Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-03
REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION
HELD TUESDAY EVENING.
DECISION ON BIDS IS DEFERRED
The Usual Routine Business Was
Transacted by City Council With
PrOmptness and Dispatch.


and several special sessions were
read and approved.
The report of Superintendent
Rosecrans of the city waterworks
was read and approved, as was that
of the superintendent of the electric
light plant.
The report of the park board was
received and on motion was approved.
The report of the street commits
sioner for the month of June was
read and approved.
The usual grist of salary accounts
and audited bills were approved and
ordered paid.
Bids for the construction of the
fire house were opened and read as
follows:
NJ. M. Sheldon and E. c.
Paine ................$ 1,94O.2O
W. H. Penter. ......... 2,137.OO
Frank Jordan ........... 1,993.16
R. w. Leonard and S. c.
Boror ................ 1,915.O0
Councilman Beaver brought up
the question as to whether or not the
plans and specifications complied
with the requirements of the ordi-
nance that all walls in the fire limits
must be 16 inches thick. On motion
the bids were laid on the table until
Thursday, July 8, at 1880 o'clock, at
which time the council will meet and
take them up.
The bid of Clute & Irwin for the
concrete work at the intake at 1870
was on motion postponed until Thurs
day evening for action.
o. C. Tiffany and A. R. Wright
applied for the position of special
police during Chautauqua. The mat
ter being up to the mayor to make
any and all police appointments, the
council took no action on the appli-
cations. tiC
A petition to the city council from
residents on North Almond street for
crossings on that street was read.
On motion the petition was referred
to the street committee.
A communication from w. D.
Hodgson requesting that the grade
and street line on Scenic Drive be
made official was read and on mo-
ton the street committee and city
engineer were requested to act in the
matter
, Communications from the office of
J the sheriff declaring that it had un-
/ justly failed to grant the per cent
J deduction on paving leins on two tax
collections from G. F. Billings were
; read and on motion the refund was
granted
| A petition for lamp posts on the
| Boulevard from Iowa street to the
, Granite City hospital was read.
Councilman Cunningham moved that
| the petition be laid on the table.
There was no second and Councilman
} Beaver moved that it be referred to
I the committee on electric light, which
was done.
: City Electrician Butterfield asked
instructions as to the fountain at the
Citizens Banking and Trust Com
pany building. On motion it was
referred to the electric light commit
tee with power to act.
H. e. Butterfield presented a COM
munication asking that money due
the electric light funds from the gen.
; eral fund for street lighting. 1t was
ordered granted
The city electrician presented a
, report as to the value of pipe taken
, from the electric light department
for the use of the water department.
Contract for lamps between city OF
, Ashland and B. Danford was read
and there followed some discussion.
On motion of Councilman Beaver the
r contract was ordered entered into, to
5 be dated September /, 1918.
r The street commissioner reported
D having taken out curb at East Side
school.
g The committee on streets reported
on the matter of fixing the drainage
f at corner of city hall; reported in ia
1 vor of 10-inch pipe from the city
hall to hte catch basin at the foun'
tain. Councilman Cunningham asked
, if it was the understanding Of the
S city engineer that there should be 8
, catch basin used, and that officia
t stated that though it had not beer
{ so considered between him and the
| committee, it should be put in. Or
motion the report was approved: Or
motion the committee was ordered