Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-18
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Fairmount avenue that while the peri.
tiOn had been reported on unfavord"Iy
previously, it had come back again With
the name Of one more property owner
attached and that at the meeting next
week the committee will report Oh the
petition favorably.
Property Owners Meet.
Tonight in the council chamber ut
the city hall will be held meeting Of
the property owners residing on the
proposed paving district of Chemekc.a
street. The property owners of Tweu,
ty.first street will meet Wednesl lay
night, and those of North Commercial
street on Friday night.
A large list of bids for the construc.
tion work on these streets were sub.
mitted and read at the meeting week
ago and were to have been reported on
last night, but on account of a diff.
Guilty among the property owners re.
garding the kind of paving desired .he
award of contracts was postponed
These questions will be settled at the
meetings which have been set.
Take Off watchman.
The watchman who has been station.
ed for several months on the wagon
bridge across the Willamette is to be
removed by joint agreement of the 1ity
council and the county courts of Polk
and Marion counties The Waterman
was placed on the bridge through IN
agitation started by the council during
the last administration. OF late the
Polk county court has become dissat.s.
fled with the expense attached to .he
maintenance of a watchman and served
notice on the Marion county court anl
the city council that it was unwilling
any longer to pay its share of the ex.
pense. The Marion county court was
not slow to agree, and the city, being
the minority member, came across like
wise.
A bridge across Mill creek on Froni
street was declared unsafe and tempor
arily placed out of commission.
City Officers Report.
A. G. VAIN is to receive a rebate cr
the assessment for the improvement oI
South Commercial street, in accordapa,
with a petition submitted by him sew
eral weeks ago. The city attorney Ia
authorized to draw the ordinance ueces
sary for granting the rebate
A report from the city attorney rec
ommending that the Oregon Electro
Railroad Co. he notified to keep its II,
cars off South High street was tablet
upon recommendation Of the attorne}
himself who stated that since handi .
in the report he had had conversation
with an official of the company. who
had stated that the company was build
ing standing tracks and in about &C
days would be prepared to take care VI
its cars in other places.
Much Street Improvement.
By resolution of Alderman Stolz The
plans and specifications for the i'm
provement Of Union street from WaJur
to Twelfth were rescinded and new
plans and specifications adopted in
their stead. Other resolutions by Stol2
authorized the engineer to prepare
plans, specifications and estimates fot
the improvement with hard surface OF
Statesman street, South High street
Paramount avenue from Lincoln to Su.
perior, Eighteenth street from Cedar ia
State, and Marion street from Water
to Fifteenth, The resolution were all
adopted.
The mayor and recorder were author.
i"ad to enter into contract for the
construction Of paving and abutmentq
for the Mill creek bridge on Summer
street, Through a resolution Offered
by Southwick and Brown, the Portland
Eugene & Eastern company is to b.
asked to show its authority for crossing
certain streets The authority must he
shown not later than March q. While
merely n matter of form, this measure
is one Of caution to prevent difficu,tirs
that might arise over roads given a
franchise to pass along certain street
crossing the intersections without frau
chises having been granted.
Bonds Nearly Ready.
Minton made inquiry of the city At.
torney when the city sewer bonds would
be ready for issuance and sale. City
Attorney Page replied that he had
communicated with the Boston firm of
lawyers to whom the bonds were refer
red for approval and had received GU
answer that the bond would be read,
by about the middle of May.
Upon motion by Macy the police were
authorized to investigate the nuisance
Of persons riding bicycles without beils.
The alderman said that the matter had
been brought to his attention by n PEI.
son who had called the attention Of 'ha
police to the matter, but that the otti.
Ger to whom he complained had stated
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