The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-09
RECONSIDER TO
AVOID A VETO
COUNCIL PROTECT JUDGE DERBY
Report Made in Privacy Ordinance
Passed AgainS. Possession of Liquors
And TObaCCOS by Minors

In order to avoid the mayors veto
OF ordinance No. 27l, which passed
hnally at the'last meeting of the coun-
ell and which provides for the appoint
ment of Judge A. j. Derby as citv
attorney, Councilman Brosius. at Mon
day nights meeting, moved that it he
reconsldered at the next meeting. On
account of the absence of S. W. Arnold,
who has been called east because of
| the illness of his father, the members
OF the council who flavor the appoint-
ment of Judge Derby would not have
mad the sufficient two thirds majority
to pass the ordinance over the mavor's
veto. This necessitated, for their
policy, the above action.
Citizens living on Columbia Street,
between Seventh and Thirteenth, sub
mtted petition to the council. asking
that no curbng be constructed on the
portion of the street named. They
deslres that the street be graded but
think that the curbing will cause the
outlay of an unnecessary expense.
However, members of the council re-
garded the matter in different lipht
Inc petition was referred to the street
committee, who were instructed to
take the matter up with the property
owners and make a report of their find
ing at the next meeting.
Y. Il. Morse, J.W. Anderson and I.W.
ShlpIey were present at the meeting
and addressed the council in regard To
the ditch of the Farmers Irrigatinp
Co., which lies within the citv's
limits. An ordinance was passed a
nunDer or years ago, providing that
tnls ditch should be enclosed in pipes.
Since then the country members of the
irrlgatlng company have been making
an endeavor to free themselvs from
the obligation of furnishing water
through this ditch. On former occa-
slons certain of its members have pe
ttioned the council to allow the ditch
to remain open till such result could
be accomplished. Last year the ditch
was allowed to remain open TIL this
year on the understanding that at this
tlme the company would make some
effort toward enclosing the water.
The members Monday night petitioned
for the ditch to remain open for the
next year or two, asserting that by that
time the land watered by It would be di |
ivded into lots and they would then
be able to withdraw from the city. I'll
they are made to pipe the water it will
cause an expenditure of $1,000, which
the company, under the present cir
cumstances, does not feel it should be
made to pay. However, a~great fmany
complaints against the uncovered ditch
have been received. A part of it runs
through small bit of forest near some |
of the homes on the Heights, and the |
stagnant water and decaying leaves,
which accumulate in the fall of the |
year Land create a stencil that NAV
prove a menace to health. The |
petition was referred to the fire and
water committee to be reported on at
the next meeting.
petition was submitted by Cudde-
ford a Howell, asking that thev be
allowed to place a corrugated iron roof
over sheds at their blacksmith shop.
The matter was referred to the fire and
water committee with power to act.
2. Dabney & Son were allowed to
make changes in the X. of ?. building.
They intend making their store room
more attractive, and among other i'm
plate glass windows will
)e put in place.
A communication was received from
Jesse Stearns, formally notifying the =,
ecorder of the withdrawal of the Van
torn suit relating to the water bond
ssue. r.sStearns advised the city,
'etore going further in the matte of d,
elllng the water bonds, tosmake an ,
tempt to make some equitable ad- ,
ustment of the water situation and ,
hus eliminate competition With the :
resent competing system in operation, ;
e stated, it will be hard for the city /
0 dispose of their bonds at proper y
rlces and on proper terms. Mr.. =
tearns explained that he had con-
cred with Mr.. Talbot, head of the r.
acific Light & Power Co., and that he Z
disposed to view the matter in a +
air way. q
P. M. Morse, city engineer, submit N
I'd for the councils consideration, I
Decifications on six different kinds of },
aving. According to Mr.. Morse s u
the cost per square yard of -
ying the different kinds of paving a
i'll be as follows: Btulithic, So:
assam, So; Granatoid. $3.50: Welch h.
ocks, So; NichoIsonn, $2.75; and h
rick, $3.50. He stated that wood n
ocks and bitulithic had both been +
'ed extensively in the northwest. o.
ny kind of paving, he said, would .
'ove slippery on some of the local h,
'ades at certain seasons Of the wear. n,
1T wood block, he thought would be q q
ore so than any other kind. Mr.. r.
orse has been in Portland during the
Ist week making an investigation of or
cir paving problems. He says that n
/, finds that bithuithic has been used m
ccessfully there on sleeper grades r
an Hood River will have to contend ol
Ith. On these grades, while the pre- fr
ration is yet soft, large pebbles are in
He'd in and the street is thus given a nf
ugh finish. In order that the laying
the water mains, when the city con- ar
ructs the new system, may not inter- RI
re with the surfacing of the streets fa
ter they have been constructed, Mr.. ~
)rse suggested that the mains be laid nj
fore the construction of the paving co
finished, or that two curbngs be in
d, thus leaving a space between b,
EN- which could be used at later az
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