Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-22
Free Employment Agency
Ordinance Passes Coun-
Gil Last Night
Hits Charges Against Engi-
neer Ewart Are Found
Untrue by Committee

Introducing an ordinance providing
a free employment bureau to be oper-
ated by the city of Aberdeen and
adopting the report of special COM
mittee eXonorating City Engineer c.
w. art from all charges made
against him by R. H. Hits, were two
Gil meeting.
The ordinance creating a free en-
Payment agency, called for a board.
one to be selected from the council
one from the logging or manufactur-
ing concerns and one from the Trades
council, who shall employ a secretary
at salary not to exceed 500 per
month, was introduced. The matter
brought forth considerable argument
for and against the ordinance. While
several of the council voted against
its passage, all stated they We're in
sympathy with the movement, but it
should be made self supporting be-
cause the present financial condition
OF the city would not warrant the eX-
penditure.
Councilman Elder stated that he
believed there would be as much graft
if run by the city as there was under
the old system and was not in ia
vor of the ordinance, because of the
financial condition of the city.
Councilman Newell said that since
the annual budget was made up, the
city had overdrawn it $4,000 and a
line should be drawn somewhere or
the city would find it hopelessly in
debt when the year was over.
Councilman McCaw spoke on the
need of retrenchment and thought
that portion of the first days wages
should be paid by the person seeking
employment.
Sauers said that it should be self
supporting as most of the men en-
ployed We're for camps outside of the
city and with the city running behind
its budget, he did not see any use
in carrying another burden.
Larkins said that since he had been
selected on the committee, he had
received numerous calls from women
out of employment seeking positions
He favored the employment agency
run as economical as possible.
Judge Pearson as small tax pay
er.' favored the passage of the bill
saying that the poor man had just
as much right to have his body pro
tected as the rich man his homes, and
the people would pay the taxes.
Councilman Morck stated that the
Hotel Washington, would be one of
the first to contribute towards the
support of free employment agency
and on motion, the ordinance was
passed, those voting for it being Criv-
yea, Larkins, Morck, Myles, O'Hare,
Stalding and those voting against it
We're, Elder, McCaw, Newell, Sauers
and Smith.
The committee of S. X. Bowes, L.
G. Humbargar and E. c. Miller, select
ed by Mayor Parks to investigate the
work of City Engineer Ewart regard
ing certain improvement reported that
the North Aberdeen bridge was we'll
built and it had been constructed ac
cording to plans and the sidewalk was
sufficient to carry any load that might
be put on it; that the Sixth street
bridge was strong and would last for
years; that the d street bulkhead
could have been built stronger with
concrete and that it's washing away
was not the fault of the engineer and
that good judgment was used in rails
ing streets in the fill district.
The police committee reported that
, the Bridge tender on the O.-W. r. & n
company bridge was not a fit man
to be vested with police authority.
The council decided to improve
Duffy street by building a 16 foot
plank roadway, as asked for in peti
| ton.
The council ordered the engineer
to get permission to install the tide
gate in the slough in South Aberdeen
near the Donovan mill as it passed