Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-07
The CITY DADS
GET AFTER The
STREET VENDERS
ALSO TAKE Up THE MATTER OF A
CITY WATER FRONT, AND THAT
OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
PAY 500 FOR DAMAGES DUE TO
BAD SIDEWALKS.

\ great variety OF business was at
tended to at the meeting OF the city
fathers last evening and everything
from pawnbrokers to the exchange Of
thousands of dollars worth of the
city's property was considered.
Early in the session the mayor
gave up the chair to Alderman White
and when the proposal of the Spauld-
ing Logging company to exchange
500 feet of water frontage for certain
city property which they have built
their plant on, the mayor rose to
speak in its favor. He said in part.
Alderman Lafky and myself have
been negotiating with the Spaulding
/ people for some time relative to Sc
curing for this city water frontage,
which no city located as We are To-
Gated can we'll do without. 1t is
well known fact that Portland and
other cities that have neglected their
opportunities to secure their own wa
ter frontage, have been seriously
Handicapped in their race for suprem-
acy, This proposal of the Spaulding
company will give to Salem just what
she needs and the property given in
exchange can never benefit any but
the Spaulding people as they own the
property on both sides and all around
the property that we would give in
exchange. Besides this the mill COM
pany will give us $4,000 worth of
lumber to boot. So l can see no rea-
son whatsoever, for refusing this
proposal"
Some of the other councilmen OBJ
jected, wanting time to consider the
matter. There are 80 days given in
which to decide finally.
The council then reconsidered sew
eral sidewalk matters which had
been defeated at former meeting
Councilman Hatch, who voted against
the laying of concrete walks along
both sides of Asylum avenue, from
Fourteenth to the city limits, no long
er objected to that measure and it
was carried. A bill for 500 damages
was brought in by Ivy E. Williams,
for injuries received by falling on a
defective walk on Mission street, op-
posite the Yew Park school. The
claim ws allowed and then the mat
ter of laying concrete sidewalks along
the said street from Commercial to
Twelfth was taken up and passed
without opposition, although the
sam emeasure was partially defeated
at previous meeting. Now that the
fathers were in the mood for better
sidewalks, motion by Alderman FL
lott carried to have Sanitary Inspec-
tor Long go over all the walks in the
city and to report their condition.
The council evidently believing that
it would be easier to lay good walks
than to pay damages for injuries.
A bill for the city's revenue was
taken up, and believing that the con-
Germs which use the city's streets for
a place of business should help pay
the citys expenses, and believing
that mediums, clarvoyants, palmists,
and other takers should be taxed to |
the point of exclusion, the council /
added to a previous bill so that in the |
future pawnbrokers will be required .
to pay a license of S10O per year
with a rate of $50 for six months and |
with no rate less than six months |
Street lunch counters and like stands .
will pay SIS per year, $40 for six
months and s25 for a three months
rate. All mediums and such like peo-
pie will be taxed $25 per week or S. .
per day.
Several matters relative to the pay I
ing for contract work completed was
taken up and referred to the street .