Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-08-25
NOTRACkEX7ENSION
NORTH ABERDEEN PEOPLE WILL
have TO WALK.
Street Railway Company Says Time
Is Not Ripe for Extension. Bridge
Matter Is Left with q Committee.
Street improvements Ordered and
Contracts Awarded.

Question of building steel bridge
across the Wishkah river at North
Aberdeen again occupied the atten-
ton of the council at the regular ses-
sion last night, for considerable
time, and it was finally left with the
finance committee who will confer
with a committee from the North
Aberdeen Improvement club in an ef-
fort to discover some way in which
the scheme may be financed. 1t de-
veloped last night that the Grays Har-
Dor Railway and Light company Will
not, at the present time, or in the
immediate future, extend it's tracks
to North Aberdeen. Manager Thorn
ton, for the company, declared last
night that the population in the dis
trict affected did not warrant the COM
pany in extending their lines and, to
a question asked him by President
Clark of the North Aberdeen club,
as to whether the company would be
will to stand portion of the expense
of building a steel bridge, replied that
the company was mot interested in 4
bridge of any kind at that point"
This appears to settle the question
of street Car extension.
Street improvements Ordered
Ordinances and resolutions for
street improvements were passed.
Prominent among them was an ordi-
nance for the Improvement of X street
from Tenth to Eleventh streets, resO-
lutions for the improvement of Curtis
street by redecking from Clark 10
Lawrence streets; resolution for the
improvement of the alley in block p,
original plat of city, resolution for the
improvement of Eleventh street. An
ordinance was read providing for the
opening of North | street, Twelfth
street, First avenue and II street, in
to the territory lying north of Elev-
enth street, and providing for the be-
ginning of condemnation proceedings
through the property of James j.
Book The ordinance was allowed 10
go over for one week upon the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Book, who thought that
the matter might be adjusted with
out the necessity of condemnation
proceedings.
Heron Street.
Property owners on E. Heron street
protested against the proposed re-
decking of the street and, on motion,
the street commissioner was instruct
ed to proceed as first intended and
tear up the north side, placing the
planking on the south side and TO
leave the street in this condition un-
til the proposed tide fiat fill shall
be made. 1t developed that some of
the property owners who had been
most insistent in asking that the re-
decking be done, had placed their
names upon the petition protesting
against it.
The committee on public buildings
to whom had been referred the propo-
sition to move the Heron street bridge
to North Aberdeen, reported adverse
ly on the project and the report was
adopted.
A report was received from Super
intendent of Public Works, George T..
McDougall, relative to the Terrace
Heights booster system" which had
been recently tried out and which de-
velOped pressure of 200 pounds. The
total cost was about $476. The report
was placed on file.
! An ordinance granting to the Paci-
lc Telephone and Telegraph company
permission to lay it's wires under
ground was passed. An amended
| franchise ordinance for the G. H. e
p. S. railway, was laid over for one
week on request of attorneys for the
company.
! Contracts for street improvements
were let to the Barber Asphalt COM
pany for the paving of l street, TO
Hegg & Co., for construction of con-
crete sidewalks on l street, to II. G.
Ellis, for alley in WeatherwaX &c
Benn's addition. The bids submit
ted for Fourth street were over the
estimate and the clerk was instructed
to re-advertise.