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~~shlwnd, Oregon, ?,:arch 1926.
r The council rnet im re~~lar session at 8 0 clock on this date. Present l~~ayor
Johnson; Councilmen Burdic, High, raters, Saylor, '~'~'iley, 4'~Jright; ~ti'as;nt none.
~~~inutes of the ~~revious meeting ware read and approvedws re~.d.
Bi11s for repairs to hospital, amounting to 85.12 ~~~ere presented. The bills not ~ ~y,
hiving been authorized by th,, council, the nacoraer r=tes instructed to return them to I~~iss
Aitchison. r yw.
Bills O.IL'd by the j~'inance Committee, a~~~ou~iting to `5,919.31 v~rore read in total amount
only. ,roved by '~~'dright seconded by Hardie that said bills be allowed and tixrarra.nts ofdered
dra~~m in payment they°eof. The vote ~,~as ~,s follo~~s: Ayres L~urdic, Nigh, Peters, ~'~:~rlor, ~,~.r
~~~'diley, '~`~Jright ; nays none . Carried.
Appli~'ation of the DeI3on Auto Company for permission to cross the si.aewalk at their new K
sales room at 1'~ao. 153 East ~~iain Street was re~.d, l~,'r, E.G.High. T,ianager of the Company, ~ addressed the catiu~cil regarding the request.
Tire Fie°e Chief recommending that the request
be granted it eras moved by Hardie seconded by i;~~iley the said Compan~7 be allo~5red to main- `
z fain a sales room and cross the sidewalk with cars, it being; understood th~~t metal trays
would be placed un~.er all cars and that any greasing or ch~~nging of oil is to be none on
~ the ground floor of the iron building in the rear. Carried unanimously.
The hnu~• u~ ~ o'clock having arrived the council proceeded vrith the he~~ri~g of ~,.7~y objections to the hroposed construction of cement sidewalks on portions
of LTnion, Fairview,
Ioti~,~a, Sherman, H~r~°ison, Holly, ?~~~orton, Liberty, Henry, Beach, ''r'isconsin and :?shland Streets i~='
and I4rauratain Ave. and. Falm, Avenue, in accordance v~rith the notice published in the t~shland
Tidings, data of first publication being Feb. SOth, 1926.T:." J.D.I~~IcRae, ~,s. L. Stockton,
~ R. D. Sanford, A. Freeberg, E.B.Hunt, J.B.Harrell, Val Snyder, E.B.Hunt, r~ss. Lock.~lart,
A.~~.Beaver, J.IT.Beaver and others addressed fihe council protesting against the construction of
said sidewalks. D.~~;.Spencer, yJ.D.J~.ckson and others spoke i~_~ fa.vor ~ ~ the improvement.
Several remonstrances were filed by T:fir. Stockton. Several members of the council stated that
A~ they thought this matter should be investig~~ted further before any o.ction t~ras taken. It was moved by Burdic seconded by Peters that the matter
be laid over far further investigation.
Carried unanimously.
Request of H..V.Blunkall f:r permission. to cross the sidewalk in front of ITO 39 .~_.st << r„ • , .
~~~.in, ~vith automobiles for the purpose of establisning a sales anu sho~~~room ~tras read. lifter
considerable discussion ~~ir. Blunkall ~~rithdrew his application.
~~reposal of 'rd.R.Hayter regarding the lease of the city dump ground was presented, On
Y;~.,tion of Burdic seconded by TJJiley said proposal was filed far future consideration.
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The Realty Committee reported that they had met with i~~r. H.C.Sparr and made him a F ,N'', }T
proposition in regard to the purchase of the city's tract at the corner of Iriountain ?.venue r
~~~nd B Street.
Councilman Taylor asked that the :rdinance Committee be allo~~red to hold over the
ordinance providing for a City ~~anager. until the next meeting. The request `-~ras granted.
A representative of the A.G.Zong Company ad~ressed the council regarding the sale of ~ ~~Y,
fire hose, He stated he would charge no interest and allow tti~e City until next year to pay ~'k for it. Councilman Burdic stated he thought
the matter should be put up for bids. ~q
The Fire Committee reported they had agreed to purchase five hundred feet provided the ttrof 4 ma e payment could be arranged
satisfactorily. It ',~9c.S moved by ~~~right seconded by ~F;
~~a. T~.ylor that the City advertise forbids for five hundred feet of 2-~ inch hose on the best
terms possible, the specifications to be inclined in the call for bids. Carried unanir~lously.
'i'ne 'oi cs ~.~~~e le be rresE~rlted i~l t;~ro rr~,ks.
tay~~_es addressed the council ~~egardir~~ the possibly reduction in the fire insurance
' rated. The P.scorder tiaras instrl~cted to v~trite to i~'a~-or John ''Jest of Chehalis, ~`J~,sh. for
informal ion. t
E.R.*~osler addressed tl:.a council recommending that lea~;s in the io~trer reservoir be
rehired and an extension installed to take care of the tiv~,tyr from the Emigrant Cryek dam.
r~'ove ~,tr ~ ~ e T s,E~~c nded by Burdic that said repairs and extension be authorized the the ~e.cessar y
~°i~~`'"oR~m~ef~ ~~s~~op fu~id~~ ~t~r i:~t?'Y'OL"rc~, from the Jlectric Light Dew e tat' ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ rr c ion I'tu~u.
C~,z tied unanimously.
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~~lgineer ~"Talker recommended that a committee be ar~pointyd to look into the matter of filling the gully on Herlry Street. ~~oved b trdright seconded
b~ ~'i h that said ~
y y g commmittee be ~ r ay;poin~`ed by the iJiayor, Carried. thereupon the ?Tayor appointed as such cGrmnittee Councilmen
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`~aylo~^, Try gh and Peters.
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~~~tlorne~- Briggs presented tide s,~,~-~'~t° of builc~:~~~~ cations in the auto camp ~or the dark ,.,u., ~ i -
Board. 'ie stated that the Board propose to ask the hshland business men to put up the
amount of the coat of one cabin each, the title to 'oelo~~l~~ to the man until paid for. The as~.a.~cd: that the city give t'.~ieir approval
of the pla~~. It t~~ras moved by T~_~ylor seconded
by ~~'~right that the plan of the hSriland Par'_~ Commission to issue title note contracts to finance
trig construction of cabins in the municipal auto camp 'ae approved and the ~~:~ayor and Recorder
be authorized to indic~~te t':e approval of the council b`f their sig°natu~'es on s~~.id don~`~°acts.
Carried Lulani.r~lousl;,r.
On motion, the cotulcil ad:;oiarned to moat ?~.ondaT~, l~iarch 8th.., at the usual hour.
attest, Cc 4 '1 -Recorder.
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