Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-09-27
ose of the balance OF II upon line

pose of the balance of It upon The
same terms.
w. d. Pugh who had submitted
bid upon the sewer job at the last
meeting, for $4,000, approximately,
subject to a reduction or discount Of
per cent. came before the meeting
last night with proposition of maxi
ing a further discount of per cent
upon his original bid, but this was
looked upon as an effort to take ad-
vantage over MIR. Burns, by reason
of the knowledge of the amount of
the latter's bid and Mr.. Pugh's bid
was turned down fatty by the unan-
imous vote of the council. Mr..
Burns, when asked to make an oral
statement to the council, showed his
fairness in the matter by agreeing
to withdraw the two conditions he
had demanded, that the bid be ac-
cepted or rejected at last nights
meeting and that 1t be subject to
the amount of discount which the
local banks would make upon the
city paper and agreed to begin work
upon the sewer at the earliest posi-.
BILE moment.
City Recorder Moores came in for
his rap on the knuckles" with tho
august ruler of the assembly when,
during the reading of an ordinance
providing for the re-assessment of
certain property for street i'm
provements, lengthy and exceed
ingly dry and profusely technical
document, he was interrupted by
motion to refer it to the city attor-
ney, interposed by Alderman Ell
bridge.
"If the council is going to do bust
ness, why don't it get busy. and not
try to dispose of these matters In
that manner" he said, in substance,
in resentment for the interruption
of Alderman Eldridge. "I would
like to know" said Alderman Ell
bridge and Lachmund, almost stimuli
taneously, "who is running this
council, the members thereof or the
city recorder" Several other Of the
members of the council also pro-
ceeded to take a fall" out of City
Recorder Moores and he subsided in
to silence and meek submission
thenceforth during the meeting.
Alderman Laebmund and Acting
Mayor Stolz engaged in their Gus
tomary battle of words and parlia-
mentary sparring but 1t all came out
good-naturedly and peace relgned
supreme throughout the meeting.
An ordinance was introduced by
Alderman Greenbaum and unani-
mously adopted by the council pro-
viding for an extension of the city's
bonded Indebtedness of $4,000, the
balance outstanding against the con-
struction of the bridge over the Will
lamette river-the 20-year period Of
which has expired-for another 10
years at s percent, as against 6 per
cent, as the bonds now bear, aud
this is considered another stroke Of
good business to the. credit of the
council.
Instead of the city leasing the
water company's water power and
rights, in accordance with the prop
osition made to the city extending
over a period of three years and the
city paying the taxes and other ex-
penses of the power right during
that optional period, the council
took the goat by the horns" liter
ally speaking, and adopted the re-
port of the special committee favor
ing the purchase of the water pow
er franchise outright by the city, for
consideration of $4,000, and an
ordinance was introduced and passed
to the third reading to this effect
and likewise providing for the out
right purchase of the water system
by the city, according to the terms
originally adopted by the people at
the recent city election and the
question OF city ownership or the
city water system will soon have
been decided once and for all.
These were referred, however, to
make the ordinance cover the whole
transaction, and will come up for
final passage next Monday.
Ordinances were also adopted pro-
viding for the construction of many
wooden and cement sidewalks in DIFF
ferent sections of the city and for
the assessment of the cost for the
permanent improvement of several
streets in the city to the abutting
property owners.
ELECTION RETURNS.