The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-11-04
DOCK QUESTION
WORRIES COUNCIL
BOAT COMPANY CALLEDTRESPASSER
An Investigation Of River Front Property
Ordered Tax Levy Will Prob
ably Be Ten Mills

At Monday nights meeting of the
city council an investigation was start
ed by the members Of that body that
will no doubt lead to an order to the
Peoples Navigation Co. to vacate a
l3xi0 foot wharf structure alleged TO
have been constructed by the boat peo-
pie on a city street. The council was
in receipt Of letter from the Oregon
Lumber Co, from which the street
property was secured, the commuHica-
tiOn calling attention to clauses of for
feiture in the deed. The land was con-
veyed 10y the lumber company for
srteet purposes only. While Jack Bag
ley, local agent of the river trangporta-
tion company, states that the structure
was built with permission from mem
bers of the council, the board Of eoun-
cilmen as body take no official notice
of such privilege. and the company is
considered as trespassing on the prop
erty.
City Attorney Wilbur stated Monday
night that even though permission had
been granted Mr. Bagley to use a por-
| tion of the street for his building, the
forfeiture clause would not cause the
city TO lose the strip of property cx-
tending from the city limits 10 the wa
| ter's edge.
The city engineer, p. NJ. Morse, the
! judiciary committee and City Attorney
| Wilbur were instructed to make sur
| vey Of the property involved and to de-
termine If the Peoples transportation
Co. is trespassng on city street prop
eTty.
The city council adopted the new Ii
hrary contract, which provides that
hereafter the affairs of the library
shall be administered by board of
seven members. Three representatives
are to be appointed by the council,
three by the county court and the sew
enth selected by these six. The sew
enth shall be the chairman.
This new contract will no doubt meet
with the approval of many country res
idents, who have made the complaint
that the city representation on the Ii
brary board was not proportl0nate.
At Monday nights meeting Recorder
Howe submitted to the council tenta-
tive budget of next years expenses.
Mr.. Howe and City Attorney Wilbur
will prepare this budget for publication
next week. The final budget will not
be drawn until in December.
The tentative items Of expense for
next year call for 10 mill tax The
assessed valuation of the city's proper
ty is S2 362, 8l5. Thus tax of 1923,
62S. Is will be.raised
The council adopted resolution pro-
viding that charter amendment which
will raise the maximum annual road
tax levy from two TO five mills be sub
mitted to the vote of the people at the
annual election TO be held December z.
This amendment will not affect this
years budget. Its provisions, in fact,
will have no effect on the general tax
levy. The amendment is proposed to
simplify the work of segregating the
city's different funds. Heretofore it
has always been necessary to transfer
money from the general fund to the
road fund, ana the former fund thus
makes poor showing.
A resolution calling for the payment
Of $l5l.57 to the Transfer & Livery
Co. for work Of grading Eleventh
street was adopted
City Marshal Carson was instructed
to furnish Fire Chief Mcclure with a
key to the city hall, in order that the
fire department may reach telephone
in case Of fires.
A communication from State Engin-
eer J. II. Lewis, to City Engineer
Morse, the letter referring to the city's
use of the old spring on Thirteenth
! street, was received. Mr.. Morse asked
y the opinion of the state engineer as tC
recent filings made by F. r. Snyder
9 and j. G. Butcher on waste water from
the springs. The use of these appro
! priators is merely a permissive one
: Engineer Lewis replied that the city
would be construed as abandoning the
use of the spring only after a continu
Gus failure to use the water for peri.
cd of five years. The water is used
practically every summer.