Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
FILE LIGHT PROPOSAL
City Council Satisfied With Present
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Resig-
nation Accepted.

hOullue matters OCCUPIED the dJ-
tentiCn of the city council last Thurs
day evening. A most important doc
ument, full text of which is published
in another column, was the report of
Recorder Hurt relative to the check
ing up of water usage throughout the
city. The report showed an addition
of over 5 500 in receipts over those
of last year. Report of the city park
commission, covering a period of six
weeks, was read and accepted. The
report showed an immense amount
of work accomplished during the
period covered. On account of the
recent resignation of Mrs. Meikle as
member of the park board, the
mayor named Louis Werth to fill the
vacancy. Councilman Cunningham,
however, asked that the appointment
be held in allegiance for the present,
for reasons that he did not at that
time wish to divulge, and the request
was granted.
The resignation of Councilman
England was accepted. Mr.. England
stated that he would not, after July
|, be a freeholder in Ashland and
consequently would be ineligible for
the position, having recently traded
his holdings here for outside prop
erty, which would require much of
his attention during the summer.
Cooperation of the city council in
the coming Fourth of July celebration
was evidenced by the allowance of
the committees petition for full con-
troll of the streets and concessions
during the celebration. The petition
also included the installation of addi-
tional lights in the park, the same to
remain in use throughout Chautau-
qua, and the declaring of July 8, 4
and as legal holidays for the city.
The California-Oregon Power Com
pany was lightly treated in the mat
ter of their proposition to furnish
power for street lighting purposes at
the rate of " cent per candle power
per month. The proposition was or
dered filed by the mayor, without a
protest on the part of councilmen.
The city general fund is now paying
the city lighting department at the
rate of l Y cents per candle power
per month, which is on the same ba-
sis as formerly charged by the Siski-
you company.
Applications for the renting of the
rock crusher and roller were read
and brought out some discussion. 1t
was stated that the crusher is at pres
ent almost submerged with dirt and
that it would be better off in use.
The matter was referred to the street
committee with power to act. The
petition of j. B. Hunter for surplus
water was placed on file, the mayor
expressing the opinion that the coun-
Gil had nothing to do with the mat
ter.
The committee of the whole report
ed favorably on the matter of ex-
pending $500 for the raising of the
dam at the upper intake. This i'm
provement will be of much value to
the water and light departments, as
the Improvement cOntemplates a
raise of two or three feet. The cleo
trio light committee reported in the
matter of the proposition of Martin
brothers to sell to the city 4 0 acres
of land where the power house
stands, dismissing the proposition
summarily with the assertion that
the city already had good title to the
land.
Ira Shoudy, o. j. Stone and E. j.
Arant were named as viewers in sew
er district No. II. The matter of
sewer connections on Granite street
was referred to the sewer committee,
1t being stated that a number of
property owners have not complied
with the conditions of the ordinance
compelling connection.
f. j. Arant appeared before the
council with a verbal protest against
the building of barn in his neigh
borhood contrary to the ordinance.
1t was brought out that a permit was
granted for this barn about seven
years ago, before the present ordi-
nance governing barns was enacted.
The question as to whether the old
permit is good was a matter of some
discussion. In the absence of writ
ten protest the matter was not acted
upon.