White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
ORDINANCE Il IS
LAID ON TABLE
mUNCiL MEASURE TO REGULATE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN
CITY LIMITS sUCCuNBs TO
UNITED OPPOsITION.

There we're plenty of happenings of
3iterest al the regular fortnighIy
Eeeting of the city council. Monday
hight In fact there was so much
niness. that the midnight hour was
IpFoaching before everything was
|mluded.
One important item recorded was
De- allowance of the claims of Alex
Alrd and Albert Short, for amounts
8Heged to be due for collection of H.
nses. while serving as city marshals
Id ex-officio license collectors. The
aims were presented to the council
he fortnight previous and referred to
be city attorney for his opinion as to
heir mlidity, the council being of the
opinion that as the bills had not been
presented during the terms of Office OF
be claimants, the accounts had out
wed
The opinion OF the city attorney
Fss that the bills were valid and the
3y's only course was to pay the
hEount of the claims, that totaled
$L075. The city attorney had found
3othing 10 show why the bills shouls
3pt be paid but had found much with
j bearing as 10 why the claims could
fd should be collected The bills
|sre legal as provided by city ordi-
ance and in similar recorded cases
b. supreme court had sustained the
almants Therefore aciing on the
pinion and advice OF the city
lorney the bills were allowed. The
aim of Ex-Marshal Short was
s5S2.50. and Marshal Baird
s4a25o.
j Ordinance II came mp for third
adlng. and was the signal for much
Acussion and pretty unanimous OPP
7sition. The object OF Ordinance Z;
to regulate building construction
pain prescribed limits In the city OF
as a safeguard against fire. The
finance was introduced by Council
hn Bates and seconded by Council
zh Gallagher. aud the discussion
p launched by Councilman Brown
}otng that he was in favor of the
ffnance as soon as the new smelter
rarted. but just AT fhe present time
thought IL not good policy to pro-
it the erection of frame baildings
set forth In the ordinance.
IThis was the signal for the oppo-
Dn to make it's tackle and by the
be all had taken a crack the ordi-
|ace was badly battered, notwith-
binding the gallant defense of its
rhors, councilmen Bates and Gal
gher.
Mayor Parker said he would rather
y frame buildings erected than none
Aall. So far as the new smelter is
ohnrned. If Il is not built In the op
Eioh OF the mayor there will be no
sE buildings erected In the district
rluded in the ordinance.
Councilman Brown sited the pos
Aility of business men who might
y burned out. aud then be troubled
. dnance the construction OF fire
roof business places. BY this means
t ordinance would be a hardship
d retard prosperity.
Royal +. Matthias of the Ely Garage
bmpany and chief of the Ely fire de-
Rent thought the ordnance would
snd to check the growth OF building,
rating his opinion that the garage
'uilding and the knights OF Pythias
aall would not have been built II any
such ordinance existed as was pro-
posed
Il Mthony Jurich fired broadside
Eo' ofasory into the ordnance and
some oil The shot scattered and made
uents In the MIL street storm sewer
nr' Jurieh's forecast was as gloomy
~ Grape on the door. and his prophet
vision Witnessed the obsequies OF
"'' II lew more ordinances like the
''o'm sewer ordinance and the pro-
''eo hre proof building ordinance
s'e passed. In his opinion five thou
sAa dollars expended by the city In
''e'h lre lighting apparatus would
much better investment than to
m W. the town by passing prohibitivs
aanees' The city. In Mr.. Jurich's
''''on, is not at the present time II
Vnoltion to dictate as to it's build
'aspolley.
wv Attorney Boreman shared th'
N. h"of the opposition, and favoret
~ohns Of the ordinance.
,..s'thstanding the expression o
''e''' councilmen Bates and Gal