Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-08
CITY AIDS PROPERTY
OWNERS TO IMPROVE
FAIRGROUNDS ROAD
City Council ReOpens Ques-
lion Of Fees For Attorneys
Slater & Roberts

At quiet session of the city council
last night it was decided to grade and
roll the Fairgrounds road within tne
city limits and to place it on sub
grade to receive paving and to submit
the matter of payment for services OF
w. T. Slater and Harold D. Roberts to
committee for further compromise.
The resolution to grade and roll the
street to fair grounds road at the ex-
pense of the city was introduced by
Mayor White who said in the interest
of his resolution that the street was in
bad shape and that the property valu-
alton was lower in this section of the
city and that considering the extra
large amount of travel on this street
during fair times the city should pay
part of the expense of improving the
street.
j. L. Stockton also spoke in the in
terests of the city helping the residents
along this street and the resolution
passed unanimously. A communication
was read from Attorneys Slater &
Roberts saying that they had not been
notified that their services would not
be needed further and if such was the
case they would like to know how
things stood. The council passed a
resolution authorizing the recorder to
notify them that their services would
not be needed in the supreme court in
the South High street paving cases.
City Attorney Trindle was asked if he
would need extra help since there was
about $4,000 involved and he replied
that when he took the office of city
attorney he stated that he would never
ask for outside help and that he would
not do so in this instance.
''That sounds good" said Alderman
! Huddleson, "That's more like bust.
ness. "
A motion to reconsider the offer of
5000 made to Slater & Roberts was
passed and Councilman Ward made a
motion that $1,000 be allowed them as
attorneys fees. This motion was re-
ferred to a special committee which
will report at the next meeting of the
council. Councilmen Ward, Wallace
and Unruh were named on this com,
mittee.
The members Of the regular police
department were given a vacation OF
two weeks on full pay by resolution
passed last night and resolution was
introduced to give the members of the
street department who had been in the
employ Of the city for one year and the
members Of the city engineers fore,
a two weeks vacation on full pay
This resolution failed to pass. The
vote Of the council was to ant
Mayor White decided against it,
A resolution was introduced an,
adopted instructing the Montagu,
OReily paving company to repair Sum
mer and d streets according to thei
maintenance agreement. In the mat
ter of the paving Of few places OF
South High street left unpaved to per
NIT the subgrade to settle it was state,
that the grade was now settled and tn,
city might go ahead and pave
special committee was appointed to re
port on the liability of the city in thi
matter.
Bids were opened for the paving o
liberty street Bellevue to Oak an,
from Bellevue, Commercial to Liberty
The three bids submitted were as fol
lows;
August Kehrberger--Liberty, Bellvu
to Oak gravel concrete, $5l7797
crushed gravel Sj2Oi.0S; bitumen veal
= ing surface Sj439O7; Bellevue, Con
, merclai to Iibcrty-gravel concret,
S2i30IO; crushed gravel, $245l.l5
bitumen wearing surface, $259O.G0.
$ W. H. Observation-Disclosures Con
, mereial to libcuy-gravel concret,
S229I5O; crushed gravel concret,
| $22975O; bitumcu wearing surfac,
, ~ cents per square yard extra, lii
erty, Oak to Bcllcyue-gravel, $4394. 81
t crushed gravel, $l394 .97 bitume
u wearing surface, II cents per squal
I yard extra.
Aren2 Construction Company-Bil
!, erty, Oak to Bclleyue-gravel concret
i $0223'32j crushed gravel concret
$500 ,57; gravel concrete with bitumC
= wearing surface, S6693.3O. Bellevu
y commercial to Lberty-Gravel co
u crete, Ssi5Sl5; crushed gravel co
crete, S25OG3O; gravel concrete wi
y pitumen wearing surface, $269S.9
crushed gravel concrete with bitum,
> wearing surface, S2747.05.
- A bill for an ordinance prohibitir
- the riding Of bicycles on the sidewal
Il aDuting on paved streets and on stree
~ Where the street was dry and in publ
parks Councilman Huddleson sa
IA That there was an army Of newsbo
4 carrying papers at about 4 O'Clock
In the morning and as this would work
\ hardship ON the boys he was again
o. IT, 1t was explained that the poll
W never mterferrcd with the newsboys.
j. "A bill for an ordinance organizing
h street Improvement department. was
trouN'ed' II was stated that this mef
or ure was too important to pass over
n. hurry. and copy of the ordinan
was ordered supplied to each Of {
he conncilmcn and special meeting call
Ia ror next Monday at s o clock with Il
is. as special order of business. On cl,
he ing Councilman Macy announced III
there would be meeting Of the prc
erty owners along Liberty and Bellev
streets TO consider the paving bids
sn' council chamber Friday evening
by o o'clock
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