East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
NEW SIDEWALK TO THE HIGH
SCHOOL MAY Be BUILT SOON
JUDGE G. W. PHELPS URGES M
PROVENENT MADE ON
TUSTIN STREET.

An urgent request for a new side
walk on Tustin street leading to the
high school was made to the council
last evening by Judge C. W. Phelps.
representing the school board and
Acting Mayor Dyer instructed the
street committee to take some action
at once.
Judge Phelps declared the present
walk to be in an unsafe condition
and to be a menace to the students
using II daily. Several months ago
the matter OF reducing the Tustin
street grade and building new walks
was taken up and, after the council
had reached the point of ordering the
work, the matter was allowed to drop
chiefly because of the objections rails
ed by property owners affected. Judge
Phelps declared the school board
stands ready to bear its part of the
expense OF the street improvement
but does not want to force the work
over the objection OF other property
holders. A new walk, however, is i'm
perative, he stated.
Riverside Drive Now Street.
The riverside drive on the north
bank OF the river from the Main
street bridge west is now a public
thoroughfare, the council last even
ing passing an ordinance accepting
the deeds of Fred walters, w. F. Mat
lock. Nj. S Kern, George Strand and
others to the land upon which the
roadway is located. The one small
strip for which no deed was secured
will be condemned.
Claims Damages.
Nancy.+ the squaw injured recently
In an accident near the Court street
crossing of the O.-W. II. & N Co,
last evening. through her attorneys,
Brooks, Bartlett and Neal of Walla
Walla. put in claim for damages to
the city. alleging that her team was
frightened by improvement work be-
| ing done by the city water commits
sion. At the time of the accident II
was thought that a train was respon-
sible for ii but later the injured wo-
man declared she had been caught
between two autos. The matter was
referred to the city attorney and wa
ter commission
s Rpgo, whose concrete wall on
Court street was damaged recently by
the bursting of standpipe was
! awarded S65 damages.
| Monahan 4 Bloch. proprietors of
the new Pendleton Hotel, were last
evening granted a saloon license.
The ordinance awarding the con-
1 tract for the improvement of John
son street from Court to Railroad to
the Warren Construction Co, was
passed The company will start work
at once and figures on having the
street finished by the Roundup.
| The Warren Construction Co. also
submitted par bids on the improve
ment bonds covering the unpaid as.
sessments in the Court. North Mat
| lock and Bush street districts. The
bonds aggregate over $2l.000.
An ordinance apportioning and as
sessing the costs of the Improvement
on South Matlock street was adopted.
The monthly report of Fire Chief
Bellinger showing that the total loss
by fire during the month OF August
was se660 was read The chief at
tributes the number Of fires to the ex-
treme dry weather.
The street committee was instruct
ed to advertise for bids for the con.
struction OF q new sidewalk in front
of the Judge Bean property on Tus-
tin street.
| II. ]. Tweedy called attention to n
building owned by Fred Searcey which
is being used as barn contrary to the
city ordinance and requested that II
he declared nuisance. The matter
was referred to the health officer and
street committee.