Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-06-22
Council Grinds Out Routine
Business at Last Nights
Session
MED HEAR WATER PROPOSAL
J. D. Moughmer Presents
Plan for Water Supply
from Olympic Reserve

1t took the councilmen just one
hour to grind the weekly grist of
city business last night. Virtually
everything that came up was of
routine nature and was either passed
or referred to committees. The one
thing new that developed was a prop
osition from j. D. Moughmer repres-
enting Portland interests relative
to furnishing water for Aberdeen and
Hoquiam from the Olympic reserve:
The agreement which he proposed
was that the city should secure the
right from the national government,
snd should agree to use at least 90,-
100000 cubic feet of water a year.
he contract was to run for 80 years
tract could be drawn up, or else the
city could purchase Cloths of the
plant. The matter received the u.s.
ual treatment at the hands of the
council and was referred to the water
committee. Mr.. Moughmer, who was
present, was not heard.
All the members except Elder and
Hits were present last night, Charles
Larkin taking his place as the new
councilman from the Second ward.
The ordinances passed were those
authorizing the issuance of bonds to
the amount of s120,000 to pay off the
warrant Indebtedness, and $4,000 in
refunding the 1892 bonds. The con-
struction of a gravel road from up
per Broadway along Twelfth street
is ordered, and the clerk was directed
to issue bonds for the Improvement
of West Sixth street.
In opening the various bids for
street improvements, contracts were
awarded as follows: Marion street,
T. M. Howard; First avenue and l
street, Standard Transfer company;
Second, Third and c streets. Stand
ard Transfer company; Sixth street
trestle, Hubert Shaffer; paving of B
street, Barber Asphalt company
A protest on the F street grade,
signed by seven property owners,
urging that the grade on F street be
lowered instead of raised was re-
ferred to the city engineer. A re-
quest that concrete walks be laid on
+ street in front of the property of
the ten signers of the petition was
granted. A petition requesting that
certain lots in Frances addition be
filled as they are at present unsani-
tary was referred to the health board.
The resolution of the Chamber of
Commrce, urging the city council to
have the roadway leading to the new
county road to Ocosta repaired, was
referred to the street committee with
instructions to report next week.
Street Superintendent c. E. Arthur
reported that the work of dismantling
the North Aberdeen bridge had been
completed at a cost of $357.25. He
said that if the old iron We're sold
the cost of tearing down the bridge
would be reduced to about $3.50. The
council, therefore. directed that bids
on the old iron be received at the
next meeting of the council.
A request from Frank May that he
be allowed to beg upon the city streets
in his effort to make enough money
to get passage back to the old coun-
try, was not granted. Also the coun-
Gil adopted the street committees re-
port that the request for right to op-
crate popcorn and peanut wagon on
the streets be not granted.
The last bit of business was to di-
rect the judiciary committee to in
clude street privileges over the new
railroads before the ordinances grant
ing extension of tim for their coming
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