Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-07-07
COUNCIL BUYS O|LER
AND CARLOAD OF OIL
Also Plans for city Doing Its own
Street Work and Orders Ordinance
Drawn for That Purpose.
THE DOG ORDINANCE IS
HELD UP A SHORT TIME
Market Street Owners Kick at Paving
and Protest Against Payment
Street Bonds Being Premium.

Salem now has an ordinance govern
ing the storing of gasoline within the
city limits, as the city council passed
such controlling measure last night
The ordinance as passed carried sew
eral amendments to the one originally
introduced by the committee ON fire
and water, and was passel without a
dissenting vote.
Heretofore Salem aad no regulations
governing the storing of hydro-earbon
mixtures such as gasoline, benzine and
other inflammable liquids that will
burn under 1l0 degrees. Buildings for
storing these inflammables must be To-
Gated 30 feet away from others, must
be made of corrugated iron, and have
ventilation space underneath of ~
least eight inches. Commercial tanks
for the sale of gasoline to the public
must be buried under four feet of earth
and have patented covers for the pipes
or containers. In cleaning parlors
there must be floor ventilation and suf-
! fieient openings to prevent the collect
ing of gases in dangerous quantities.
In all places where gasoline is stored,
no open flame as from air blower,
forge Or fire of any kind will be per-
mitted. The ordinance carried many
other provisions for the safety of the
public in the city but the measure has
not been engrossed and it is difficult
yet to determine which provisions are
the law.
Purchased Road 0iler
A resolution adopted authorized the
street committee to purchase a Toner
road oiler, a 600 gallon tank, a pump,
and three nozzles for the price of $1,000
from the. Arenz Construction company.
The machine is secondhand and orig
inally cost about $1,000. However, tae
city will deduct $3.50 from the $1,000
on an account owing from the construc-
tion company, which will make the price
about $780,
Councilman Hatch stated that he ex-
pected the city would receive $1,000
from the Oregon electric soon for work
done on the river and that this sum
could be used in paying for the oiler.
He said that with this Oiler the road
could be sprayed for one-half cent
per gallon, which was cheaper and more
enduring than the dry macadam, which
cannot stand automobile traffic In
connection with this the council grant
ed the street committee authority to
purchase 10000 gallon car of IXL
bitumen from Seattle for about l6
cents per gallon for the reason that
the stuff was needed and also because
it could only be bought in small quan.
titles for S2 cents per gallon. 1t has
been found necessary TO repair State
street, part of Court, Twelfth and
some others. The tank will last the
city about two years.
The bid for constructing cement
alley in block 4 was awarded to the
Arenz Construction company fol
$811.52.
The payroll for the street depart
ment was adopted and ordered paid
The city engineer reported that $4,000
worth of work has been done on Nj
street and recommended that IS pc
cent of that amount be paid the con
tractors. The sanitary inspectors re
port for June was read and adopted
About l5 sidewalk resolutions were rea,
and adopted. resolution authorizin,
and instructing the city attorney t.
draw up an ordinance submitted to tn
people to authorize the city to improv
its own streets was read and adopted
Dog Ordinance Held Up.
The petition protesting against tn
dog ordinance as passed by the cOunci
D ard asking tnat the matter be referee
to the people at the regular city eles
4 tion in December, was read and place
I on file. The measure was signed b.
: George l.. Rose and 746 others. A
, the petition was signed by the requis
, ite number of names and filed With
p the requisite number of days after tn
i passage of the ordinance, the film
. operated as stay, and the bill is az
cOrdingly held up.
Market street property owners pre-
: tested to the council by means of
petition that the surface of that stree
y has not been finished according to tn
!. specifications. They were up in arm
, over the condition of the thOrOughfar
Z and declared that blind man coul
!, tell that the work done was of poe
quality. They protested against til
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