Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-12
COUNCIL
HAS A BUSY
EVENING
40 REPEAL ORDI-
NANCE GOVERNING LOCATION
OF GARAGES AND LIVERY
STABLES TURNS THE ORATOR.
ICAL FAUCET.

The session of the city council
opened up briskly last night-started
off with flow of councilmanic ora
tory, and II looked for a while as
though lively session was to be eX-
perienced, but I'm comparatively
short time all the councilmen of an
argumentative disposition had ex-
hausted themselves, and the session
dropped down from the flights Of ora
tory to the transaction of general
routine business--a line of business
so profoundly dull and uninteresting
that even the councilmen themselves
began to eylnce signs of fatigue.
Garage Bill Creates Discussion.
The subject which started the
councllmanic oratory flowing was the
favorable report by a majority of the
ordinance committee on a bill which
had for its object the repeating of an
ordinance governing the location of
livery stables, laundries, blacksmith
shops and garages,
The majority report was signed by
Councilmen Carson and Greenbaum,
and the minority by Councilman Ed
ridge, and as soon as Il had been
read Councilman Carson arose to eX-
plain his ideas on the question.
II seems that the old ordinance on
the question provided that any one
desiring to construct any of the above
named buildings in the residence dis
trict must secure the signatures Of
three-fourths of the property owners
in the block where the building is to
be constructed TO a petition. and also
an equal number on a petition from
the opposite block. The object of the
new ordinance was to make this a
majority, instead of three-fourths, al
so to eliminate from the ordinance
the words garage" 1t appears that
the committee desired this done
that is the majority of it-owing to
the fact that Mr.. Darr desired to
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and MIR, Skaife desired TO construct
a garage on Court street and near
the corner of Cottage. This latter
street is one of the fashionable resi-
dence streets in the city, and it was
contended that should a garage be
constructed there it would mar the
INo,,f,. ~ Tho d{str{of
Councilman Carson Explains.
Councilman Carson, in explaining
his position on the matter, stated that
when he voted for the original ordi-
nance he did not know that its pro-
visions would prove harmful in
business way to any one, but that
since then he had found out that it
would, and, therefore he favored
changing 1t, in the manner proposed
by the new ordinance.
Councilman Greeubaum supported
him, and contended that the city was
growing, and that, as a matter OF ne
cessity, its business section must
spread, and also that he believed in
the majority ruling, and not in
three-fourths rule,
Stoltz Takes Issue.
Councilman Eldridge spoke briefly
on the subject, contending that the
passage Of such an ordinance would
mean the ruinauon of the residence
section OF the city He was followed
by Councilman StolE, whose remarks
were in a similar vein. Councilman
Stoltz maintained that it was not a
question Of Court street alone hut
that it involved the whole residence
section and then cited instances
wherein residence sections had been
injured by the construction of unde-
Sivable buildings prior 20 the passage
Df the original ordinance on the Suh-