The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-02
OPTION DOES NOT
SUIT COUNCIL
NO ACTION ON WATER OFFER
Committee Does Not Approve Option
Given City For Water Plant at
$4,000.

The regular meeting of the city
council this week was postponed until
Tuesday evening on account of the fact
that Monday was legal holiday and
the offer of the Hood River Light
a Power company to sell its water
plant to the city for $40, 600, was read
to the council. The proposition OF the
water company was to have the city
buy the present water plant and an
option was rendered them for 80 days.
After the reading of the communica-
tion the matter was referred to the
fire and water committee.
Manager A. S. Hall, of the water
company, submitted letter TO the
council from the Portland Trust Com
pany, which holds the. bonds of the
Hood River Light & Power company.
In the letter the Portland bankers
stated that in the event the company
wanted to sell its water plant arrange
ments for the transfer of the bonds
could be made and the Light & Power
company was referred TO Writ Minor,
attorney for the trust company with
whom the arrangements could be
made. Mr.. Minor is one of the organ
izers and officers of the Light & Power
company, which recently purchased the
Hood River light and water plants.
This communication was also referred
TO the fire and water committee.
Another communication to the
council bearing on the same matter
was then read. 1t was letter from
N. G. Evans, minority stockholder of
the Hood River Electric Light, Power
81 Water company, who claims that
the sale of the water plant TO the Port
land capitalists was not bona fide
transaction and Evans warned the city
that it would act atits peril in buy
ing the water plant from the Hood
River Light & Power company, which
he termed the pretended owner.
He claimed that the new corporation
does not own and has no authority to
transfer the property which it has
offered to the city. This letter was
also referred to the fire and water
committee.
Later In the evening after recess
of ten minutes the committee reported
on the communication from the water
company and the report was accepted
by the council. The members of the
committee did not approve Of the form
of the option and they recommended
that an option which would deserve
consideration by the city should show
that the plant was free from all in
debtedness and that it could be de-
livered To the city with a clear title.
They also believed that the city
should require full assurance that the
company would be able to deliver the
plant so that sh ,uld negotiations be
entered into no delays would occur
should the voters of the city see fit to
buy the plant. This means that the
company would have to show that the
claims of Evans that the new owner
ship is illegal were without foundation
and that they would have to guarantee
delivery in spite of his claims. The
committee also believed that the
option should be written so that the
vendor would not have the right to
cancel it at his pleasure during its
period of force.
Ordinances for the issuance Of street
and sewer improvement bonds were
passed by the council. The ordinance
| for the Improvement of the north half
of State between Sixth and Ninth
streets passed first reading. An
ordinance was introduced for the crea-
tion of various improvement funds and
it passed first reading. The ordinance
for the building of sewers in division
8 passed first reading.
A communication was read from
George w. Simons suggesting that in
order to keep the new Twelfth street
pavement in good condition 1t should
be sprinkled frequently.