Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
Street IMPROVEMENT
BONDS ARE ISSUED
Over Thirty Thousand Dollars
Required to Cover Cost Of
Work Past Year

Bonds for $31 1924 to cover the cost
of street improvements for the past
year were voted by the city council in
regular session last night, City Record
er Race being instructed to advertise
for bids on the same. The bonds are to
be in denomination not to exceed $500
and will bear the date of Feb. Is, matur-
ing in ten years and bearing six per
cent interest payable semi mi-annually.
The improvements covered by the
bonds are Twelfth street, Fairgrounds
road, Commercial street, Myers street,
Leslie street, alley in Cartwright's IS ad-
dition, alley in blocks 80 and SO, Uni
versity addition, Fifth street, Washing
ton street and High street.
The South Twelfth reassessment or
dinance bill providing for reassessment
totaling $25,050.46 came up for reading
twice. The special committee which had
been appointed to receive the objection
of certain property owners to the or
dinance reported that it had been un-
able to arrive at the merits of the OBJ
Jections and recommended that a final
hearing of the same be made at the
regular meeting of the council on
March 4th. The report was adopted and
the recorder instructed to notify the
objecting property owners of the hear
ing.
The traffic ordinance, which had been
made a matter of special business at a
previous meeting, came up. The out
standing features of the ordinance, as
it was finally amended were, that the
maximum speed of automobiles on the
city streets shall not exceed twenty
miles per hour; all motor vehicles shall
come to a full stop when approaching
strectcars receiving or discharging pas
sengers, and no automobiles shall be
parked in front of the Oregon Electric
depot on State street for a distance of
80 feet from the curp nne.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
amend the ordinance so as to allow
motor vehicles to pass streetcars taking
on or discharging passengers at speed
of four miles per hour. Alderman Wilson
also led in a movement to do away
with the section of the clause prohibit
ing parking of machines in front of the
Oregon Electric depot. The ordinance or
iginally called for the prohibition of
parking for a distance of 100 feet west
of the curb line. Alderman Ward NOV
ed that the distance be made only 60
feet so that the restriction would not
apply to property other han that of the
Oregon Electric building, Ward s
amendment lost and Wilson's motion
that all parking restriction whatever
be removed was carried. Later the coun-
ell reconsidered the matter on the sug-
gestion of Mayor Keyes and the ordin-
ance was amended to restrict vehicles
from parking for distance of 80 feet
from the curb line.
A somewhat complicated situation
was created when petition was read
from the members of the fire depart
ment asking for an increase of twenty
per cent in salary, one day off in four,
and two weeks vacation on-full pay
each year. The petition cited the high
cost Of living and asked that firemen
receive $85 a month on entering the
service and after six months service
the salary be 500. Neither the commit
tee on fire and water nor the special
committee appointed to fix the salaries
of city employees seemed to want to
have anything to do with the petition
when it came to having it referred to
them for recommendation. The petition
was finally referred to the committee
on fire and water. Later in the evening
the firemen sent in request that they
be allowed to withdraw the petition.
The request was allowed.
Alderman Simeral then moved that
the ordinance committee be instructed
to prepare an ordinance raising the sal
arv of firemen after six months service
from $50, (which is paid at present, to
$85 a month. The motion carried.
Alderman Elliott brought up the ques-
tion of changing the provisions Of the
city charter covering election and hold
ing Of office to conform to the state
law. Mayor Keyes appointed Elliott,
Buctner and Unruh committee to per-
form the necessary duties incident to
the change.
SIX O'CT.OCK CI,UR