Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-06
COUNCIL GR|NDS OUT
GR|ST OF ROUTINE IN
PEACEFUL SESSION
City Fathers Hold Quiet Ses-
sesiOn---Free City Employ
ment Bureau Under Way

Representatives oe the Salem Social
Service and the county court were pres.
ent at the meeting of the city council
last night, and the health and police
committee was authorized to cooperate
with these bodies in the formation of
a free employment bureau to be con
Quoted by the city. The bureau will
not lie established before next autumn.
but the promoters of the movement de-
sire to get it under way in time SO that
the plans may be fully matured in time
to do some good work next winter. Ac.
cordiEg to the plan outlined by r. A.
Harris, secretary of the local charity
rginization, small appropriation will
be necessary from the city to employ
a man to conduct the bureau, and the
$. s. 5. G. will furnish money to keep
up tie outside work Of the organiza-
ton.
Councilman Macy viewed with alarm
the tendency of some Of the theaters in
the city to place chairs in the aisles
during crowded performance. An or.
dinanee will be drawn and presented at
the next meeting of the council regu.
lating this practice not only in thea
ters but in churches and other public
meetings The sewer committee made
a report on the sewer work in which
it was stated that II ,43S feet Of S-inch
sewer had been installed and 1880 feet
of 12-inch had been put in at cost
of $l0,470. The total cost of the sewer
work was $ll,625.lS, but part of this
had been spent by the street depart
ment and in other ways in connection
with Sthe work, but not directly within
the original estimates. The total was
about 20 per cent less than the esti-
mates of the city engineer, according to
the report Of Councilman Millett, who
had charge of the work.
The petition for the improvement of
South Liberty street from Ferry to Su.
perior was presented by about 80 of
the property owners, and the matter
was referred to the street committee
and the city engineer. This proposed
Improvement embraces abut Ii blocks.
The petitioners included a ,novel clause
in thnir natitinn II, ,,,L;ah a. 80. -. -. \
all claims nv rinbts of % nnoh uh .ue3 waiseu .!sa
ariso throuoh '" an', " t.sIs, snsH mnien h'isnt
tbe nuhiication of n1.t;ann '"r Th; eiiors ... in
ion was naJn =; 80 ms ploNlS
Sonth Hin &c.. -; 'ne ie'en'
Legal advice Comes High.
The committee on accounts and cur
rent expenses found out that legal ad-
vice and services we've evnonsive 90" ,,lon a."
they cncountered a biiI frl.S, a. "nsr
w. r.. Slater and HarcIJ n poharta sor
$1,000 for LEGAL seryices nc oIy;sar,, so iVi ~
tornevs in tIe south 9;gh st,not a.. a..
inc cases and severaI otbnr '' opaos pao
against the citv Tbe committooS%oIJ hoI1
up the bill on tbe orounds tbat II ras
too high and the matter was roforre5
to the citv attornev for inrostinotio,
The ordinoncn nroviJina for 9,o,ob
er system and namino tbe city rooorJo,
as purchasing aoant a. No odSit;aaoi ItGanoi
salary came nm for third roadin@ o nnJ
final massage The vote was o;ght % ~
four in fayor of tbo no,v onj;sa,,oo sn, y,
Councilman Cook Unddleson IfnrnL
and Ward voting oooinst - sonat,,
tion was nronc6ed nron+;nn ha o'" o;t,
recorder nermission to nnro5oso r"e : o,'S oo.
tain clock for tbe rolice 5onortnout a M
The clock in ouostiop ,ras " saIe 'r"En ,,t,J
inc aftair tbat waS .rn hr hattorina "'nu
Councilman Ward ohioetoa soy;ma w. tt,o, tor
bait, rv clock y,s o,,t of AZ Co,', on"
Gilman Mills suggostaI tbot tLo,. Pnn S;,'s
one that ron by ? % ,,oanoto to MY Tt5 ' iin'
luton was votod %nn,n w. t,,. Nv ha,',,II' luI5'
fixed nm hv tbo oo"O";I MI 1ono Du, napli,l a.,
clock in tbo council oho,t"r "Jiu ''s ~, ~,
police denartmon+ ""'"'e' W '"'
The -ligbt commit+oo roooo,,,.,,,.
tbat IN ,,iou. ~ o4,l't,ee nn s reeoiIllnenuee
considorablo oont;t .""c 'ieie ""'
municinaI olootr;a 'Ir iiah. ;" ,,a' aa.ol VI a..
trnct Win tbo p D I' ti'p' u "a, 'C' Ca,
moro tban th.oa ,a1 ", - III W" ~, p
considered Thor e"io rno.,oI "V"'. ..a uo' ~ "
tcrms ~ no S ~, ,epo, ,'l"' 'eu .na' @ Wv
btah oNa,oh ' 49,, ~ ga car ,l.' eon'laeV weI' w