Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-09
ROUTINE
BUSINESS
OF COUNCIL
MUCH STREET IMPROVEMENT
ORDERED-AND GRADES Or
DERED ESTABLISHED-SOUTH
COTTAGE FROM TRADE TO
GET EL-OSO.

Besides transacting the regular
routine business which is an Incl
dent to all of the sessions, the city
council last evening laid the founda-
ton for numerous improvements by
granting the petitions for the paw
ing of certain streets, adopting speci-
ficatiOns for the improvement of 9TH
ers, and by awarding bids for the
laying of pavement in several streets,
which had passed through the pre-
liminary stages.
Street Work Ordered.
The committee on streets made a
favoragle report on the petition ask
ing for the paving of South Cottage
street from Trade to State with Ell
Oso pavement, and the city engineer
was instructed to prepare the speci
fcations and plans.
The committee, after consideration
of petition asking for the reduction
Of the width of the pavement to be
laid on North Cottage street, decided
chat 1t was not for the best interest
of the property owners that it should
be granted, so it was denied, and the
pavement will be SO feet in width in
stead Of 40, as prayed for in the pc
titiOn.
A favorable report was submitted
by the committee on the petition
asking fod the paving of First street
asking for the paving of First street
and the engineer was instructed to
draw the plans and specifications for
the improvement.
Because of remonstrance against
the improvement of all of Center
street with bitulithic the committee
recommended that the plans be
changed so that bitulithic be laid on
the street from Fourteenth to Liber-
ty, and that concrete be laid from the
latter street to Water street, and the
report was adopted.
The bid of w. D. Pugh for the paw
ing of Twelfth street with concrete
was accepted, and the contract for
the paving of Thirteenth street with
the same kind of pavement was
awarded to August Kehrberger.
The city engineer submitted plans
and specifications for the laying of
sidewalks, sewers and street pave
ment in Oaks addition, and they We're
adopted.
The city recorder was directed to
publish notice of the intention of
the city to lay a sidewalk along what
is known as the Fair Ground road.
A petition for the improvement of
Seventeenth street from Asylum av-
enue to the Garden Road with gravel
was referred to the street commit
tee, and so was petition asking that
the engineer be instructed to estab-
lish the grade on Church street from
court to Chemeketa, so that the i'm
provement of that street may be
made in the near future.
A resolution ordering a cement
cross-walk to be laid on Union be-
tween Church and High streets was
passed.
Other Business Transacted.
The city recorder was directed ii
publish notice of the city's intention
ii correct certain errors in assess
ments which we're made for the lay
ing of the South and North Salem
sewers.
A. Kitterman was granted permis-
sion to erect confectionery stand
on the property of the B. p o. e.
An ordinance establishing grades
on Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Hines and Wilbur streets was passed,
and so was an ordinance granting a
franchise to F. ]. Page to install
heating plant in the city.
A communication was received
from Mr.. Minton relative to his con-
tract with the city to furnish gravel
for South Commercial street, which
was rescinded by the mayor several
days ago, on the ground that he was
not complying with its terms, and it
was placed on file. Mr.. Minton also
made short statement on the sub
ject, the substance of it and the COM
munication being that he was COM
plying substantially with the contract
entered into with the city.