The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
WILL EXTEND
FIRST STREET
GARBAGE INCTNERATOR SUGGESTED
HiCkOx'S Salary Increased - Robertson
Fills Vacancy Caused by Smiths
Resignation from Council.

Judging from the largely signed
petition presented to the board of |
alderman of the city at the regular
meeting Monday night, practically all
of the business men Of the city are in
favor of the extension Of First street
across the O-W. r. & N. Company's
line in order to provide way to deep
water. Because the petition was so
representative Councilman Brosius
made the motion, which was carried,
that the opening of the street be
proceeded with according to the pro-
visions of the city charter. The pro-
posed street will not continue in a
straight line from the end Of First
street but will follow the bank of Hood
river.
Councilman Brosius, who holds the
rank of Major of the Medical Corps of
the Oregon National Guard and who
has but recently returned from the
Mexican border near San Diego, at
tended the council Monday night for
the first time since his return. He
suggested to the city lawmakers that
the methods used by the regular army
of the United States in the disposition
of garbage could be adopted to advant-
age by the city. The government
camps, DR.. Brosius explained, were
equipped with incinerators made Of
steel and similar in shape to headless
barrels. The garbage is placed in
them and small quantity of oil added
from time to time. Practically all the
expense attached to such a means OF
disposing of garbage, he sand, was the
cost of paying man to keep the hre
going.
The petition of A. G. Lofts, and that
of L. c. Homewood, asking for an eX-
tension of Is days for the completion
of the concrete sidewalks and curbs on
| Columbia street was granted,
The Finance committee reported that
| its members recommended that the
salary of Night Waterman H. L..
HickoX, beginning June !, be IN
creased from the sum of $50 to $40.
The recommendation was adopted.
Reporting for the Street committee,
Councilman Brosius asked that the
members of that committee be allow
ed another week to consider the offers
of W. G. AIdred to place concrete curbs
and sidewalks on Oak street west OF
Fifth. The street comittee recon-
mended the pavement to W. G. AldreC
the sum of $3.50 on the lease of the
KOberg quarry, which is used jointly
by the city and Aldred. The bill was
allowed by the council.
The petition to have lights placed a
the end of State street near the Para
disc Farm addition was not recon
mended by the Street committee an;
was referred to the Fire and Watei
committee. The improvement of thC
fill from Thirteenth street leading
over to the Paradise Farm addition
was discussed but no action was takeI
on it.
The Special Sewer committee re
ported favorably on the construction o
sewers in section of district OF
Columbia street and an ordinance pro
viding for same passed its second read
ing. City Engineer Morse urged tha
the city make an effort to advertise
the bids for the construction of all th
sewer work that will be done thi
summer at one time The total amour
of the cost of construction will reac
500, 900 and better bids will be secures
and money saved in advertising if tn
issue of bonds is advertised as a whole
Ordinances were passed accepting
improvement work done by w. G
Aldred & Co. on blocks 3 and o
| Waucoma addition and block a o
Riverview park on Columbia stree
! and block of Highland addition o
| State street.
The Judiciary committee was in
structed to draw up an ordinance, sim
liar to ordinances No. 283 and No. 284
providing for the use of concrete paw
ing in the fire district of the city sue
as has been used on First street.
j. E. Robertson, local manager G
the Stanley-Smith Lumber Co., wa
elected to fill the vacancy on the cour
Gil caused by the resignation of H. {
4 Smith, who will remove from the cit
to some point in the willamette Valle
where he will again enter the mercar
tile business.
| An ordinance, providing for tn
oiling of Twelfth street south of Ma
was finally passed.