The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-01-09
COUNCILMAN
IS REINSTATED
COUNCIL FACES NOVEL SITUATION
Funds for the Additional Work Being
Available the Distribution System Of
Water Plant viii Be Extended.

u
Monday nights council meeting, when |
Councilman J. +. Robertson, immedi- I
ateiy after the reading of the minutes |
called the attention of the body to the /
fact that Councilman A. G. Staten had 1
been absent from the deliberations of
the city fathers for two consecutive |
meetings. The charter of the city |
says on this point The office of coun- |
Gilman shall be deemed vacant when !
ever any incumbent thereof shall fail
/ to attend any two consecutive regular
meetings of the council, unless absent
upon leave of the council first OBJ
! tanned.
Councilman Ed Mayes arose to his
feet and stated that he would like to
! hear from the city attorney as to the
legal Interpretation of the charter.
| As he stated, Councilman Staten's
vote might decide some important is
sue coming before the council and it
would be necessary to determine
whether or not the body should take
action to re-appont him to his pos
| tion.
Judge Derby stated that il was all a
matter of construction of the rule.
However, he did not deem that the
matter took any affirmative action on
the part of the council. Still, he
thought it would be best and safest for
the council to act as though the char
ter automatically made the position
vacant Thereupon councilman G. II.
| Sproat placed Mr.. Staten's name in
nomination and he was reinstated.
! Councilman Staten declared that he
preferred this procedure and thanked
! the body for its action. He said that
| he had been absent from the city at
the last previous meeting out of neces-
sity, having been called to Portland on
the morning before the regular meet
ing, on urgent business.
Councilman Msyes took the oppor-
tunity at this time to call to task
members of the municipal government
who have been tardy at regular meet
ings. "We do not doubt that they
have urgent private business, he
said. "However, all of US do. And
the tine of those who wait for the
tardy ones to appear is as valuable as
their own"
A communication from the Board of
County Commissioners was read. The
county government, provided the pro-
posed Carnegie library be made a
county institution and branches be es'
tablished in all parts of the county as
soon as there is justification for them
promises to levy a tax each year t
III care for two thirds of the maintenance
III the sum of $l750, stipulated in the az
/ proprietiun made by the Carnegie Ca
| poration for a building to house ii
library.
In a communication from the cit
enigneer, +. Nj. Morse, it was recon
mended that the distribution system 0
| the city be extended to other street
than those named in the recent cor
| tracts awarded to the Reliance Con
| struction Co. The company is read
| to do this additional work on the sam
| basis of the contract The eXtenslo
work will cost approximately G 0Ot
| The bids of the Reliance Constructlo
work were approximately $4,000 lowe
| than the estimated cost of the lnstalla
| tion of the new water system. Tn
| council adopted the recommendation.
The fire and water committee recon
| mended that the right of way of th
line leading to Tucker spring b
| charged to conform to the recommend
| ations Of the city's consulting engir
eer. E. A. Taylor. The city will prt
/ ceed to secure the new rights OF wa
from orchardists whose land will b
| crossed by the pipeline. In one II
| stance. where the line crosses tn
propertv of K. N. Cook, Councima
| Baker recommended that the torme
be granted two standpipes from whIc
to secure water for spraying purposes
| MIR. Cook, he said, has made the cit
very low price for the use of tt
right Of way and urges that he b
= granted the use of the stand pipes fC
= the spraying purposes.
The fire and water committee ais
II recommended that the council purchas
III a new nose cart for the Heights fr
iii department and 400 feet of new hos
III for the Lower City department. In
III old hose will be given to the Height
iii department, the pressure on the Height
III being much less than that OF 10
lower city.
HI II was recommended that the be
HI acquired from the Congregations
III church be placed in the southeast COZ
III ner OF Ine property 49, " "
HI city in the purchase of the CITY spring
III and that the bell on the tower dow
HI town be placed on the Paris Fair builC
HI ing.
III While the council has not yet OF
HI tanned the site near the old turnitur
Ill factory for the incinerator purposes
III such action has been seriously conten
HI Mated. AT the Monday night meetln
HI of the city council it was learned tina
u the O.-W. K & N. Co. will interpos
serious objections to crossing BEN
made over its lines at this point. 1t
- said that eight tracks will be laid her
II when the company completes its in
HI provement work and that it is danger
HI Gus because of curves on both sides O
III the crossing. A difference Of opinio
iii prevailed among the members as I
III whether or not the city would have tn
Ill right to force a crossing.
HI The proposed opening OF street
III the manufacturing section of the cit
III again came up for discussion. Accord
Ill ing TO action taken at the meeting To
iii week previous the city will proceed t
III omen this street, which is said to b
iii much NEEDED by the merchants and fac