others to improve South
Second street by paving. The water
committee recommended that the YER
bal petition of George Whitehouse for
an extension of water main on Palouse
street be granted. This committee AL
SO recommended that similar petition
of NJ. c.. Moore for Locust street be
granted, but denied, for the present,
the petition of Fred Rogers and others
for an extension on East Maple street.
thus placing the petitioners still in the
dry class
The fire committee recommended
that the bid of the Gilbert Hunt COM
pany for the compressed fire whistle
apparatus be accepted, and that the
mittee reported in favor of adopting
the plat of Riverside addition as
shown by the map, L. F. Anderson
agreeing to have a driveway along Mill
creek as a private road. All committee
reports were adopted
East Street Opening.
Although a telegram from L. Nc
Morris, who is now in Los Angeles,
was read, protesting against the open
ing of East street, the following report
from the street committee was adopt
ed:
I'VE your committee on streets, to
whom was referred the petition of prop
erty owners to pave East street, rec
ommend that East street from East
Alder to Birch street, Poplar from
First to East Alder, Birch from Second
to Park, and First from Poplar to
Birch, be paved, and for the opening
of East street and changing the width
of Poplar and Birch, have duly consid-
cred the same and recommend that
Poplar from East to Palouse be made
a width of so feet; that East street
from East Alder to Poplar be made a
width of 80 feet; that East street from
Poplar to Birch be made a width of
60 feet. and that Birch from Catherine
to Second be made width of so feet.
Provided that the property owner
have prepared and delivered the neces-
sary quit-claim deeds for the proposed
changes in the width of the said
streets; that the M. E. church be al
lowed to use the dirt from East street
for grading their lot and that the
matter of laying water mains on Pop
lar street without cost to the property
owners be denied.
petition for paving East Alder
street from Clinton to Roosevelt was
presented last night, asking that bids
be called for on Hassam, asphalt and
bitulithic pavement, the property own
ers reserving the right to appoint their
own inspectors. The petition was re-
ferred to the street committee.
The petition to have certain taxes
created on block of Roberts addition,
filed by the M. E. church trustees, was
referred to the finance committee. A.
Lochbaum asked permission to con-
struct concrete walk five feet in
width on Figueroa street arG the same
was referred to the street committee.
The water committee was given
charge of the petition asking for an
street from Melrose south to Portland
avenue, and also the petition asking
for similar extension on Pomona
street from Figueroa street to the
north end of the street.
F. j. Parker asked permission to
place an iron railing in the alley on
the north side of the Statesman block,
and the request was referred to the
street committee. The city surveyor
filed specifications for the improve
ment of East, Poplar, Birch and First
street was filed and referred to the
street committee. The amended pro-
file of the grade on South Second
street was filed and referred to the
street committee
BY a resolution of the water COM
mittee the time for collecting assess
ments in the College avenue sewer
district was extended to April 1, and
the treasurer was instructed to collect
all moneys to that date without penal
ty and interest.
The building ordinance, which has
been revised and enlarged, was given
final passage last night.
Protest filed.
Property owners in the northeastern
portion of the city petitioned for the
vacation and discOntinuance of the
Isaacs mill race from the easterly line
of Bellevue street to it's present ter
minus at Lemons lane. and to carry
the waters in a pipe or open f1ume
along Bellevue avenue to Boyer ave-
nue. to the foot of the hill at Division
street. where it may empty into it's
present channel.