The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-06-08
MORSE REPOl IS
ON IMPROVEMENT
ROAD FUND DEFICIT Is $926.72
Marshal Reports $lOS Collected on
Dog TaxeS--Health Committee
Finds City Sanitary.

AT the regular meeting of the
council Monday night the following
interesting communication was submit
teud by City Engineer p. NJ. Morse:
Gentleman: As an item of interest
beg to advise that during the five
months just ended there have been the
following amounts of cement walk,
curb aud pavement laid: cement walk,
| 2, Ids lineal feet; cement curb, 4,537
lineal feet; pavement. l,545 square
yards. Columbia street Improvement
has been completed at cost of
81, 1885. First street Improvement,
consisting of cement walks, curb ard
pavement has been completed at
total cost of S4, 430.75. Third street,
grading only, completed at a cost of
$50. 45. F"
A communication was received from
Il. o. Blanchar, city treasurer, asking
that it be ascertained what interest
local banks will pay on the proceeds of
the sale of the 5000 water bond
issue. The bank, of course, will have
to give the treasurer the proper surety
and the funds may be drawn out on
the demand of the treasurer. The
council deferred action on the COM
munication for week.
DIR. L. c. Brosius, chairman, report
ed that the Health committee had made
a tour of inspection of the city Mon
day. The committee, said DR., Brosius,
found the city in an excellent sanitary
condition, with the exception Of ex-
posed garbage at the stables and diff
ferent hotels sites of the city. This is
due, he said, to lack of alright cans.
which should be used to keep the flies
away from the garbage. The residence
portion of the city, continued DR.. Bro
sius, is very sanitary. The citizens,
he concluded, should felicitate them
selves on this fact
The report of Robt. T. Lewis as
marshal and street commissioner was
read and adopted. Marshal Lewis re-
ports that he has collected dog taxes
for the month of May amounting to
the sum of Sl08.
The following statement Of the city 5
funds, aside from the special assess
ment funds, was made by Recorder H.
b. Langille The general fund on
April !, had ba aces of Sl06.93 Dur
ing the months 81 Ap nd May re-
: eeipts to the ana, o. 1913. 80 were
taken in. Disbu or the two
months. however, o., "a to SO, ,594.
leaving deficit 5a Of $3.50. .09
ihe road fund on JLte !, ad deficit
of 1925. r. 70 which | tld Towu from
$500. IS on April Re t. and dis
Z bursments for th ts anths wer
7 respectively S9ll n ata 1897. .95
The recorder was instructed to prepar
/, a copy of TIE report. which vas re
/ ferred Ia the finance committee, TO
? each member Of the council.
Ordinance No. S03, which had it,
? final pas age, authorizes the paymen
Of the sum Of $474.S0 to w. G. Aldret
& Co., for the completion Of he i'm
provemtnt Of blocks and 6 of tn,
RivervieW Park addition Of Columbia
i street
Ordinance No. 304 had its 6ral pas
sage. 1t provides that bonds to the
: extent of $l,l13.90 be issued for the
improvement of Columbia street be-
tw en- Seventh and Thirteenth streets.
a resolution was adopted instructing
Recorder Langille to confer with citi
zens owning property through which
! the proposed extension of First street
will pass relative to the city making
an e'fer for the property.