The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
OLD COUNCIL STEPS
ASIDE FOR THE NEW
New Body Assumes It's Duties mayor
Days Appointments all Approved
---SessiOn Very Harmonious

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the purpose of administering the oath
of office to the new mayor and treas
urer, and the four recently elected
councilmen. All members were pres
ent except Snyder and Wheeler.
After expressing his thanks to the
council for the support he had received
from them during his administration
retiring Mayor Woodrow introduced
the new mayor N. V. Day. Mayor
Day made a short address and then
expressed his ideas of the. most import
ant matters to be considered in the fol-
lowing recommendations:
To the City Council Of Leavenworth.
Wash:
Gentlemen It is with pleasure
that have the opportunity to submit
to you my ideas as Mayor of the City
of Leavenworth for the ensuing year.
Gentlemen, the retiring council saw
paoper in the first place to employ one
of the very best law firms in the state
for an opinion as to whether or not the
city had a chance to recover from Sea-
man & Quigg ct al any amount OF
money that was overpaid to said firm
in the construction of the water system
OF Leavenworth. After receiving a
favorable reply from this law firm they
were undecided as to what action to
take and consequently submitted the
matter to the vote OF the people at the
last election, and the people by a
handsome majority voted to carry the
matter thru the courts. Now, gentle
men, some OF you as we'll as myself
were selected by the same people on
the same issue, and it becomes our
duty to act on this issue. l recon-
mend to you the close consideration OF
this matter that we may carry out the
wishes of the people without fear OF
the results.
Another thing, gentlemen. AS you
we'll know, within the last eighteen
months Leavenworth has suffered three
very disastrous fires, and it seems now
high time for US to act or assist in Or
ganizing a volunteer FIRE department,
and I recommend that you take steps
to carry out said plan at the earliest
possible moment.
And now that the state has gone dry
and we have a statute prohibiting the
unlawful distribution OF intoxicating
liquors, let US get behind our Chief Of
Police and Police Judge and give them
all the assistance that is possible to en-
force the law.
KeSp6CLiuliy ouUtlilttCuS
N. V. Day.
These recommendations were favor
ABLY receive and were ordered placed
on file and made part of the records.
The mayor then named the following
committees:
Observation-Disclosures, Snyder and
Woldenberg.
Police, Fire, Light-Seeley, Kugel-
man and Featherstone,
Street and Alley-Miller, Hale and
Snyder.
Park--Snyder, Seeley, and Kugel-
man.
Building-Hale, Featherstone and
Miller.
Water-Kugelman, Seeley and VOL
denberg.
The following appointments were
then made by the mayor and approved
nv council without a dissenting voice.
Chief Of Police-S. A. Potter.
Water and Street Commissioners.
E. Tolbert.
Police Judge-P. H. Graham.
-~>nesss,, OGcer--Dr. J. S. Judah.
Purchasing Agent-A. R. Brown.
After little discussion in regard to
to putting the fire apparatus, hose REEL
ETC., on runners the matter was left to
the fire committee with power to act.
Council then adjourned and will
have its first regular meeting next
Tuesday.