The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-11

awarded the contract by the city
council for the regrade work on Mis-
sion street, at the price of $751;
1886. Bids for this work were
opened at the last meeting of the
council and a careful investigation of
the various bids have been made by
the street committee and city engin-
eer. On Monday night a meeting Of
the property owners was held in the
city engineers Office and the concen-
sus of opinion was that asphalt mac
adam was the proper form of paving
to be adopted. The street commit
tee therefore recommended at the
meeting last night that the bid Of
Allen & McNerney, the lowest bid
ders on this character of work. be
accepted, which was done by unani-
nous vote of the city council. Mr..
McNerney stated that the firm would
put up the bonds in the course of
the coming ten days and that work
would be started in a very short time
The contract requires the work to be
completed within $50 days from the
date of the signing of the contract.
Tying Ordinance Again Killed.
The antitying ordinance which was
supposed to have been killed two
weeks ago had a brief resurrection
one week ago and an ordinance pro-
viding for keeping teams off of We
natchee avenue was given first read
ing. During the past week business
men prepared a petition signed by
all but five business men on Wenat-
chez avenue, protesting against the
passage of the ordinance. This was
read at the meeting last night AMI
gave the final death blow to the ordi-
nance. 1t is likely that the police
officers will be instructed to see that
teams are not allowed to stand on
the avenue more than an hour or SO
at time, nor will the teams be al
lowed to stand hitched crosswise on
the avenue, blocking traffic, but the
ordinance suggested will not be re-
vived.
Echo Of Spring Floods.
Bills were presented last night
from DR.. Haskell and Drs. Blake and
Schiltz for the care of Mrs. Walter
Roys, who, during the freshets OF
last spring, met with a severe acci-
dent by driving into ditch which
had been washed out during the
night by the raging water. She suf-
fered a broken leg, and the doctors
were called in to care for her. Negli~
gence on the part of the city is
claimed and the bills for medical at
tendance were presented to the city
for payment. These bills were re-
ferred to the health committee with
power to asst.
Petitions were presented for light
on Fourth and Orondo. The petit
ton was referred to the light COM
power to act.
CesspoOI Permit Granted.
P. P. Holcomb. representing the
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers as
ISOLATION. asked permission for the
construction of a cesspool on the
street adjacent to the warehouse Of
the association. There is no sewer
in that section of the city and the
petition was granted, with the under
standing that as soon as the sewer
was constructed connection. would be
made.
Protests Against Character of Work.
F. ]. O'Conner filed a written pro-
test with the city against the char
acter of sidewalk work done by the
contractors on Orondo avenue. Mr..
O'Conner reports that the work is
not according to specifications, and
he filed notice with the city that he
would not pay his proportion Of the
work unless it was done according to
specifications.
VIII Limit Fireworks.
It was the sense Of the council last
night that an ordinance be prepared
limiting the fireworks to be used on
July 4. 1t was the sense of the coun-
ell that the large frecrackers, dyna-
mite caps and all the larger explo-
sives should be eliminated, confining
the fireworks simply to the smaller
firecrackers. This act was taken in
view of the fear Of fire.
Granted Two Lights.
The street committee reported IA
vorab.y on the application for two
lights on F street, between Fifth and
Ninth The light committee was also
instructed to investigate the neces-
sity of a light at the entrance of
the Wenatchee bridge.