East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-16
COST OF PAVING ON
SOUTH MAIN WILL Be
LESS THAN ESTIMATED
BID or WARREN CONSTRUCTION
co. IS $1,000 UNDER
FIGURES.

The paving Of south Main street
from Bluff to High will cost less
than estimated by the city engineer,
the bid Of the Warren Construction
company to the council last evening
being nearly thousand dollars under
the estimate. The Warren company's
bid for the gravel bitulithic, macad-
am, excavatlng, cts, totaled sG551.J7
while its separate bid for the con-
struction of concrete curbs and but
ters amounted to $1179.76. These
were the only bids received.
The Newport Land & Construction
Co. of Hermiston was awarded the
contract for grading and improving
the west end Of Jackson street, its
bid being S1445.
Has Claim For Injury.
Mrs. L. d. Sherman last night put
in a claim for SS3.15, which she al
leges is the sum of her expenses
made necessary by an injury which
she sustained recently in a fall al
legged to have been caused by a de-
preston in the sidewalk on the west
side OF Lilleth street between Alta
and Railroad. In the darkness. she
alleges she did not notice the de-
preston. In her communication to
the council she stated last evening
that she wrenched her back SO pain
fully that she was compelled to re-
main in bed four days and to refrain
from her usual household duties for
three weeks The claim was referred
to the city attorney and the claims
committee.
Upon the recommendation of the
light committee, it was voted last
evening TO install a 100 watt ncan-
descent lamp at the corner of East
Alta and College streets. A petition
was presented asking for a light at
the corner of Railroad and Market
streets, and this was referred to the
light committee.
The bid Of $. RUgo b. Co fori the
$500 Tustin street improvement bonds
was received last evening The bid
was par and accrued interest. Final
payment was made to G. R. OMel-
veny on the Garden street sewer.
The application of C. 5. Wheeler
for permission to put a new shingle
roof on a portion of his building was
refused last evening. The vote of the
council was a tie and Acting Mayor
Dyer cast his ballot in favor of the
fire committees recommendation
Building permits We're also asked by
o. 5. Young and by L. H. Stump for
the erection of a temporary dancing
hall on the vacant lot on the corner
of Webb and Cottonwood.
Mrs. Miller. who operates a pop
corn wagon on Alta street was grant
ed permission to run her wagon until
the end of the year. Mayor Dyer.
who openly opposed granting the per-
mission on the ground that it would
be inconsistent with the action the
council recently took in placing
prohibitive license on all street wag-
ons, decided in favor of the propo-
sition when the original vote was a
tie. Including himself there were but
six councilmen present and three vot-
ed for and three agains the request.
The acting mayor was thus placed
in the position of voting both for and
against the matter. Mrs Miller repre-
sented that she had purchased the wa
gon believing that the old license was
transferable and had already deposit
ed with the city the amount necessary
to continue until the end of the year.
Councilmen Montgomery. Vaughan
and Siebert favored granting the re-
Quest because Of the good faith with
which she had acted and because Of
the capital she had already tied up
in her business.