Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-03-30
Will Be Submitted to Vote.
Occupies Time Of Council
Last Night
WILL REDUCE INTEREST
Special Election to Refund
Indebtedness. West End
Bush Fires Menace Homes

The proposal Of the city council to
discontinue the ferry to North Aber
deem had the effect OF bringing out
that suburb in force to the meeting
last night. and, after prolonged dis
cussion, gave promise of a truce in
the legal war that has been going
on between that section and the city.
The matter occupied the attention
of the council for more than an hour,
and at times threatened to become
more heated than parliamentary, but
w. J. Patterson, in the interest OF
OF harmony and peace, succeeded in
pouring oil on the troubled waters.
and procured sort OF armed truce
pending peace negotiations.
A motion was made to continue the
North Aberdeen ferry until the pend
! ing litigation was settled. 1t was
| lost, which meant the discontinuance
OF the ferry, the council evidently
/ thinking that if the insurrectos We're
/ determined to keep the city in lti-a
/ ton, they might as well be lighting
I over the ferry as anything else, ami
the cost of its operation would ne
saved. with which to pay legal costs.
AL tHIS Jlflttult, w y. dttcl SUI
interviewed and succeeded in having
the action reconsdered, and a com
mittee OF property owners of North
Aberdeen appointed to investigate the
trouble and report 1t was then de-
cided that if all litigation was drop
ped, the ferry would be continued
until a special election to be called
for April 30, may decide the question
OF building new bridge.
Regarding the location OF the bridge
it was shown that the war department
would not be willing TO have it at
the old location, although had the old
structure been kept up it might have
remained. but, since it had been
abandoned. the engineers had report
Cd against that site. 1t was pointed
out that the trolley car service would
not be willing to build down Second
street if there was possibility OF
the bridge being removed, so that to
persist in the old location would de-
lay the building of car line to Fern
Hill cemetery.
Chas. r. Pratsch, who figures in the
North Aberdeen litigation as COM
plainant, in calling attention to some
alleged short cOmingS of the city all
thorites. mentioned the water main
on II street between Hume and River
streets, which he said We're so con-
structed as to afford inadequate fire
protection to that section. The ma t.
ter was referred to the water COM
mittee and superintendent.
w. j. Patterson called attention of
the council to the danger to adjacent
property from the brush fires in the
tideland fill district, set by irrespon-
sible subcontractors, one such fire
having already occurred. The matter
vas referred to Stalding, Parks and
! Newell and the attorney with power
to act, and the clerk was directed
to notify the Tacoma Dredging com
! pany that the city would hold it ac-
! countable for any damages caused Jy
such fires.
A move was made toward effectin@
large saving in interest. by reduc-
ing the interest rate on Improvement
! bonds to per cent, and on general
bonds to 5l2 per cent, and an ordin-
! ancc Introduced by Quackenbush
was passed. calling a special alecton
for April 20. for the purpose of re-
! funding present Indebtedness at low
er interest, as provided by the law
passed by the recent legislature. The
question of building the North Aber-
/ deem bridge, at a cost of $4,000, will
be submitted a this election.
Ordinances We're passed providing
for the general election, April 4, and
providing for the filling and clearing
portions of F and Third streets.
Resolutions We're adopted for the
following: To improve portions of
F and Third street with curbs and
cutters, at an estimated cost of S. 900.
the ten-year-payment plan; for
the Improvement of parts of Sixth and
l. streets with btuminous concrete,
and to pave the alley in Block 81,
original plat.
claim was presented for $4,000
by Thos. Zualawinski and wife, for
injuries alleged TO have been received
by a defective roadway on Sixth
street. Referred to the attorney
At the suggestion of the city engi-
neer. meeting was called for April
I, of the property owners on First
and Third avenues, and c. D. and
streets, to consider the improvements
on those streets that have been peti- |
toned for, and which, in the judg- |
ment of the engineer, is more than
the property will stand for.
A contract was awarded the Wash |
ingtOn Pipe Foundry company for |
4,400 feet of 6-inch wood pipe, at %
cents.
Insurance on the horses of the city
was ordered discontinued.