The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-30

School mass meeting called on the
City Commission to strongly rec
commend or demand that the Coun-
Gil appoint Port Engineer Taggart
Aston to make an appraisement of
the improvements on the city wa
terfront property, known as the CT
ty Dock, to the end that no more
than a fair price be paid when the
city takes the dock over from the
present tenant. AS Mayor Merrill
was absent the meeting was post
poned to Tuesday morning of this
tweek.
The meeting was again post
poned to Wednesday morning on
the request of the joint committee.
Following is the demand made
by the joint City Dock Committee:
At joint meeting of representa-
tives from the Central labor Coun-
ell the Freeholders' Club, and IA
| mass meeting held at the Everett
High School, May 10. 1919, the fol-
| lowing recommendations were
| adopted:
BE IT RECOMMENDED: That
the City Council of Everett engage
and employ at once Mr. Taggart
Aston, the Port Engineer of the
Port of Everett, to inspect the city
dock. determine it's present value
| hi tn
Council and to this Committee, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the City Council proceed at
once and acquire the use and pos
session of the said dock.
BE IT RECOMMENDED: That
the City Council proceed at once
and enlarge the present municipal
market. large enough so that veg
| etables. fruit, fish and dairy pro-
ducts may be bought and sold in
said market, and
BE IT FURTHER RECON-
| Just as soon as the city dock can be
acquired, establish a municipal
market on said city dock to accom-
| modate the island trade and the
| householders of Everett have an
opportunity to receive the benefit.
Dated this 22nd day of May,
1919.
At the meeting of the CONNER
cial Club Tuesday evening R. ].
Faussett, Mr. Myers and eX-Mayor
James f. Bell spoke to the Club on
the advisability of appointing
Committee of Club members to act
with the Joint City Dock Commit
tee. The Club favored the propo-
sition and the following gentlemen
were appointed: James f. Bell,
Judge William Shelter and c. J.
Whitney.
Following is Tuesday evening
Herald's report of Tuesday morn
ing's meeting in the City Hall, said
by members of the Committee to be
correct:
what our committee wants is
that the council employ Mr. Tas-
gart Aston to inspect the dock. We
want Aston" r. j. Faussett. the
| spokesman for the combined mass
| Council Committee was talking to
the City Commissioners this morn
| ing. IF the dock is worth anything
we want to know it. We want il
done by & competent man. We
want Aston"
Five members of the representa-
| tive committee attended this morn
! ing's session of the Commissioners,
the Messrs. Faussett, Moncur. Eng
er. Clark and Beecham. They had
| all been to a city council meeting last
week and on account of the absence
of Mayor ID. ID. Merrill arranged a
date with the Commissioners this
morning. Commissioner w. II. Clay
was unavoidably absent, having gone
to Seattle this morning on city bus
mess, and all formal business at the
request of the visiting committee,
went over until tomorrow when a
special committee from the Com
mercial Club would be with the
combined committee.
Mr.. Faussett opened the confer
ence with the statement that his
committee. owing to the CONNER
cial Club arrangements for "A spec
ial representative committee from
that organization, preferred waiting
until tomorrow for the complete
discussion of the dock and munich
pal market problems.
Mayor Merrill delved into the
subject of the dock at once. "The
matter of the market" said the
Mayor. was taken up six weeks
ago. The concrete flooring has
been laid and carpenters started TO
work yesterday on an extension.
The cost will be paid out of the
street fund in the absence of other
authority, for the work is bein-
done on the sidewalk in front OF
city property.
"As for the dock. Mr. Aston,
the port engineer, told me that II
was useless. He said that the port
commission needed all it's money
for spending out in' the bay, and
that he had plans for caring for
the mesquite fleet out in front of
the flour mill. Council authorized
me TO find out from Capt. Ramwell
his price. He placed It at 10000.
Aston put a price at nothing. I
disag gree with both of them. for
think somewhere between the two
is the real value. Aston suggested
that the city and Port Commission
get all the details as to the dock
in such shape that he could pass
upon them intelliGently,
We are now checking up. Al