The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-03
FRICTION COSTS
MUCH MONEY
Street Department Reported to be
Losing Time For Some Reason
Not Clear to Councilmen.
CEMENT SIDEWALK BIDS
OPENED AND ACCEPTED
New Electric Lights VIII be Erect
ed and Glim at Yakima Heights
Will be Paid For From Public
Funds.

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cement sidewalk DDS opened and
accepted were the really important
business transacted by the city coun-
oil I,st ,,iob+ +,ou,, ,.,. ,.,.,.
'""eo VI so'Je'tS WAS eoNere"' many
Of them matters which property be-
'ohged in departments and had no eS-
pecial business before the council
some Of these We're matters of dis
clpilhc' practcalIy' one in partieul1rI
IN when 1t was stated that there isl
'rc'tloh IN the city street department
one result OF Whlch Is tHdt the city
instead or &elt hS a nun day out OF
It's street Workmeh Is losing the time
II taxes them to walk, at their own
|d't' from the central station where
tAe TOOLS are kept t" Modern Addi-
ION lor instance II theE are fNhS
mere rms Drought out the addltloh-
III l"cl IH"I uae city engineers ue-
partment ana the street commits
'lohers department a.e not in accord
with reference 10 the matter OF
jumping eafth taken from the streets
Wiilcn are pelilS cut up lor paving
me Guy engineer uepai tiheht
strange as II may SEEM mas no au-
'horlty III Such matters. rms IS the
course Whlch Will propapIN DE Hollow
gu Ill the lulure us result OIL me
suggestions maze last night.
cement oidc"aik b;ds.
cement sldeNaik DIGS were dc"
cepted as lolloWs:
East SIDE OF south Ihlfd street
from the sou'h slde OF chestnut TO
the north SIDE OF Maple. Iravers "
CO.. 81 cents Tor SIX root walks ana
sl.lo Tor eight feet.
East side of Fifth avenue from the
north side Of Yakima to { stree,
Fred Micklejohn, 81 cents and $1.O2.
west street from the west line "i
the Northern Pacihc railroad right of
way to the east line or sixth avenue
north; FRED MlckleJohn, 81 cents ana
sI.o2 Tor crossings
Third avenue south, from Yakima
TO Chestnut street, Travers Co.,
$2.94.
South side or chestnut street from
the east side of Naches to the west
side of Ninth street, Bruenn
Powell, 30 cents.
Will Improve Excavation.
Under motion OF councilman
smith a fifteen foot sidewalk Is to
be constructed on the east and south
sides on Yakima avenue and Second
avenue of the immense excavation ON
Second avenue and Yakima where
sometime there is to be building
Seventh avenue south Is also to
be Dayp0 with aSDha1t from Yakima
to Maple streets the decision having
Deeh maze last nlght. "A SIDEWALK
also, will be constructed on the east
side OF South Eight avenue. The
cement sidewalk on the south side OF
street near front is SAID to be mar
70" by several 1nches ana the city
engineer, attorney ana street com
mlttee are 10 settle the question with
the CONTRACTOR
RESOLUTIONS OF instructions as to
notlceS 10 contractors were passed
regarding Sidewalks on west and
tourth avenue north ana paving on
EleVehth avenue from west A to
Maple streets.
Liquor License Matters.
Applications or Paradls d co. ana
MADDEN N Pelckert for renewal Of
1helr nquor hcehses were referred to
'he Po'lce committees
Petition Ior cement Sidewalk
SIN ieel "lde from 1dhlhla 10 oelief-
soh s.recl oh Norlh MINI WAS
granted
me matter or open nS up OF Gar
aelu avenue was referred 10 the gem
eral Improvement committee.
Inc west YAKIMA lquor license
circumstances lald over from the last
inee'lhs was given turther push