Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-12
The CITY COUNCIL;
new MEMBERS Open With BUSY
SESSION and Make GOOD.
Library Board and Park Commission
Re.AppOinted. {. z. Arthur New
Street Commissioner. New Police
Ordinance Puts Force on Metro
DOlitdn Basis.

The first session of the new coun-
Gil proved a long and busy one. All
of the odds and ends from past ses-
sions were disposed of.
The following special police were
given to help the chamber of COM
! merce 5 days with the census: Will
helm Jensen, r. d. Clark, Dan Pear
son, Dudley G. Allen, George H. Men
| denhall.
One car load of Idaho hay was or
dered from the Chehalis Produce Co.,
| at $21 per ton.
The council decided in favor Of
wood for fuel at the water works,
and the contract was let to Gus An
derson at $1.S2 per cord.
The Grays Harbor Hardware Co.,
were allowed to remove certain OBJ
structions at 314 East River street,
under the direction of the police COM
mittee.
The city treasurer named the
Hayes and Hayes bank and the u.
S. National bank as repositories for
city funds, the former to the sum OF
$50 900 and the latter $4,000.
The offer of the Gamewell Co. to
telegraph system, at cost OF $4,-
$50, to be rented or purchased by
| the city, was not accepted, and the
clerk is to call for bids.
| An ordinance regulating the police
department was passed. The new Or
| dinance revolutionizes the whole sys-
tenn and puts it on a metropolitan
| basis. The department will consist
of chief at 1925 per month, Cap
| tain at 500, Sargent $50, detective
$50, jailer SIS, juvenile officer $50,
8 patrOlmen whose wages shall be
| fixed according to sliding scale. The
mayor may appoint specials, the term
of service to expire in days, and
they are to be paid 50 per day, while
| in actual service. The council con-
firms the appointment of the chief,
and a majority of the police COM
mttee confirms all other appoint
ments. The mayor may discharge
any officer, and the chief may sus-
pend any one until the police COM
mittee can act in the matter
Resolution for the paving of G
street, from Heron street to the n.
p. tracks, at a cost of $4,000; to put
16 foot roadway on Morgan street
| from Jefferson to Haight street; to
build 20 foot paving on Spur street
| from Tenth street to First avenue;
| to build concrete sidewalks on Sec
Ond street, from G to B streets; to
build a 20 foot concrete roadway on
Broadway from Tenth to Twelfth
streets; to build a 20 foot concrete
roadway on Tenth street from Broad
way to Spur street; to buiiu side
walk on the west side of Washington
, from Heron to Wishkah streets; for
| the grading of b street from Second
street to Sixth avenue. not to cost
over $15 900; to build side walk on
| M street from Third street to the
! waterfront.
Ordinances as follows were pass
ed Changing the present ordinance
relating to local improvements and
local improvement bonds; correct
| ing errors in sewer district bonds;
| correcting errors in G street improve
ment and Improvement of First street
from Division to Thornton streets.
The merchants asked that the ordi-
nance relating to cloth signs, be re-
pealed. Referred.
Tho Knights of Pythas want a
block in the business part OF the city.
planked and water taps put in for the
use of the Uniform Rank that will
encamp here during the meeting OF
the Grand Lodge, X. of p. Referred
to Messrs. Ingram, Miles and Hits.
| Crane & Co. was given the contract
for a car load of iron water pipe, and
the Portland Wood Pipe Co. for wood
en- pipe.
John Nordgren got the job of i'm
proving Boone street, at 81 cents per
foot, and John Hegdale, Pine street
at SO cents per foot.
The bids for improving the streets
in the vicinity of Terrace avenue
were referred to the engineer. to re-
port next meeting.
The mayor made the following ap-
pointments, which were confirmed
the park commission and library
Board, the same as last year. Chief
of Police, George Dean; Superintend
ent of Public Works and Water
George McDougal, Attorney, J. c. Ho
gan: Engineer, C. Ewart, Health or
ficer, ,. c. Schumacher; Street Com
missioner, c. f. Arthur.
The dog ordinance, for the second
time was laid on the table for one
week. This ordinance created con
siderable discussion. 1t plans for the
muzzling of dogs running at large
the impounding of dogs not licens
ed, the paying of so cents per day
while in the pound, and several min
or items.
w. ]. Wood got the contract fol
the improvement of the alley II
block as, original town of Wishkah.
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