Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-13
ROUTINE
BUSINESS
or COUNCIL

Feeling convinced that the dray
and truck ordinance as indorsed by
the ordinance committee would be
put in jeopardy because of its radical
features, the committee last evening
withdrew it from the consideration of
the council and it will be presented
at the next meeting after it has been
amended so as to insure its passage.
1t became apparent that a fight
would be made on this ordinance
when the committee brought in
majority and minority report. Coun-
Gilman White brought in the minor
ity report and in it stated that the
ordinance was radical and that were
it passed it would put most of the
smaller draymen out of business and
create a monopoly of the business in
the city.
He moved to have the report in
definitely postponed. The mayor in
his autocratic way refused to recog-
nize any such motion and asked that
some other disposition be made of
it. Finally some one conceived the
idea of making a motion laying the
report on the table and the mayor
was forced to put it and there it
lays. When the ordinance came up
for a third reading the ordinance
committee rather than risk putting 1t
to a vote, withdrew it for amend
ment.
Other Routine Business.
The committee on streets made
favorable report on the extension of
Richmond avenue.
The street committee reported that
Contractor Geiger would not allow
any reductions to be made in the
contract price for the East Court
street improvement, and the contract
was awarded to him without reduc-
tions. The committee desired to re-
duce the price $500 but the contrac-
tor stated that he would no do the
work in the event that such a reduc-
tion was made,
The city engineer recommended
that condemnation proceedings be
commenced for the purpose of widen
ing Front street.
A remonstrance against the pave
ment of Center street from Liberty
to Fourteenth was read and referred
to the street committee.
A resolution directing that ce-
ment sidewalk be built in. front of
the ]. F. Savage property on State
street was adopted
A resolution ordering the construc-
ton of a plank sidelak on Chemeketa
street was passed.
Thre petitions-one asking for the
extension of Laurel avenue from
Highland to Winter-a second asking
for the extension of South street
from Sixth to the Playground road
and the third asking for the vacation
of Roosevelt avenue where it runs
along the property owned by the
Boise heirs-were granted.
r. S. Haskell, and five other prop
erty owners residing in his district,
asked that the Salem Water COM
pany be compelled to extend its wa
ter mains into their district and the
petition was referred to the commit
tee on streets and the city attorney.
The fine of $40 imposed upon the
representative of the Bancroft-Whit-
ney company, of San Francisco, for
violating the peddlers ordinance, was
ordered remitted to the company.
The same action was taken with re-
lation to two other cases of similar
nature. The action was taken upon
the recommendation of the city attor-
ney who stated that the ordinance
did not cover cases of that character.
An ordinance having for it's object
the granting of franchise to the
Portland Railway Light and Power
company on Nebraska street and
Belmont avenue and the vacation of
its track on Seventeenth street was
read the second time and referred to
the ordinance committee.