Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-26
CITY COUNCIL Meets
May ORDER WATERFRONT SHACKS
REMOVED.
Terrace Avenue Improvement Held
Up by Defective Ordinance. CITY
will Defend Detective Church. To
Regulate Theatres and Change tho
Building Ordinance, Etc.

At the meeting of the city council
last night, on recommendation of
Mayor Benn, the damage case, insti-
tuted against City Detective Church
by members of the Polish church, was
referred to the police committee for
investigation. If the committee find
as is the common belief, that the case
is an attempt at blackmail, the city
will defend Church.
~ ,ei for re Aberdeen Con-
struction Co. having decided the or
dinance for the improvement of Ter.
race avenue illegal, Andrew Peter.
son put the matter up to the council
last night. The ordinance was re-
ferred to the city attorney for the
necessary amendments.
The heating franchise of Carl L..
Peterson and associates was referred
to the judiciary committee for
amendment.
The engineer reported the estimat-
ed cost of contemplated Jail improve
ments at 5000.
pairs to the Heron street bridge was
ordered.
The clerk was directed to advence
money for tolls on the West bridge,
for the crossing of firemen and ap-
paratlis, at other times than cases
of fire. ~! f~ ~. b. t9i 3,
Elder introduced an ordinance reg
,ulating theaters and playhouses, that
fixes the license at $1OO per, year,
payable in advance. Referred.
An ordinance was introduced by
Ingram and referred, regulating the
minimum height of smoke stacks at
factories. fh ."fG>,,i".. :.3 +.
The city attorney was requested to
examine the building ordinance, with
view to necessary amendments. !,
The assessment rolls of Improve.
ment districts No. 1872. 2S5 and 297
were equalized as assessed
A. G. Long, of Portland, complain
ed of what he called discrimination
against the Star Fire alarm boxes.
for which he is agent. SIR ~"
The matter of the removal of
'shacks along the water 'front.', as NUS
ances, was referred to a committee.
On petition of the owners, the Ordi-
nance for the improvement of Tenth
street. between Broadway and Spur
street, was repealed. ".
Resolutions calling for a large num-
Der of street improvements were read
including 20-foot roadway for Cher
ry street between Cakes and. ,Jeffries
streets; a four-foot sidewalk, for
Fourth street between Jefferson ave-
nue. and Alder street; an ASPHALT
pavement for Laura and Lafayette
streets. instead Of a gravel roadway
as formerly ordered . gravel road
way for Spur street between First
and Tenth streets; 30-foot pave.
ment for Second street, between b
and G streets; pavement for H street
between Eighth and Ninth streets;
pavement for portion of Sixth
street; the pavement of G street be-
tween Second street and the North
ern Pacific right OF way, and the
pavement of portions of l., Sixth and
broadway streets. The estimated cost
for the, latter improvement is $780,
700. A resolution was read with ref
erence to an eight-foot sidewalk to
be built on West boulevard. in South
Aberdeen, which was amended to read
a six-foot walk, in order to prohibit
autos from using the walk instead
of the street as is the custom in South
Aberdeen.