Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-21
THE COUNCIL
GRINDS OUT
A GOOD GRIST
ASYLUM AVENUE TO LOSE ITS
BAD NAME AND BE CALLED
AS 1T Is, CENTER STREET--A
GENUINE BUSINESS SESSION.

Working on petition from the
street car men, a resolution was read
and approved at the city council last
evening, and in future all cars m 1st
be in charge of a conductor, besides
the regular motorman. An ordi-
nance relative to the closing Of car
doors was also repealed by the act.
and henceforth doors may be closed
in rough weather, but must not be
locked, and must at all time be able
to be opened readily, should an emer
gency arise.
IL an ordinance to change the
name of Asylum avenue to Center
streets is not seriously opposed at
the next meeting. Of the city fathers,
Asylum avenue will lose its bad
name. It is but continuation of
Center street and it is difficult for
strangers to locate places in the city
when street has different names for
certain sections of It..
Several bids for the construction
ef lateral sewers were received and
read. They were referred to the
committee on sewers with orders to
report at the next meeting. E
/ Owing to the fact that the funds
OF the committee were limited to So.
while the lowest bid for the neces-
sary work was 1888, Chairman Moffitt
| brought in a resolution to have the
matter of improving the city jail
postponed until the first of the year.
Such a diliatory measure was siren
uously objected to by, Mr.. Hucke-
stein, with a result that the mayor
ruled the resolution out of order, and
also said that this committee had
been instructed to go ahead with the
work of improvement. He stated that
IL the building committee Is not will
ing to see that this most necessary
work was done at once, that he
would give it to some one who was
The matter OF purchasing another
team was brought up by Councilman
Lafky, who recommended that a fine
young team that he had in mind be
purchased for the sum of $3.50. The
team is needed to work on the nc-s
sweeper that the city is thinking oi
purchasing. In case 1t is possible tC
run the present sweeper Is hours Q
day the contemplated purchase o
the additional sweeper may be in
definitely postponed.
Permission to erect a large tent or
the property owned by the Masonic
fraternity, at the corner of State ant
High streets, was granted to the Ma
rion County Poultry association
which Is to hold big poultry show
E commencing on the 9th, and lasting
for one week.
An appropriation OF SASS wai
made for the erection of two res
rooms in the city, one to be located
at Marion square the other in VIII
son park. The lack of suitable pub
lie comfort stations has been lonl
, felt need in the city, and the actor
of the council is to be highly com
mended.
Stating that, in his opinion, tn,
El-Oao and bitusithic companle
should not be forced to carry heav!
bonds after the completion of tn,
: bulk of their contracts, when tht
= concrete companies were paid off al
their work was done, Councilman
Hatch suggested that the council al
. low the companies to deposit bond
| to cover the completion of the worl
| only Several improvement com
Y panies we're then, ordered paid II
3 proportion to the work completed
with enough held out out to see tina
minor matters we're attended to.