Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-05
MAYOR VET0ES
PUBLICITY TAX
Attempt Of City Council to
Override Vetoe Fails by
One Vote
IS TO BE RECONSIDERED
New Water Ordinance Is
Passed Monthly Reports
Are Received

At the council meeting Wednesday
night, Mayor France returned the or
dinance creating publicity fund with
his disapproval, giving as the reasons
for his veto that the city burden was
already too heavy, and the fact that
the ordinance permitted the expendi.
ture of the fund by the Publicity Board
An attempt to pass the measure ovevr
the mayors veto failed by one vote,
Brecht, Empey, Milette and Wieland
voting to sustain the mayor, and
Evans, Fraser, Grant, Morck, Myles,
Pearsall and Sawyer voting to ovevr-
ride the veto. Eight votes are neces.
sary to carry the ordinance through,
SO it failed. Egerer was absent, and
the measure will be brought up again
before the budget for next year is
finally adopted.
The publicity ordinance passed pro.
vides for a levy not exceeding 2h
mills, to be used for city publicity
The fund will be handled by a COM
mittee of three members, appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce and con-
firmed by the council. The members
OF this committee hold Office one year
and are under $1,000 bond. A COM
mittee has already been named by
the Chamber of Commerce to take
Office when the council provides for a
publicity tax and confirms their ap.
pointment.
Routine Business Of Session
The claim of Mark Warwick for
damages for the caving in of his
property on Terrace avenue, by rea-
son of too low a grade, was taken up
In executive session.
The water committee recommended
purchase Of Smith tapping machine
and the same was ordered bought.
The amount due the Spokane Con-
tracing company for contract on fill
district No. 2, $500 was ordered paid
Reports of police department, police
judge, garbage commissioner, fire de-
partment and building inspector for
August were referred to committees
A communication from attorneys
of the Tacoma Dredging company, ask.
ing for conference between mem.
bers of the dredging company and the
city attorney and three members of
the council to discuss work on fill
district No. l was placed on file.
Work on district No. APT was ac.
cepted and the assessment roll for the
district was confirmed.
Bonds for street improvements,
presented by Haukli, Hegg & Co., for
$1,150, and the other for $42O, present
ed by ]. A. Nordgren, were placed on
file.
L. L. Leighton asked for damages
done his auto on August IA, by i'm
proper handling Of Heron street bridge
gates. The matter was referred to
the finance committee.
An ordinance regulating supply and
rates on water in the city amending
section Z, ordinance 738 was passed.
An ordinance providing for con-
struction of a trunk sewer, beginning
at Fifth and streets, thence to K,
Fourth, Division, Washington, Hume
and Lincoln streets, and emptying in
to the Chehalis river, was passed.
creating l.. I. d. No. 436.
Contract for the improvement of
Custer street by construction of an
8-foot elevated sidewalk was award
ed to d. c. Crivyea.
Contract for improvement of Lewis
street by constructing an S-foot side
walk was let to Olson & Peterson.