The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-09-04
REM0NSTRANCES FILED
AGAINST STREET WORK

At the Monday night meeting of the
city council strongly signed remon-
strances from citizens residing along
State street and Cascade avenue. whose
assessments will pay for the work,
prayed the council Hot to accept the
Outbound macadam Improvements on
these streets iE their present condition.
The demonstrators stated that the
streetwork had not been done accord
ing to the specifications the contract
at the city enigneer's Office. The at
tention of the conncil was called to the
fact that the street is disintegrating in
places. The matter was referred to
the street committee.
A letter was received from r. b.
Perigo asking that Sherman avenue
east Of Sixth street be improved before
the winter rains set in. The street
committee made the recommendation
which was carried. that ordinances be
drawn providing for the improvement
and by grading Of that portion of Sher.
man avenue between Sitxh and
Twelfth streets.
Hereafter the city should be free
from vagrants. The attention of the
council was called to the fact that dur
ing the past year the Jail has been
made a vertable lodging house for
tramps VINO are rounded up in the rail-
road yards and released next morning.
Action was taken to have ordinances
governing the arrest of and fining Of
vagrants strictly enforced. Hereafter,
when a vagrant.is caught in the city, he
will be taken to the city Jail, where he
may spend the night sleeping on the
concrete floors, and if unable to pay
the aseribed fine, will spend the re-
qured time on the streets necessary to
work out his time.
E. A. Taylor, of Portland, consulting
engineer of the city. in the construction
of the municipal water plant. swho had
Just made a visit TO the headwofks of
the new plant, addressed the council
and told them that with the exception
of the slowness with which it had been
done the waterworks job had been a
very good one. The concrete work of
the head works is now done, he stated.
and the contractors are gathering to-
gether the threads of the spring and
the conduit and grading in
fills along the line. Mr.. Taylor advised
the city, if it wished this work to be
with more dispatch to do this
work with day labor, instead of de-
pending on the contractors. He also
advises the council to secure water
rights of another spring near the one
now in use. 1T can be secured for
reasonable price now" said the con-
sulting engineer, while you are in no
need of it. At later date, when you |
have an emergency il may cost you |
pretty heavy sum. However, the sup |
ply at the spring you have is far more
than you need at the present time. 1t
comes up to the estimates | made as
we'll as those made by others who Wis.,
ted the spring before | did. "
The council considered and passed |
'or the first reading an ordinance cali
ng for the improvement of State
itreet between the end of the Hassam
,aving and the steel wasgon bridge.
The health committee recommended
hat an effort be made to secure a
light of way across the O.-W. h. a N.
racks west of the Hood River Cider
iinegar factory that the apple refuse
nay be dumped on the lowlands of the
Columbia west of the Il. j. Young
iacking house. 1t was also reported
hat two adequate incinerator sites
night be procured from f. H. Button,
asst of the Hood river. The commit
ee was instructed TO find MIR. Buttons
rices for sale or lease of his property.
he committee also stated that the
ight of way over the lsenberg tract
,est of the city and leading into the
est house property had expired and
Ince this would make a good incner-
tor site. it was suggested that the
Ity engineer might make survey
cross the lsenberg property, looking
lward the acquisition of permanent
Ight of way.
The council, on the recommendation
the fire and water committee,
dopted new and increased rate of
ater rental for the livery barns and
otels. The rate for hotels is based on
le number of faucets, sinks and bath
abs.
Hugh Smith submitted his resigntion
} the council as superintendent of the
ater department. 1t was accepted
nd Il. j. Sinex was appointed to fill
ne vacancy. Mr. Smith will leave
Don for the willamette valley. where
c will make his home.