The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-26
$4,000 FOR CITY SEWER SYSTEM
City Council Passed Resolution Fix
ing Feb. Is as Date for Protests
Wenatchee Valley Railway &
Power Company Asks for Street
Railway Franchise -.


a franchise from the Wenatchee VAL
ley Railway & Power company. At
torney Louis J. Nelson, of Leaven-
worth, appeared before the city coun-
Gil last night on behalf of his COM
pany and asked for the passage of
a franchise granting to his company
privilege to construct, maintain and
operate street railway upon We
Ratchee avenue and all other streets
End alleys in the city of Wenatchee,
that it is deemed necessary Mr.. Nell
son did not go into detail as to the
purpose of his company but submit
ted a franchise with the request that
a committee from the local stock
holders of the company meet with
the franchise committee and go over
the plans in detail. 1t is likely that
the committee will report on the
franchise at the next meeting of the
city council. Mr.. Nelson stated In
his brief address that the company
to keep the stock and the control of
the company in the hands of local
parties.
Hale's Replat.
f.. A. Hale submitted a plat Of
Hale's Replat' This has been under
consideration before ana it provides
for the opening of South Walker
avenue. There were some defects
in. the plat and Mr.. Hale will correct
these and again submit 1t at the next
meeting Tuesday evening.
May Secure Crematory Site.
The public health committee re-
ported that 1t was the desire of the
committee that a crematory site
should be purchased in the Second
Manufacturers Addition to Wenat-
Chez and an option could be secured
I'm a lot but the committee desired
that the council as whole should
assist in securing site. This will
probably be done during the week.
The water committee reported that
on the request of the Worthen Mill
company hydrant had been ordered
placed at the mill and this will prob
ably be done during the next two or
three weeks.
Chief of Police Weigher.
The public scales matter again
took up considerable time in its dis
cussion. 1t seemed to be the senti-
nient of the council that there should
be a public weigher and the commit
tee was instructed to have prepared
am ordinance providing for the chief
of police acting as public weigher,
giving him the authority to at any
time take his own initiative in the
weighing of load of coal, measur-
ing up a cord of wood, going into the
grocery stores and testing the scales
and acting in the full capacity of pub
lie weigher.
Postponed Settlement for Pump.
The settlement with the Elliot
Bay Iron Works for the pumping
plant was again deferred for another
week. The city has paid $500 on
the contract price of $500 for the
pumping apparatus. The Elliot Bay
Iron Works was very slow in INSTALL
ing this pump and the city has been
delayed in getting the intake in
Abspe Both parties are in poor
shape for a law suit but the city
believes that the company has been
Negligent in handling this contract
Engineer Ward affirms that the pump
is in good shape now and that all the
necessary work will be completed to-
day or tomorrow, SO that the pump
can be run to its full capacity. He
states that in his judgment there will
be no trouble whatever in operating
IL ana that it will furnish great
deal more water than might be need
ed by the city. The council post
poned action on making the balance
of the payment, $4,000, until after
the joint visit to the pumping plant
on Saturday.
Proposed New Fire Ordinance.
Engineer Ward reported that he
had conferred with the commercial
club regarding the framing of new
Ere ordinance He reported that the
plan talked of was to frame an ordi-
nance providing for five classes of
buildings in the city and that this
new ordinance will be ready in the
course of couple of weeks.
After Auctioneers Of Cheap Goods.
A petition was read last night from
the business men of the city, asking
that the council take action to pre-
Npent the coming to this city of auc-
4 tioneers with stocks of cheap goods.
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