The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS


council of Oroville, Washington, July
IL, 1915.
Present-Mayor Prentice, Council
men Friis, Beale, Smith and Bartell.
Minutes of the previous meeting
| read and approved as read
Monthly report of J. Ferguson as
police judge was read and on motion
was accepted.
was read and ordered placed on file.
w. o. Hamisch appeared before the
council asking for permit to move the
frame building now situated on lot
block Al to lot block "A during the
construction of brick building to be
erected on lot 5 block A the said
frame building to be removed to anoth-
er location as soon as the brick build
ing above mentioned IS completed. Mr..
Hamisch also submitted plans and
specifications for the proposed brick
building asking for a permit to build
the same. Motion was made by Coun-
Gilman Beale that the permits asked
for be granted. Vote by roll call
Yeas-Beale, Friis, Smith, Bartell
Noes-None.
At this time the special committee
public improvements reported that Mr..
Stevenson had made an cffer to con-
struct two concrete horse drinking
ffIln n 10 ~ IL
town engineer for $25 each. Motion
was made and seconded that the offer
OF Mr.. Stevenson be accepted and the
fountains ordered constructed under
the direction of the town engineer.
Motion carried.
The town engineer at this time sub
mitted an estimate of the work as
completed by Silkc & La Plant to the
council. Motion was made and carried
that the estimate be approved and ac-
cepted.
On motion the following bills were
allowed and ordered paid: e. R.
Hoose, salary, $1O1; E. e. Elmer sal
airy, SIS; c. H. Neal, salary, $25; S. r.
Case, salary, SIS; e. A. -McMahan, sal
ary, $2305; Jas. Ferguson, police JUS
tice fee, $3.55; Frank Harpham, labor
on water works, $46.20; John Collins
labor on water works, SAP; Morris
Walmer, labor on water works, $1.50;
Darwood Smith, labor on water works,
S13.50; l.. H. Prentice, hauling gravel,
$1.5O; Similkameen Power Co., light
and power, $111.15; Standard Oil Co.,
oil, $14; Gazette Publishing Co., print
ing, SIS; H. j. Desmond, supplies wa
ter works, $5.40; Crane & Co., sup
plies water works, $43.SS; Hughes e
&C., supplies water works, $33.S9; Sam
Bodie, street sprinkling, $3.50; Arthur
Lund, street sprinkling $3.50; A. S.
Pratt, street sprinkling, 1918; w. AL
len, street sprinkling, $21.50; P. Black
Ter, street sprinkling, $3.50; E. Ben
son, hire of mower, $3.50; l. n Wick
ersham, street work, 50; w. S. Keeler,
street work, SO; j. Remington, street
work, $3.50; ]. Glasco, street work,
Y-'OOJ a. ooNuoiu otl CCI Nolh, pOy
Hoxworth, street work $5; J. w. Sc
ward, street work, $3.50; George Ma
jor, engineering l.. |. D. No. 1, $293.17;
M. Fraser, engineering L. l. D. No.
l. $33.7S; Sam Kaser, engineering L.
|. d. No. 1, $23.55; Al. Sailing, engin-
eering l.. |. d. No. 1, $19.95; L. Dali
lam, engineering l.. |. d. No. 1, $2.10;
A. McMahan engineering l.. l. D. No.
1. $1.60; Ben Prince, engineering L. |.
d. No. 1, $210; c. d. Macy, engineer
ing L. l. d. No. 1, $12; A. A. Spencer,
engineering l.. l. d. No. 1, $3.50; p. z.
Davis, engineering l.. /. D. No. 1, $48;
Bruce Cyr, engineering L. |. d. No. /,
$9.45; l.. Provo, engineering l.. |. ID.
No. 1, soc.
At this time the matter of a petit
ton of w. S. Keeler and Francis Keel
er praying for the vacation and clos
ing of the alley in block 26 of the plat
of Orc coming on regularly for a
hearing pursuant to an order hereto
fore made, fixing and designating July
12, 1915, at the hour of $50 p. m. for
a hearing on said petition and it ap-
pearing that due legal notice thereof
had been given by the town clerk as
provided by law, and there being no
protest filed and no persons appearing
to protest against the closing and va
cation of the said alley and whereas
w. S. Keeler and Francis Keeler are
the sole owners of all of the abutting
property, the council on motion duly
seconded and carried ordered the petit
tion granted and authorized the said
w. s. Keeler and Francis Keller to
close the said alley as described in
said petition.
On motion council adjourned.
E. R. HOCSE, Clerk.
TIL, i.