The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-16
CANCEL NTRACT
WITH DOUGLAS
INCREASE IN RECORDERS SALARY
Lights Ordered Placed Where Needed
viii Investigate Possibility of ScCur,
ing Road to Pest House.

The most important step taken by the
city fathers at the regular Monday
night meeting was the decision to
rescind the contract made with A. /.
Douglas for the pavement construction
work on Oak Street. The action was
taken after the city recorder II. B.
Langille had read communication
from Mr.. Douglas, who is now at
Stevenson, Wash, announcing that he
would be ready to begin operations
the latter or part Of next week or on
the following week. However, the
council considers that the contractor
has not lived up to the terms Of the
agreement. 1t was stated that he had
not yet furnished proper bond aud the
step was considered justidabIe. 1t
may be that Mr.. Douglas will bring an
action to seek damages for q breach,
but Councilman Brosius remarked
that the city would prefer lawsuit
with Mr.. Douglas to one with the
property holders.
Acting no petition from citizens
who own property near the place
affected it was decided to place an
arc light at the corner Of Cascade
avenue and First steel. A light has
long been needed here because of its
proximity to the two railroad stations.
The people of the Heights petitioued
some weeks ago for two lights along
Twelfth street. These were granted
and the fire and water committee were
instructed to ascertain other places
that needed lighting as badly anG
report such findings to the council.
A. l.. Whitehead asked for a permis-
sion to remove the platform scales
from their present Location on Cascade
Avenue to point near the right of
way of the 0-W. X. 4 N. Go. on Third
street The permit was granted
A petition was submitted by the
Hood River Spray Co. asking that they
be allowed to erect an open shed for
the purpose of diplaying "A spray pump
and making demonstrations, on the
lot at the corner of State and Third
street The petition was referred to
the fire and water committee.
j. II. Heilbronuer submitted com
munication asking that the council re
consider their action in regard to his
petition asking permission for the re
moval of an Oak tree from the front
of his garage on State street. After
it was shown that it would have been
impossible for the garage to have been
| built in any other position on the lot
the former action of the council was
reversed and Mr.. Heibronuer allowed
to remove the tree.
A communication was received from
the City Engineer asking the city to
investigate the possibilities of securing
a road to the pest house The judici-
airy committee was instructed to deter
mine whether or not the road ways of
the Country Club Inn could be secured
and to find what the right of way over
other property would cost.
The request of w. G. Adrcd, sub
mitted at a previous meeting, asking
that he be allowed an extension Of
time on the State street Improvement
work, was granted
Ordinance No. 273, which passed its
first reading at meeting Of January
30, was taken from the table and final
ly passed. 1t provides that the record
er's salary, beginning with April |, be
increased from S25 to $50 per month.
The duties of the recorder have so in
creased in the past few years that
nearly all of the time Of that official
was consumed in conducting them. In
fact, it had become almost impossible
for man to do the work for 50 small
sum as the amount paid Recorder
Langille, however, has conscientousIy
carried on the work. He was clearly
justified in his request for the increase
and merits it.
At the close of the meeting Mayor
Hartwig stated that he had received
request from the ministerial associa-
tion that he appoint member Of the
council to confer with a committee of
men and women from the different
business, social and religious organiza-
tions of the city for the purpose Of in
augurating plans for the soliciting of
funds for the Chinese famine sufferers.
j. M. Wright was appointed to coop
crate with the committee.