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620 f'-' Councilman Farrington said that this was a very good lot and the Finance Committee did not feel that they should accept the offer and that he would make a motion that .'..;,5,~,~,,1 the offer be rejected. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hmvn and carried. " Councilman Barette, reporting for the Street Committee said that a p~~temporary repair had been made for the S.P. Crossing at Monroe Street. Councilman Stewart reporting for the Fire and Water Committee stated that another 250 feet of hose had been received from the H. A. Babb Company. He said that in regard to the light and power for the new airport that he and Mayor Large had met with Mr. McArthur of the Eugene Water Board and that the Water Board was taking steps toward furnishing this service when needed. I ~ ,-",,I,, o ? The Recorder rep0rted that the River Road W~ter District had asl<::ed that a new contre,ct for Fire Protection be drawn for the year commending July 1, 1942 and ending June 30, 1943. This to be on the regular terms that such contracts had previously been dra-wn. A motion was made, seconded, and carried that the Mayor and City Recorder be instructed to enter into such a contract with ~he River Road 8..-!' Water District. I The Health, Parks, Sewer, ana Police Committee had no reports. Councilman Stewart reporting further for the Fire Department stated that Inspection Blanks had been received from the State Fire Marsha+l's office and that the Fire Department was making inspections. 9 A report from Fire Chief Nusbaum was read and inspection blanks showing that forty-three inspections had been made to date were filed. Also a report from Fire Shift A, signed by Ray Hicks, and Fire Shift B, signed by L. E. Johnson showing a detailed fire drills that had been held. Councilman Stewart stated that a copy of each inspection would be filed with the Recorder and a copy posted at the .Fire Department so that each employee could familiarize himself with the conditions 10... at the different places inspected. Councilman Brownson asked that if in a report the recommendation was made tha t conditions should be changed, would the ma tter be followed up? Counc ilma Stewart replied that they were expecting to get a blank form through the League of Oregon Cities and where conditions were found unsanita~y that one of these forms would be mailed to the party concerned and a follow -up would be made. Councilman Stewart asked Attorney Calkins what authority the Fire Chief had to carry out his recoIT@endations. Attorney Calkins stated that he was not sure just exactly what the conditions were and the matter was , referred to the Fire and Water Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Councilman Bond reported that Ralph Pierce had a contract for twelve miles of pipe line at the Cantonment Site above Corvallis and that Burton H. Davis, one of the City Firemen had previously been employed by Mr. Pierce as an electrical welder and Mr. Pierce was requesting that Mr. Da1[is be allowed a sixty day leave of absence exp~aining that it was almost impossible to get electric welders as they were all employed at the ship building yards. Chief Nusbaum was present and Councilman Barette asked him if he needed Mr. Davis in the Departlnent and Mr. Nusbaum said that he did, but that he would not want to stand in the way if the Council thought best to let Mr. Davis have the leave of absence. It was pointed out that this matter had been up beffore the Council before regarding :;.' other employees' and the requests had been denied. A motion by Counc ilman Stewart, 11 seconded by Councilman Farrington that the request be not allowed, was carried. I ~1\ A letter from A. L. Hawn, as chairman of the Playground Commission, was read. The letter was to the effect that a rigid enforcement of the nine o'clock curfew law should be made. This matter had been beffore. the Council sometime since and instructions to the Police had been that the Police Officers should send the childreh home after the curfew hour and the suggestion was made that in aggravated cases, the Police shQuld keep the children in the County Jail until morning and then be turned over to the Juvenile Officer. Chief Berf,rnan stated that a great many children had been sent hOlne by the different patrolmen but that nothing further than that had been done. Mr. Albert Dietz, the new Juvenile Officer was present and stated that this was surely a bad situation. He said that the children were downtown as late as eleven, tv\Eive, and one o'clock, some of them selling newspapers, and stated that there was one pool hall where 'they might be found about 3:00 in the afternoon and that they had permission from their parents to play pool. He said it was his recowmendation that where children were picked up on ttle street at night after curfew time that theyshould be taken into the police office or to the Coun ty Jail and the parents notified and required to come after th~~r children. He said that pi~king them up and taking them home was only providing taxi service for them. He samdwhere the same children were picked up three or four time, that he thought the parents should be fined. He stated he was willing to do anything he could. Judge Hurd exp.lained that the troub:ie with the Juvenile Officer working on the stree s at night was that he had to be out early in the morning. He said that in cases of theft of tires or anything of the kind that was done at night, that th~ Juveni~e Officer had to be out early the next morning looking after the case. Mr. Calklns was asked if the parents could give permits for the children to be out late at night and Mr. Calkins explained that they ?ould not f?ive permits ~o viola~e t~e law; that a permit might be secured from the Clnef of Polle e for the rlght to ~ellJ d papers after the curfew hour. A motion was made by Councilman Hawn and secon~e by Barette and carried that the Chief instruct the officers to pick up the chlldren beginning just after the curfew hour at 9:00 P.M. and have the parents celled to come and get them. I I