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He said he investigated and equId 'find nothing out of the way and did not know whether it had been removed before. he arrived or not~ He stated tha t there was ".' a new house under construction in the block and there was the usual rubbish from th .t": out in front but further than that he could find no nuisance there. '~~t. ~ ~ ~, 23"-> Councilman Brownson stated that he had been asked by the pageant conwitte to allow them to stretch a banner .across Willamette in front of the pageant head- quarters and on motion by Bond, seconded by Brownson this permission was granted. Councilman Hawn reported that some free work had been done for them on Park Road. Mr. Rostein had called him and asked if the city would like to have him run the grader over some of the highplaces in the Park Road and Hawn had assured him that they would be glad to have him do that. Mr. Hawn stated that a little later he hoped they could make some improvements on the Park Road through the Street Department. ' Councilman Hawn also reported that there had been some change in the W. P. A. set up and that some of the activities had been taken over by the school board and the playground committee. Mr. Bailey is not with the Adult Education work anymore and the work is being handled through a traveling man out of Salem. Mrs. C. Neuschwander is the contact party for W. P. A. in the 25 Playground Office, and also helps Mr. Fisher when she is not husy. Councilman Pennington said that the matter regarding a sewer for the D. J. Koupal property at the N. W. corner ofn19th and Hilyard had been referred to his committee. He said tha t Mr. Koupal explained he had paid $125.,99 for a sewer 0 Lots' 5 and 6 in Block 9, Driderton Addition, but that the sewer was clear across th paved street from his lots. Mr. Pennington, stated that he had taken this matter up with the engineer and found that the contract for paving 19th Street had been le tb two different cont:r1actors; one rgnning from Willamette to Hilyard and the other from Hilyard on East. The contractor from Willamette to Hilyard had not put any ny's" across the st.reet flDr sewer connections on the north side,of 19th, but the contractor east of Hilyard Street had put these in, and an additional amount had been charged where the "Y's" were put. It was pointed out that the city owns Lots 7, 8,'9 in this same block where Mr. Koupal's property is located and that these lots are in the same condition regarding a sewer as Mr. Koupal's. Pennington said this connection of the sewer on the south side of 19th Street to the north side of' 19th Street could be put in for about 65 rt per foot. It was the recommendation of the sewer cornmittee that'if Mr. Koupal would pay this additional charge of 65rt) per foot that the city should put in the connection and that it would serve for ' Mr. Koupal's lots and for the three lots that the city owns in that block. A motion by Councilman Pennington, seconded by Councilman Hawn that the connection be made if Mr. Koupal pay this additional charge was carrred. I 26 Chairman Bond of the Police Committee reported that the stop and go traffic signal lights at 13th and Willamette had been completed and were working fine. He made a motiq~ that the bill of Castello and Stocker for this work as per contaact amounting to $1073 be allowed at this time. The motion was seconded by 27 Councilman Barette, and on roll call all councilmen voting aye. Councilman Bond recommended the, transfer of a Package 01ass A Beer Licens from M. B. Merrill (Merrill's Grocery) 94 West ffith to J. A. Morgan and Carroll Kerinedy at 1597 West 11th Street be granted. The motion was made, seconded and carried. - 28 I 29 ....--...:.1 30 I 31 32 At this time Mayor Large said that he had been asked several times to have Polk Street from 6th to 11th, Street be made a through street, and he would re- fer this to the Police Committee to report back at the next meeting. Councilman Barette stated that if grass from the graves in the I. O. O. F Cemetery would be placed in the aisles the city would remove this free of charge, but that it should be in the aisles not later than Wednesday evening and asked that the press make proper notice of this. Councilman Farrington said that he had a letter from A. J. McNeese re- garding a Master Plumbers License, number 284, which had been paid for in the sum of $50. A few days after Mr. NcNeese took out this license he suffered a stroke and had not been a ble to work since, and he asked that part of the fee be returned to him. The figures furnished by Engineer W. C. Clubb showed that only an amount of $8.33 on this license had really been used and a motion was made and seconded that $41.67 be refunded to Mr. McNeese. The motion was carried. CouncilruanFarrington said that he had the regular report concernign the conditions at the Walter's Seiffert Mill in regard to blocking 4th Street. After some discussion by the council this matter was referred to Councilman Barette to investigate and report back at the next meeting. ...