Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-16
Council IndOrses High Level
Concrete Bridge Across
Willamette
CHURCH STREET PAVING
PETITIONS CHECKED UP
Vocal Music at Band Concerts
Play Grounds, and Paw
ing Looked After

By vote of eight to five the city
council decided last night that the city
employees were entitled to no vacation
at the expense of the city, plans were
started for a playground this summer,
and resolution was passed favoring
high level concrete bridge across the
river at this place.
A resolution was introduced to allow
the city employees a two weeks vacation
on full pay provided they had been in
the employ of the city for six months
previous to July 4. Councilman Hudel-
son was the champion of the anti-vaca-
tionists and favored allowing the city
employees all of the vacation they want
ed but at their own expense. His judg-
ment was sustained by the above vote.
The proposed playground will be es-
tablished on the land of ]. II. Albert
on Mission street between Summer and
Winter streets where there is plenty OF
space that the city may use for the
playground if il is cleaned up. Coun-
Gilman Jones stated that arrangements
had been made with the junior high
school boys to clean up the grounds and
to pile up the refuse and the city teams
will haul it away to the city dump. 1t
was stated that the playground appa'
ratus now on hand would be sufficient
for this summer and that the CONNER
cial club and other organizations would
provide the directors for the summer
High Level Cement bridge.
Mayor White introduced resolution
favoring a high level concrete bridge
across the river at this place. He said
that a steel bridge of the draw type
would require $4,000 a year for main
tenance and $4,000 a year more for
depreciation. While q high level con
crete bridge would cost more at the
start, the maintenance and depreciation
would be negligible and would more
than pay for the additional outlay in
money saved within few years.
It was said that the Polk county
court favored this kind of bridge and
it was ordered that the resolution
passed last night be sent to the county
courts of Polk and Marion county.
A resolution was passed to purchase
an additional strip of land to widen
Cross street from High to Church
streets which is only 80 feet wide at
present. This matter was put over
from last year and all arrangements
have been made for some time.
The much discussed garbage hauling
ordinance was again called up and dis
cussed. The new ordinance provides
that all those hauling garbage must
pay an annual license fee Of $50 except
those who haul GARBAGE for food for
animals or for fertilizer or for owners
who haul their own garbage. The license
fee FOR 1916 will be pro rata. Another
garbage ordinance was passed making
it unlawful to dump brush, leaves, OF
garbage at any place except on the city
dumping grounds.
Church Street Paving.
The Southern Pacific asked permis-
sion to place 1900 gallon distillate
tank under ground near Fourteenth and
Leslie streets and the matter will be
finally settled at the regular meeting
next Tuesday night.
The remonstranee against the paving
of Church street from State street to
Mission was read and referred to the
city engineer to check up the front
frontage footage in which duty he VIII
be assisted by the city attorney and
the city street committee. After the
remOnstranee was read communications
asking that their names be Withdrawn
from the remOnstrance were read from
Charles Maxwell, the Capital City Mills,
by Bryant g. Prunk, Maurice Klinger
and U. J. Lehman. The Oregon Elec-
tric also stated that the road would
take no interest in the matter and pre-
ferred leaving it to local people for set
tlement
A bill for an ordinance TO prohibit
taxicabs and other autos for hire and
horse drawn vehicles from standing in
front Of buildings without the owner g
of lessee's 5 permission was introduced in
the interests Of the Oregon Electric
depot where the traffic is said to be
hindered by the autos for hire who re-
fuse to move on at the request Of the
railroad men.
To Pave Fairgrounds Road.
Mayor White was authorized to alter
the music contract to provide for vo-
calists at the band concerts this sum
mer. The band receives $4,000 from
the city but the contracts provide only
for instrumental music. The council
declared its intention to pave the Fair
grounds road from the west line of Sum
mer street to the southern Pacific right
of way with bituminous concrete pave
ment No. 4. The property owners will
pay go cents per square yard and the
cost Of the eurbs and the businessmen
of the city win pay for the remainder.
The state will provide convict labor for
the grading.
An ordinance was introduced provid-
ing that no garages should be built
closer than 90 feet to the sidewalk out
side of the business section Of the city.
The matter was referred 10 the ordi-
nance committee and city attorney. The
petition Of Webb Clough to construct
corrugated iron garage at the rear
of their undertaking parlors was refer
red TO the fire and water committee.