East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-06
BIDS FOR CITY SEPTIC
TANK READY TO Be LET
WITHIN NEXT 80 DAYS
Council Authorized Bond Issue;
Hope Street Closing Again
is Before Body for Action.

The contract for the construction OF
the municipal septic tank will be LET
within the next 30 days or thereabouts
according to Baar and Cunningham,
engineers in charge of the engineering
work. A letter from the firm was
read last night at the meeting of the
city council in which the information
was given that the preliminary work
necessary before the job may be ad-
vertised for bids is about all done.
An ordinance authorizing the sale of
$S5,G00 worth of sewer bonds to run
for 80 years and to bear five per cent
interest was passed by the council.
Great interest in the bonds has been
taken by bond buyers all over the
country. members Of the adminis,ra-
tion said last night. and arrangements
have been made to advertise the sale
of the bonds in Portland and New
York in addition to the regular local
advertising,
The total bond issue authorized In
the election last November for the
construction of the septic tank is
s125,000. but the council decided to is
sue only $3.50 with the idea In mind
of keeping the Indebtedness as low
as possible. If necessary. It will be
possible to make another issue to fin
ish the work IL the first issue in ad-
dition to the present sewer fund is not
sufficient to pay all costs.
The proposal to close Hope street.
which has been bobbing up before the
council at intervals since last Au-
gust, came in for more consideration
last night Pat Lonergan, speaking
for the Sisters of st. Francis, declared
that the request should be granted. As
q similar case, he called attention to
the action of the council in closing
Vincent street on petition Of the Col
Inns interests and declared that on a
straight business proposition, the re-
quest to close Hope street should be
granted.
Mayor Hartman declared that the
Sisters are entitled to the same sort
of treatment that would be accorded
any other business concern in the city,
Councilman Friedly moved that the
measure be tabled until next week. He
declared that the councilmen should
all be present to dispose of the mat
ter His motion was adopted
The action to close the street is
made as the first step in move to
improve the Fairgrounds at St. Jo-
seph's academy. according to Mr.. Lon
ergan. The chief opposition that de-
| veloped against'the measure last night
was on the ground that added fire
hazard might result from closing Of
the street. Lonergan characterized
this as bunk
| The report Of Fire Chief W. f. Rim
gold disclosed that there were five
fires during March and that damage
by the blazes amounted to $5,625.
A letter from the city OF The Dales
was read in which the mayor anf
councilmen Of Pendleton are invited t.
attend the opening of the new cit,
Auditorium there April I.
A complaint that the present cit,
dump grounds are so filled that it II
aloost impossible to gain entrance t
the grounds was made By Street Com
missioner G "A. Crabtree. He wante'
instructions on how to improve condi
tions.
! A patching bill of the Warren Con
, struction CO., which the compan
, claims is due for work done durin
1920 was UP again last night for II
: usual weekly consideration. The 10
of collecting the bills was recent
, given to the street commissioner. Th
company claims that 1t still has bt
e tween s70O and $500 due 1t for TIL
$ work. The city and the water con
: mission have paid their parts Of II
bill, it is claimed, but the balance d,
: is owned BY private firms and ind
4 tviduals.