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r182 - .~.- . - " ~,~.... ~-....' ~. - 0- Ordinance No. 7293 Edgar Read Oscar Snow $08.50 - approved. 55.00 I C\}I 00' , ri' Ordinance No. 7294 Edgar J:{ead Oscar Snow $07.80 - appro ved. 54.00 Ordinance No. 7295 Edgar Read Oscar Snow $j7.80 - approved. 54.00 Ordinance No. 7296 Whi ttal & Bean Oscar Snow $259.20 - approved. b24.00 Ordinanc e No. 7297 Whit tal & Bean Oscar ~now $131.20 - approved. 164.00 Said bids were, referred to the Street Committee for repoEt, and it recommended those b,ids be accepted after which the.word rrapprovedrT is written as to each ordinsnce number. On moti on, such report was ap pro ved. Lotters from the East tiide Neighborhood Club am.d l!.'ugene Fedar.ation of Women's Organizations, opposing the turning over of the Hest Cottage to the t01lrists were l:,ead, and Dean Bovard fortified the position of' the Tourist Committee. In i~he absence of' action on the part, of, the County Court, the Counyil deemed it unnecessary. to take further action,' The Police Committee, by Chairman Monroe, urged the request of Mrs. Ady for additional room for her Chat.:tty Department, and the question of turning ower the room occupied by the Income Tax Collector, ani of re-modeling the building to provide additional quarters for her, Department were di scussed. I CIty Attorney Calkins reported that the Hobi Airways Co. had offered as a basis for computing the amounts to the City of ~ugene under its contract, that they would consider all business done in Lane County as business done out of the ,e,iug'ene Airport, and:a motion was made, seconded, and carried tha t the Council accept this basis of adjustment of revenues under the contract. ]/[,r. Calkins <:Llso reported that Mrs. titebno had recei ved a personal injury on account of a baseball thrown b~T a University student on 15th Avenue East, and in view of the liability of the, City of Eugene for damages in such cases, suggested that t.he throwing of baseballs on the; City titreets be stopped. The Council took the view that they should stop. this practice, and .rrem:~:ested the City Attorney to confer.with the Dean of.' Men of the University. The City Attorney also repor'ted.a notification by the Public Service Gommission of a meeting for consideration of the tiouthern Pacific and Swift & Co's spur track, and no appearance was deemed necessary by the City. ;1 'I !j [I il :1 I 'I Ii 11 I tfr I' 'l- I il I, il II II I II I A deed from the Southern Pac~if'ic Co. of the right of way formerly occupied by the Street Rail way line on Columbia Avenue and other-wise was presented to the City by the liity Attorney, and on motion duly seconded and carried, the dE~ed was accepted and ordere:d placed on record. Chairman Hendel~shott 0[.' the, Fire & Water Committee brought up the question of fence at the Aviation Field as protection to the public, and the City Engineer, Mr. Clubb, reported various kinds of fencing and prices, and. on motion duly seconded, and carried, the Engineer was instruc ted to have installed a wire fence of the Diamond. Lawn specifieation., C ounci Iman Zumwa It, at his l'eques t, was excused from further I attendance. The suggestion of Mr. Calkins that the sidewal:k ben'd at the Mill Race on Hilyarci S tree t sugge s ted a danger'ous c oneli t ion through the possibility of a stranger walking straight into the Mill Race, and. the question of a proposed barridade was l:,eferred to the Street Committee with power to act. ~