The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-01-05
WILL CALL
SPECIAL ELECTION
TO VOTE ON BUYING WATER PLANT
DR. Eliot Offers to Donate a Portion of
Indian Greek Grounds for Public
Park, Which is Accepted.

At the meeting of the council Tues
day night City Attorney Derby re-
ported that the Light and Power COM
pany might be able to give good title
to their properties, but advised that
the city require a good and sufficient
bond to guarantee a release from all
the bondholders. At the last pre-
vious meeting, it will be remembered
the Light and Power Company made
two propositions to the city as to the
the purchase of this property. They
offered either to sell the plant to the
city for the sum of $38, 900 or to sell
the water plant to the city and arbi-
trate the price by means of appraisers.
| The management of the water COM
pany submitted a proposition offering
to pay all the expenses of an election
to be held for the authorization of
bonds for the purchase Of the plant.
The matter was brought to vote,
and by ordinance 269, which passed at
the first reading, the council author
lied that an election be held Satur-
day, January q, for the purpose of
authorizing bonds for the purchase of
the water plant.
The council received the following
communication from DR.. T. l.. Eliot
Portland, Oregon. December 8, 1910.
To the Hon. Mayor and the Council
of Hood River, Oregon.
Gentlemen intimated some time
| ago to one or two members of your
body on the part of Mrs. Eliot and my
self to set apart a small small tract
on the northern part of our estate adj
joining Hood River City for public
reservation or park. Since that time a
survey has been made to facil'ta this
purpose, and am writing at this time in
preliminary way to ask whether the
city is willing to take over this proper
ty as Il public park, to be conducted
with the care and for the uses which
usually 20 with such parks. The pro-
posed donation would include the pOr-
tion of the bed of Indian Creek, which
is on the land, together with a strip
of $50 feet in width and about 1920 feet
in length of the upper or fiat ground.
1t would be our intention to lay out
the adjacent ground so that an ad-
ditional strip of 60 to 80 feet would fol-
low the south side of the proposed park
asa boulevard, continuing along or
near to the bluff of Hood River for a
certain distance. would remind you
that this proposed park, which with
the upper portion and boulevard would
amount to twelve acres more or less,
| joins on the north to a reservation or
trust for the public, which was made
some time ago, think by Mr. Wilson
and Mr.. Schenck to certain trustees,
and containing about ten acres of the
bluff of Indian Creek on the north
| bank.
If am right in this, the entire con-
tiguous reservations for public uses
will thus be over 20 acres and at no dis
tant day in the history of the city it
would become of use to the people,
particularly if improved along the
line OF modern parks by proper trails
and protection. If this intention
upon our part meets with your ap-
proval, Mrs. Eliot and myself will sub
NIT to you map of the proposed dona-
tion and proposed deed to be signed
by us, and then if acceptable, will
carry out in full the purpose herewith
indicated. 1t will be understood that
there will be no condition attached to
the gift, except the general provisions
for the perpetual use by the public as
park
Very truly yours, 7. l.. Eliot.
The matter was accepted and ais
cussed, and Mr.. EIiot's proposed gift
will be accepted rs outlined in the
above letter.
\ The Fashion Livery and Drayage Co.
asked for a permit to erect three
story livery barn at the foot of Oak
St., and to make necessary eXcava-
tions and gradings from State st.
for purposes of an entrance.
The matter was referred to the fire
and water and street committees.
Ordinance 263, passed at second and
final readings, authorized the issuance
of bonds to the sum of $2O8.32 for
sewer work in district of section 4.
Ordinance 264 authorizes bonds to
the extent of $4,79707 for the i'm
prOvement of State street.
Ordinance 265 authorizes the creation
of State street improvement, sink
ing and interest fund.
Ordinance 266 authorizes improve
ment bonds for division s to the extent
of $l69.60.
By ordinance 267 sewer improve
ment and interest fund will be created,
and No. 1853 authorized the grading of
Columbia street from Seventh to
Thirteenth.
The Street committee and the mar
shal made their regular reports