Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-03-24
The LUMBER TRADE The CITY council
TRANSACTS WEEKLY BUDGET OF
BUSINESS LAST night.
Several New Street improvements
Projected. Plumbing inspection
Fees 10 3e Charged. Will Purchase
Cement and Asphalt Tester. The
Burned Building Condemned.

For the first time in several weeks
Mayor Benn presided over last eve
ning's meeting of the council.
The street committee recommend
ed that the petition for the improve
ment Of Broadway from Tenth TO
Eleventh street and Tenth street
from Broadway to Spur street, be
granted. Adopted
On recommendation of the Su-
perintendent of Public Works. a
charge OF SO cents will be made
hereafter for each plumbing permit
granted also 25 cents will be charg-
ed for each acceptance of plumbing
jobs.
The city engineer was authorized
to purchase cement and asphalt
tester, at an estimated cost of $4,000.
The request of residents on Lafay-
cite street, that old street plank be
placed in the center of the street
from Young to Laurel streets, was
granted.
The building at 412 East Wishkah
street, that was damaged by fire last
Sunday, was reported on by the city
building inspector, as not being in
a condition to be repaired. 1t was
decided to allow the owner to re-
move the upper story, and put on a
fiat roof on the lower floor.
c. w. Miller was given permis-
sion to place a water pipe on X street
from Sixth to Seventh streets.
Liquor licenses were granted Fred
Hewett, Whitehead & Pierre, and
Sundberg & Co.
rocc11ticp for tho pf
of a number of streets in Pacific Land
companys addition; was adopted.
An ordinance regulating the man.
ner of laying water and gas pipes,
and the stringing of wires by tele-
phone and electric companies was
passed
The Improvement Association ask
ed that the plans now in the hands
of the Park Commission, be accepted.
Mr. Hood, representing the park
board, explained to the council the
proposed improvement to be made on
the small park bordering on F., Hop
kins and H streets, and asked that
the city engineer be authorized to GO
on with the necessary grading. The
Board was authorized to go on with
! the work.
S. X. Bowes addressed the council
on the matter of water meters, and
asked that the matter be more thor
oughly looked into before it is en-
frOced Referred to the water com.
mittee.
The building inspector wa:
INSTRUCTED to issue a permit for the
building of stable on lot 2, bloch
40. in w. & b Addition.
The owners of the stable on the
corner of Market and l. streets, were
ordered to close the same until i
is put in sanitary condition.
The street committee was ordered
to plan for a ferry at the North Alb
erdeen bridge.
AS a matter of information, thu
lefty engineer is to prepare plans ant
specifications for garbage burner
The city engineer was allowed
membership in the National Asso
citation of Engineers, the City pay
ing the fee of $50.
Councilman Wiley called atten
tion to the need of a dog catcher
to run in the dogs before they over
ran the city.
Ordinances for raising the month
ly salary Of the Health Officer from
$50 to SIS per month, and raising
the police salaries $40 per month
were laid on the table. The reasol
given for the action being the fac
that the tax levy made for this year
expenses, would not cover the ad
vance already made in the salarie
of CITY officials