The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-27
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
ITS REGULAR MEETING
Mr.. Barnum a Recent Arrival Chosen as
City Engineer-lmp. Dist. up Again

Barnum was chosen as Leavenworth's
next city engineer and water commits
sioner at a meeting of the council
Tuesday evening. Mayor Woldepberg
endeavored TO get an ordinance passed
creating the Office, but the council op-
posed this move and it was finally de-
eided to hire Mr.. Barnum by the month.
His salary was fixed at S125 month.
A bill from w. H. Franklin and
others for shoveling snow off the via
duct, amounting to $500, resulted in
tilt between councilman Miller land
Wheeler, when it developed that the
former had hired the work done with
out consulting any OF the other mem
bers of the street and alley committee,
which usually attends to such matters.
Mr.. Wheeler stated that the men no
doubt were entitled to their money,
but he did not think that one council
man should have the right to authorize
the work done without consulting some
of the other members of the committee.
This remark aroused the ire of Mr..
Miller who said that in the past the
committee had always showed that work
over onto him and that he thought he
was doing right and didn't want to be
criticised. A dispute arose over the
amount of the bill and it was laid over
for another week.
An application for license to oper-
ate a popcorn wagon on the streets OF
the city was on hand from ]. F. Whit
ney of Spokane. The license was
granted.
The committee appointed two weeks
ago to take up with the Tumwater
Light & Water Co., the qestion OF re-
ducing their rates in this city, reported
that they had nothing to say at this
time. The committee on the pur-
chase of a steel cabinet announced
that they had made no arrangement as
yet.
DR.. Judah who was present at the
meeting stated that he had had plans
drawn for the building OF a pest house,
and an estimate made which was 1886.
The council favored the building of a
pest house, since the county officials
had agreed to stand half Of the cost,
but the question arose as to whether or
not the city could 60 any farther into
debt when their general fund was al
ready short more than $4,000. 1t was
decided to have DR.. Judah and a
member OF the council meet the
county commissioners at their next
meeting and see what can be done
along that line.
The volunteer fire department ordi-
nance which has been hanging fire for
the last two meetings was again laid
over owing to disagreemens between
the Mayor and council. Mr.. Wolden-
berg said that while he was willing to
sign the ordinance since it had been
OK'd by the council, he thought the
compensation fixed for the fireman al
together too low, and predicted failure
when they came TO organizing a de
nartment. Also that no arrangement
has been made as to what the chief
was to receive. 1t was his idea that
the city should furnish the chief with
free room rent, also rooms for several
other fireman if possible, and to pay
the chief small salary for directing
the works and looking after the fire
equipment. So many of the council
men then had ideas OF their own in re-
gard to the handling oi the department
il was decided to pass the matter up
for another week when new ordinance
could be drawn embodying their opin-
ions. Under the present ordinance
the fireman receive nothing for going
or coming for fire and only so cents
an hour for the actual time put in fight
ing fire. The location of the hose OF
which the city has about 1900 feet was
also the subject of much debate.
Mayor Woldenberg announced that
on meeting nights when the council
adjourned before ten o'clock that he
would be glad to hear suggestions
from those in the audience concerning