Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-19
CITY COUNCIL HANDLES
LONG GR|NDOF BUSINESS
Session Quiet But Many
Matters Receive Careful
Attention

AZ quiet session OF the city council
laSt mglt that Dody voted to MAINTAIN
street commissioner buolong salary
at SloSo per year, TO continue the sew
CT WORK, 70 require uniformed ponce
ana 10 hold up the clty flre nyarant
Dllls toI some time pending an lnvestl'
gatloh py the Guy attorney Inc IRE
ana wafer committee recommended that
tIs clty pay the water company at the
oiu iate OF Sl.oz per Migrant instead I
OF AZ $z'oo as estaollshea by the lall-
roau commission IN CONSIDERATION OF the
lowering OF the rates 10 other water
usSrs' S
lne satary oI street Commissioner
puulohg l1nnog mas peen WV per month or
9iVou per year, ana Diil was ihtrodue-
eg " AlueL'nan 1n ZONES 3neS 70 reduce TINS 10
so per month OF SSoo per year Atter
tSe old saIarv romo;nod os ~ - w.
Councilman Millett, chairman Of tbe
sewer committee and in charge Of the
sewer work, reported that the cost of
the construction of the sewer units in
districts 80 and 3s was $7s7.20 or |
saving of about 95 per cent over the
estimate of the city engineer placed at
$1,000 OF the money spent, $494. 80 |
went for salaries and Councilman Mil
lett said that the money served about
rs needy families in this city. There
were 90 names on the payroll this
month but some Of them had been after
it were found out that they were single
men or were not in need Of work. The
first unit constructed by Councilman
Millett was done at a saving of but $25
under the engineers estimate and this
second lob of construction was more or
less Of an experiment with the system
Of day labor. Upon the showing Of the
councilman it was voted to continue the
work
Day Laborers to Build Vault.
Tho mo+ior ,yos nosood a. .ons4.,o,
m add;tonai vonlt ;n +be ~ rocnsSon, c'ss w. -
off;oo L,. ,in,. H. ,,',.t Anast ~. ~.
wick as forcmon % Tbo IN for oV, tho
hnrstod stond'ninos IN tha s+ootas @
I brildino u,bieh loro r,;rod hv +ho ro @
cant freo1ing wootbor ,ros %oo,ntoa az n
inst one and viii be mid for nnt o4 4
Ssitv funds t. seems tbat somo S nf +Sa
e;ron,on Ioe. tha ,"a4a. Io I Wy
ninos ofter tbov bad '' hoo" naod ,aS ''~riH ria
pipes are equipped with system of
check valves and means Of draining the
pipes to prevent freezing. but the wa.
Ter was negligcntly left in the pipes.
The matter of selling the old hand
hose reel was laid on the table for in.
vestigation as the reel is used for
flushing the streets. The fire and wa.
ter committee called attention to the
fact that the old East Salem fire sta.
tion is left open and without care in
the daytime and recommended that the
living rooms over the fire station be
given to the use Of some family in the
city in consideration Of their tnking
care Of the station during the day.
time.
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