Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-09
Council Busy
Until Midnight

The city council met in its first
March session Tuesday evening at
1880, with all heads and about a
dozen citizens being in the hall.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting and a special meeting were
read and approved.
The report of the recorder for the
month of February, the monthly re-
port of the Springs Water commits
sion, Park commission, street com
missioner, water superintendent, and
power plant superintendent, were
read and approved.
Several transfers of funds were
! authorized. The time checks were
enumerated and approved. The reg
u.ar bills were allowed and sum
approximating 5000 due on mort
gage ordered paid.
The sexton was authorized to hire
man to assist in cleaning up the
cemetery prior to Decoration day.
]. w. Miner petitioned that the
council attend to putting a top on
the septic tank for the Normal, stat
ing that the top had fallen in. The
matter was referred to the board of
health.
c. j. Foster who negotiated with
the city last month relative to the
purchase of the triangle lot at the
corner Of the Boulevard and Iowa
street, has decided to postpone taxi
ing the property but according to
a report of the Realty committee had
stated that later on he might buy
the property under the terms Of
fered.
NJ. B. Pinion was hired at salary
of $40 a month to care for the grass
and trees in Mountain View ceme-
terry.
The rest room matter was thrash
ed as elsewhere reported. A general
discussion of various matters occu-
pied several minutes and a letter
concerning bonds and offering to
make a saving in interest was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
The council debated for some time
the advisability of asking Springs
Commissioner Frank Jordan to fur
nish $4,000, but finally decided that
$1,000 would be a sufficient amount
in view of existing conditions.
Councilman Banta stated that he
had inspected some private septic
tanks in the northern part of the
city and believed that it would be
necessary to put in sewer to that
part of the city, and moved that the
matter be referred to the sanitary
and street committee for investiga-
tion and report.
Two houses on Holly street which
are not connected to the sewer were
and the council voted to
inform the owners that the proper
ties must be connected up.
The alignment and width of G
street are in a muddled state, ac-
cording to Mr. Root, and the straight
ening out of the lines was put up
to the street committee and city en-
gineer.
1t seems that the orchard on the
Praytor place up the canyon which
Is the city's property Is in bad con-
1ition and if not cared for will be
tut down by the county fruit lnspec-
tors. In view of this the Realty
committee was instructed to care for
he orchard.
The matter of lands on Park av-
,nue for which the city has an op-
ion was referred to the council as
/ committee of the whole. The city
las already paid $1,000 down on the
ands and the question of whether
he options should be forfeited will {
70 investigated.
Arrangements were made whereby
he firemen will receive one day off '
Iuty each week. ]
A third policeman was appointed
s elsewhere reported, and the ses-
ion adjourned at three minutes be- a
ore midnight. L