Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-02-06
FORMER BLUNDER
CAUSES TROUBLE
Mayor France Opposes The
Payment Of Local Damages
From The General Fund
TERRACE HEIGHTS MIXUP
Several Contracts Awarded
By City Council. Fill Dist
riot No. z Held Up

A blunder of the city in the i'm
provement of Terrace Heights streets
enlivened the city council meeting
Wednesday night, and bids fair to
involve the city in costly litigation
before the matter is settled. Owing
to the grades several suits for dam
ages are in sight, and the council
passed an ordinance creating spec
ial improvement district, embracing
the property affected. which should
be assessed to cover such damages
Fraser moved to recind the ordi-
nance, to which Pearsall objected
raising a point of order that Fraser
being an interested party, was dis
qualified to vote The vote stood
seven to five to recind, and Mayor
France held that two-thirds vote
would be necessary to recind the
ordinance, and unhesitantly stated
that he was and would be opposed to
saddling any cost of improving this
district on the general fund, and an
nounced that he would veto the
ordinance upon it's passage. 1t will
require a two-thirds vote to pass the
ordinance over the veto. Mayor
France explained where he stood on
the special assessment proposition.
He supplemented his remarks with:
of foJ1
want me to quit. Well, let me tell
you, if the public signify this de-
sire, no election will be needed to
remove ME. l will step down and
out. live up there in Terrace
Heights and have been burdened
with taxes. I favored the special
assessment in meeting the condemna-
tion costs, feeling the amount each
would have to bear would be small.
As to drawing on the general fund,
why it is about depleted now and
you councilmen will have to discount
your salary warrants if it gets much
lower. We will fight this PROPOSE
ton to the finish"
Argument alternated from paying
the damages out of the general pub
lie purse to taxing the cost of the
property directly benefited. Council
man Pearsall said if this one claim
was allowed out of the general fund
there would be dozen or more
claims filed this week and the city
would face a serious financial si,u-
alton.
Edward Kelley was awarded the
contract for supplying the city with
weed. The committees recommen.
dation that the petition for the eX-
tention of B street be denied, was
adopted. Alex Swanson, j. P. Carl
son and c. F. Jensen submitted bids
for removing the city garbage. The
bids were referred.
Bids for the city printing were
opened as follows: Grays Harbor
Post, 5 cents for first insertion;
cents each subsequent insertion,
COplco vi 90 VI lOl SdSA OiiC
published free of charge; Aberdeen
World, cents first insertion,
cents each subsequent insertion,
copies of 25 ordinances for each one
published at l cent a copy. The bids
were referred
The bonding company for the Spo-
kane Dredging & Construction COM
pany will be notified to see to it
the contractors finish the work in
Fill District No. 2 according to agree
ment Work has now stopped pend
ing suit against Fairbanks, Morse
& Co. for 100000 brought by the
contractors for alleged breach of
warranty, claiming the dredge failes
to deliver the goods as promised. The
city holds bonds in the sum of $780,
600 for faithful execution of the
contract.