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r'" 18 - - y ---- - ~- - - - Passage of applicati6ns~ for renewals of beer and wine permits was held by the 26 Police Committee until the forthcoming meeting of the counc.il. ~ Letter from the City Recorder requesting certain expenditures from the emer- I 00 ~ gency fund for materials, supplies and equipment for the va:~ious departmental divi- ..' sions of the city, was presented. Mayor Large questioned whether such expenditures I constituted an emergency. Councilman Hanns, chairman of the Fire and Water Com- I mittee, reported that at the recent Fruit Growers' fire that every foot of fire hos I was, through necessity, employed and as a result it was brought to li~ht that the d - partment was badly in need of additional fire hose for added protection. Mr. Hanns further stated that even with the money in the 1938 budget, allowing the purchase 0 1 M feet of hose, that the amount on hand would not meet the standard rSquirements. I Councilman Lamb, Member of the street Committee, was under"the impression that most I of the supplies asked for by the Street Department could be paid for out of the I money still 'in the Street Department funds for this year. 3e said he would hesitat to vote to take money from the emergency fund for expenditures of the various de- I partments as it seemed too much like a spending spree. Mr. Carlson said that the council went on somewhat of a spending spree at the time they bought the building at Fifth and Olive streets; but it was pointed out in this case that there had been a fire and the building formerly occupied entirely destroyed. Councilman Carlson reported that the Street Department needed all the items requested and they were forced to send out work to be done almost every day on account of the need of prope tools. Mr. Hanns said the fire truck with the hard-rubber tires should by all mean be equipped with new tires as the equipment now caused considerable damage to the tru~ and it was also dangerous in the winter due to slippery streets. Mr. Reid as did Mr. Farrington stated that they believed the items for the fire department were an emergency and should be taken care of, especially the new tires. Councilma I Hendershott asked the city attorney what he thought regarding the recodification of "of ordinances in the Recorder's of rice. Mr. Calkins said it was something needed i very much, but that it had been asked of the Budget Committees previously and had i always been rejected and said that he wanted the records to show that he thought ~ this $1000.00 was an improper expenditure. to be made out df the eGergency fund at \ ~ this time and that the matter should come up with the Budget Committee and be al- 1 lowed in that way. Upon motion of Mr. Hendershott, these requests were ordered 271 laid over to be considered at the next council meeting. City Attorney Calkins said he wished to report regarding the Western Union , I and Postal Telegraph franchise situation. He said that in 1866, the ~estern Union / Company pledged their company to the union and furnished the government messages free of charge and for this consideration were granted permission to erect their poles and lines on any post roads in the United States and for that reason they could not be kept out of the city of Eugene, but that did not mean that they would not have to pay a license fee. He said he did not think the Postal Telegraph Com- pany was in as good a position regarding this Post Roads Act under which the Wester Union are working, but that he would rather delay anything further with them until /ff after the franchise is complete with the Western Union Company. If at this time c the Postal Telegraph Company had not presented a franchise, steps could be taken to 28 have them reimburse the city in some way. /1 Mayor Large reported that a complaint had corne to him regarding.a trailer at 13th and Washington which had been there for some time. He asked the chief of 29 police to see that this is removed. At this time Mayor Large introduced R. F. Burghardt who in turn introd~ced Charles L. Sigman, members OT the Elks Lodge Traffic Safety Campa,ign. Mr. Sigman spoke regarding speed at intersections and said that whenever two cars approach an intersection at a speed of 35 miles an hour, accidents were almost bound to occur. He said that they had concluded that a speed of 20 miles an hour at intersections was about the limit. He spoke regarding the dangerous corner at 8th and High and asked that the city install stop signs on High StreAt and allow the traffic on 8th to pass through uninterrupted. He also mentioned the corner at 11th and Polk. ~hil it was an open corner, there were many accidents. He suggested the installation I of a stop sign on Polk Street and allowing the 11th Street traffic to pass through at this point. He also spoke regarding traffic at 6th and Blair and said while there was a stop sign there, hardly anyone observed it. He watched traffic there and out of 30 cars only two came to a complete stop. Others, he said, slowed down but did not make a stop. He said he thought traffic shoul~ be checked at this poin and offenders tagged for not stopping. He suggested that the city install a sign east of 6th Street on Blair something after this fashion "I~NGEROUS INTERSECTION.. SLOW" and skull and crossbones painted on the sign. He said that something appeare to be wrong at the intersection of Broadway and Franklin Boulevard. Signs seemed I to be allright, he stated, but every once in a while someone for SOIDe reason would bump into the stone wall dividing Broadway and Franklin. He suggested as a measure of prevention the installation of a sign bearing the painted words "DANGEROUS INTER ~ SECT ION. . . TRA VEL SLOV:". He further stated that there was too much violation of ob- serving to stop at stop signs and this should be checked if possible. These recom- mendations were ordered referred to the Police Committee for study and report at 30 the next meeting. Mr. Farrington said he wished to report about the telephone in Park Superin- tendent Charles Sullivan's home. He said it cost Mr. " Sullivan $3.40 per month and ~ \