Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-19
PAVED STREET
TO HoQUlAM
City Council Decides Upon
Sumner Avenue as Route
for Intercity Road
LIGHT BILLS QUESTIONED
N. P. Railroad Is Asked to
Change Route While the
Streets Are Improved

The city council, at it's meeting
Wednesday night, decided to
improve street leading to Hoquiam,
and to make the improvement on
Sumner avenue instead of Simpson
avenue, which had previously been
considered. Sumner avenue, 1t was
considered, would cost less and make
the best thoroughfare. Being on the
street car line, the grade is estab-
lished and earth for the fill can be
hauled by trolley cars cheaply
A discussion provoked by the may
or over the electric light bill, which
was somewhat increased, but the
council was informed by the clerk
that the increase was not for lights
but for supplies and work. The elec-
trio company had offered to cut out
some lights, and complaint was made
that it had not done so, when it
transpired that they were to be cut
out when the council adopted reso-
luton that would not imperil the
company's contract with the city. The
matter was referred to the committee.
A special committee reported Meth
err the city nor it's employees were at
fault because l.. l.. Leighton's auto
sustained damages on one of Aber-
deems streets recently, hence his
nj OF NJ, g.,
the discard"
The discovery was made that the
bid of the Aberdeen Manufacturing
company for sewer pipe, accepted
last week, was $1.15 higher than that
of F. G. Foster company of Hoquiam,
but proposition to reconsider the
subject was summarily squelched by
Mayor France. 81 don't think we'd
better change it for a mere $1.15"
was his advice, which was accepted
by the council.
City Attorney A. E. Cross was in
structed to confer with officials of
the Northern Pacific railway in ref.
erence to the operation of trains Of
that company over tracks of the O.
W.. r. & N. while concrete is being
laid on the street which the main
line of the former road parallels in
East Aberdeen. A communication
from City Engineer l.. P. Kelsey stat.
ed vibration caused by passing trains
when the concrete is setting will i'm.
pair durability Of the paving.
After the expenditure of about &c..
500 in repairs on the crippled Heron
street bridge it is not considered safe
to run the street cars over the struc-
ture, and further expense is to be
incurred by rebuilding the approach.
es, SO as to have five feet on level
at the junction with the bridge, in
the hope this will relieve the money
eating cripple from the jar which it
receives from the cars landing on
1t from an incline.
DeCamp and Cheatem have $2,1OO
and $8,400 due respectively on con.
tracts for work on the storm and
trunk sewers.
A ten-foot sidewalk on Grant street
from Second to Randall was advised
instead of a street. The report was
adopted.
A tungsten light was ordered in
stalled at Railroad and Wooding
streets.
The work in the alley in block 81
was accepted and the assessment roll
equalized.
Bids for oats and hay, submitted
by w. R. Lebo & company we're re-
ferred to the fire and light and street
committees.
Bids for water pipe were submit
ted by the Washington Pipe & Foun-
dry company, the United States Cast
Iron Pipe and Foundry Company and
the Crane company. These were re-
ferred to the water committee.