The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-18
SPRAY CO. REFUSED
BUILDING PERMIT

A warm discussion was aroused Mon.
day night at the meeting of the city
council when the question Of granting
the Hood River Spray Co. the permit
to build a plant on the river side Of the
O-W. r. & N. line in this city in the
neighborhood Of the Apple Vinegar Co.
A remonstrance, signed by number
of people living along Cascade avenue
and Columbia street, who protested
against the establishing of the pro.
posed building in the neighbOrhood,
was submitted to the council.
After the street committee, to which
the matter had been referred, reported
unfavorable to the permit, James K.
Forden, manager Of the Spray Com
pany, addressed the city fathers, ask.
ing that the matter be furnisther con
sidered before final action. He said in
part: "The management of the Spray
company, before the permit was asked
Of the council made a thorough inVesti-
cation Of the district and found that,
at the time Of the year when the man
ufacturers did their cooking, from the
first of the year till the middle Of
March, the winds would invariably
carry the offensive odors across the
Columbia. During the rest Of the
year the company does no cooking and
those demonstrating do not show any
valid reasons why their remonstrance
should be granted. We will be willing
to go on bond that the proposed plant
of the Spray company will not be any
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and vinegar mill in the winter months.
During the summer months when these
two institutions have become offensive
there will be no work going on at the
spray plant such as would create an
offensive OdOr
I'VE referred the matter to the
medical authorities of the city, Drs.
Brosius and Bronson, who told us that
the establishing of the plant would not
be Objectionable from health stand
point. We must quit our present
location or get out of business. Hood
River needs factory district and
there is no other suitable place for one
except in the district in which we wish
to locate. Furthermore we want to get
a site where the consumer may be able
to come to our doors for the product.
We consider our location here valu-
able asset but we can not compete with
other factories under present circum.
stances. "
Councilman Early then stated to the
council that he thought that it would
cost the spray company more to move
its plant than is expended by them for
facilities. He said that
at present the cost of hauling a carload
IF materials to the factory, with the car
oaded' to any capacity, amounted to
S2. 80 per car.
However, Mr.. FOrden stated that
he freight charges for moving cars
across the O-W. r. & N. yards was an
additional expense that prevented the
company from making concessions to
is customers.
A petition asking for the placing Of
street lights at the end of State street,
rear the Paradise farm, was referred
o the street committee.
A communication from Ii. l..
IickoX, city night watchman, who
lsked for an increase in his $50 a
hOHbH hdldiyt was ItICIICh w JHc
,olice committee. The committee
eported against the appointment of a
light policeman for the Heights.
IOwever, it recommended that a night
yatchman be appointed for two weeks
Turing the berry picking season.
The chairman of the committee
stated that Sheriff johnson had offered
he services Of deputy sheriff to look
Ifter the Heights.
The question of placing approaches
It the Blowers corner on First street,
rom the street to the sidewalk, which
will be left standing 20 incrhes above
he street level without some such pro-
'lsion, was discussed at length. The
treet committee was empowered to
lct in the matter.
After having been tabled for a long
leriod because of litigation, Ordinance
No. 272, providing for the levy of a
assessment on State
street property received its finals pass
age.
II. c. Smith stated at the close of
he meeting that he had planned to
cave the city and rendered his resig-
nation. However, the council refused
% consider it until his successor is
selected.