Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-06-08
Decides to Connect East
Aberdeen and South Aber-
deem With Road
INGRAM HAS RESIGNED
Member of Second Ward to
be Selected Next Week.
St. Improvements, Etc.

Inc meeting of the city council
last night was attended by large
number from the second ward, in the
expectation that successor to Coun-
Gilman Ingram would be selected but
the naming of the new member was
put off until next week. The resigna-
t1on OF Ingram was read and accepted.
An ordinance was introduced by
OHare providing for the construction
of road from East Aberdeen to North
| Aberdeen, along the Dabney bluff.
OHare explained that the right of
way, with the exception of 20 feet had
been donated for the road, and said
l. would save its cost by eliminating
ferries every time bridge over the
Wlshkah river was out of commits
sion. The ordinance passed by a
vote OF to 4, Elder, Smith, McCaw
and Egerer voting no"
The Title Guarantee & Insurance
20. notlhed the council that it was
prepared to assume the contracts of
William butcher, provided the coun-
Gil adopted the necessary resolution.
The matter was referred to the at
torney.
Geo. j. Wolff, chairman of the
Fourth of July committee, requested
the council TO refer all street conces-
slons to his committee, to assist in
the celebration. The request caused
considerable discussion, in which MIR.
Mr.. WOln took part. saying that last
year those concessions not only aided
the celebration. but left surplus that
went t0sassiSts the ,h0VAa umllfer casffJ
the Associated Charities and the
Chamber of Commerce. The matter
rpfarr0d tn ba
tee. Later the committee and the
council agreed to grant the request
and the Fourth of July committee
Will proceed with that understanding.
An attempt was made to take the
work of janitor from the fire depart
ment, and Hits moved to create a
combined office of dog catcher, fore
man OF chain gang and janitOr. at $50
month. The vote on this was a tie.
and Mayor Parks took a week tode.
eide it.
A bill of SO for the bond of the
engineer was referred to the finance
committee.
The street committee reported ia.
vorably on the paving of West Sixth
and East Second streets.
protest against the proposed i'm
provement of Front street was refer
red.
Ordinances Passed
To Improve Marion street from
Boone to Crockett, by building a side
walk on the north side to improve B
street from Second street to First
avenue with asphalt and concrete
curbs, cutters and sidewalks; to i'm
prove portions of First avenue and
streets; to establish. lay out and i'm
prove a road around Dabney Hill to
improve portions of Second and Third
avenues and c and ID streets.
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare an ordinance for the improve
ment of portion of Gushing street
in South Aberdeen.
Action on Bids
For placing asphalt on First street
from broadway to + streets, contracts
awarded to the Barber Asphalt COM
pany. Bids on building a road around
Dabney hill were submitted by G. +.
Lund. Andrew Peterson, August Wall.
in and the Standard Transfer com.
pany and laid over; Bids for the i'm.
provement of Hume street were laid
over week in order to obtain the
decision of property owners as to brick
or asphalt; contract for the improve
ment of the alley in block 46. was
awarded to Haukli A. Hepp