The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-04
CITY COUNCIL
 HOLDS REGULAR
 MONTHLY MEET

4ne City COuuCu met last QlSnt ana transacted much business. As Mayor Adams is absent from town, Council man Malcolm Brock was appointed mayor pro tenn.
 g Chairman Currier of the street com mittee informed the council that his attention had been called to the bad condition of the planking on the City dlSk, more particularly to that DOT tiQn of it between the HiIlery-ScOtt cannery and warehouse. He had looked over the situation and found same to be as stated, but in his opin- ion it was up to the townsite owners, and not the city, to make the neces- sary repairs. The matter was dis cussed at length, and on motion the city clerk was instructed to write to George Hazelet of the townsite com pany, notifying him of the defective condition of the planking and ascer- tain if the same could not be remedied.
 Chairman Currier also informed the council that the street crossing just outside the city limits on First street was in bad shape and needed replacing. It was moved by Wolf, seconded by Harwood, that the crossing be re- placed under the supervision of the street committed The motion was carried.
 Councilman Brock called the coun- cips attention to the condition of PRrst street between B and c, more particularly that section of it in front of the Cordova drug store and the BOr den building, stating that the owners of these two buildings were desirOus of building gutters to carry the water by their property instead of having it run under their buildings, but wished the city to build up the low section of the street so that the gutters would not be washed out After discussing the matter it was left in the hands of the street committee to take up with the city engineer ana see what cOulQ D6 done to relieve the situation.
 As the committee had not had suf- fcient time to look into the matter of adopting official grades for the streets or into the proposed city dock ques- tion, they were given more time.
 Chairman Haef of the printing com mittee brought to the attention of the council the matter of the city assist Ting the local Chamber of Commerce III having for the books recently printed for the Chamber of Commerce, and recommended that the city help ill the matter. A letter was read by the clerk from the chamber, stating that the books had been published with funds raised by popular subscription, and asked the city council to take up the deficiency The matter was lald over until the next regular meeting of the council.
 Chairman Wolf of the building com mittee stated that the matter of hay ing improvements made around the monument on Flag hill had been left in the hands of Chairman Mcconnell of the park committee.
 The monthly reports of the city clerk, health officer and fire chief were read and ordered filed. In the fire chiefs report attention was called toxthe condition of the alley between First and Second streets. The city clerk was instructed to have a notice published in the Daily Times calling the attention of the property owners to the ashes and rubbish near their property and demanding that same be cleaned up. The fire chief was in structed to call the attention of the property owners to the notice and re- port all failures to comply with the ordinance.
 F. Kempfer, representing the Path finder, the publication of the Pioneers, addressed the council and asked their assistance III SGLCIHS OuI CnV Ouiy Io- sue of the magazine, which would be the Cordova number. A committee of three, consisting of Councilmen Har- wood, Wolf and Haef, was appointed to look into the matter and report at the next regular meeting of the council.
 J. l.. Braxton addressed the council and asked for the position of keeping the streets and alleys clean at salary of S1OO per month He was appointed for this work until further notice, to work under the supervision of the street committee.
 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
 The undersigned hereby gives