Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-14
MAYOR FRANCE
URGES ECONOMY
Warns Department Heads
They Must Keep Expenses
Within Funds on Hand
WHEN IS ADOC GARBAGE?
Is One Of the Puzzles Put Up
to the City Dads. Anto
Speed Limits Discussed

Mayor France opened Wednesday
nights session of the council with a
special message calling attention to
the low condition of the current ex-
pense fund and counseling the heads
of all departments to use the utmost
care to keep down expenses. He said
the city had about $1,000 in the cur
rent expense fund to run it until the
first of the year. He closed the ses-
sion with similar word of caution.
somewhat choleric discussing bills
and the was a large number Of
them. Mayor France kicked as usual
on a lighting bill for $1,000 and said
the lighting bills got sitter and stiff
er. The fire and light committee
recommended and presented list of
about 1875 lights to be cut out and
the clerk was instructed to notify
the light company to discontinue them
The bill for light and bill of $11
for taking dogs to the pound were
laid over.
In the discussion the question came
up as to whether dogs are garbage
or something else. The garbage COL
lector had charged extra for dogs.
It was the opinion of the council that
shon
list of the city. Empey kicked on
the carriage and blacksmith bills. He
said the city should use its own
horses and have its own blacksmith.
Health Officer Goodnow reported
the total expenses for INDECENT sick
cases for six months at $1,400, OF
which $1,000 had been spent for rs
cases Of contagion cared for at the
City hospital. The city is now free,
he said, from contagious diseases.
A petition for the widening of Di-
vision street from Cherry street was
referred
Seven bids were received for build
ing a sidewalk on Hume stree and
the contract was awarded to Carl
Swensen at 81 cents.
The complaint of the Meadowbrook
Dairy for overcharges in water rates
was not approved of and the water
superintendent was exonerated from
any charges of unfairness in the mat
ter.
Recommending to the council that
an ordinance amending the traffic or
dinance with respect to the speed of
automobiles be passed, Mayor France
brought on a discussion which will
result probably in the introduction at
the next meeting of new measure.
Mayor France suggested speed linn
it of Is miles an hour in the business
district and "a miles in tn eresidence
district and "a miles in the residence
committee named to take up with the
commissioners Of Hoquiam the ques-
tion of a measure that would be uni
form. City Attorney Cross called at
tention to the state law which fixed
limit of IL miles an hour in crowd
ed business sections and of "a miles
an hour outside of the business dis
trict. with a speed of only four miles
an hour at congested crossings.
Morck and Empey favored an ordi-
nance that would not conflict with
the state law, although the city at.
torney said in Seattle they had pass
ed an ordinance to suit that city.
which could be done here.
Egerer, who owns an automobile,
said it was impossible to run ma
chine slower than Is miles an hour.
The mayor said he would at least like
a measure that automobile owners
would respect.
City Health Officer Goodnow has
recommended to the council that 1t
act with the authorities Of Hoquiam
and the federal officers for the en-
forcement OF the law with respect to
rat tunnels on ships lines by the
captains of all vessels entering the
port Of Grays Harbor, so as to pro-
tect the community from a possible
outbreak of bubonic plague
Resolutions were adopted for the
improvement Of Scott, Cherry and
Chehalis streets.
The clerk was directed to advertise
for bids for 500 feet each of three
quarter. one and two inch pipe for
the use of the water department.