Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-01-30
D0INCS OF The
CITY COUNCIL
Movement for Donation Of
Salaries to Park Fund
Fails Of Approval
NO GOOD REASON GIVEN
Salary Is Small Object. Con-
slant, intelligent Atten-
ton is Required

The meeting of the city council
Wednesday night accomplished very
little business, but afforded an op-
portunity for a flood of oratory on
the public spiritedness of the men
bers, in the way of donating their
salaries to park fund.
The matter came up after the rou-
tine of business was disposed of, In
the shape of a motion that the salaries
should be donated, willy nilly. The
mayor let the bars of debate down,
and it was free for all for about
an hour. At the end of the discus
sion the chamber was no farther
ahead than it would have been had
a vote been called at the start,
Egerer alone taking part with Empey
in favor of the proposition.
1t was shown that the disposition
of the salary of city official was
his own to hold or withhold as he
saw fit; that even if he did not need
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deemed a more worthy or urgent pur-
pose that parks. In the discussion,
the fact seemed to be lost sight of
that it is not the cost of the legis-
lative body for salaries that runs the
taxes high, but that, owing to the
meager pay distributed among II
,ho Oh RI ho1f /.
lion dollars yearly do so, perforce,
without the necessary detailed in
formation concerning each item of
expenditure, it's worth and necessity,
upon which to intelligently act, a
service rendered the city as a whole.
could be secured by a private cor
poration for one-third of the money.
A concrete example of this was al
forded the first of this month in the
matter of tending the city bridges,
and similar process along the var.
ious lines of city endeavor would
accomplish similar astonishing re-
suits.
Ordinances Passed.
Ordinances were passed assessing
the damages done by the improve
ment of D street, between Second
and Fourth, to the property benefited
Fraser attempted to have Terrace
avenue excluded from the district, but
was overruled, and the ordinances
rs To hf
other a tie, Mayor France voting fol
The ordinance, although Terrace
avenue sufferer"
q City Engineer Kelsey complained OF
be plan pursued by the contractors
Fill District 2, and the matter was
aofered to the street committee.
The attorney was authorized tc
Nmpromise the damage case of Mrs
1Ina Barnes for 500, and F. r. Cole
Grved notice of intention to begin
ut for $4,000 damages alleged tc
I'VE been done his lot by the i'm
rovement of Randall street
The attorney was directed to pre-
are resolution for the improve
III of Simpson avenue, to make il
part of the Aberdeen-Hoquian
levard
Wtorney j. c. Hogan was retained
assist the city attorney in the suit
IN the Tacoma Dredging Co, ovel
dE District
Tie new fire auto pumper was
1ally accepted, on recommendation
be fire committee.
ant. of the health committee re
I'd in favor of dispensing will
0abervices of the garbage commits
onor. but the proposition was de
aH0Cl by the close vote of to 5.
AMpetition asking for the improve
eG& of street from the end of the
mt pavement to Eighth avenue
&refered to the street committee
bid of Edward Kelley, $1.9!
Ed. was the lowest received TO
uVering wood at the pumping
ytton, and it was referred.