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<br />!'; 1227 High, was read.
<br />:: "On August 7, 1942, accompanied by Mr. Barette, City Councilman; W.insor
<br />I :1 Calkins, represent~ng the City Attorney; Mr. Bergman, Chief of Police,;' l~
<br />~.: Mr. Nusbaum, Fire Uhief and Mr. Carlisle, Electrical Inspector, I inspected
<br />'II the premises at 1227 High Street, legally described as the north 45.5 feet ~~
<br />1 of lot 6, block 4, Ellsworth First Additi.on and owned by W. S. Kee of
<br />~ Medford, Oregon.
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<br />::! 'l'he house has been occupied by J. H. Chezem, musical coElposer, for several
<br />13 :1 years who evidently has been ejected by the owner.
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<br />:; The whole place is in a most deplorable condition, the ~.ouse at the rear is
<br />i: unsani tary, the roof is a fire hazard, the wiring is dahgerous. The chimneys
<br />~ while being built to the ground are overloaded with stove connections. The
<br />ii woodshed is about to fall down and the barn is a fire ha zard. The yard is
<br />:j overgrown with weeds and co~vered with junk.
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<br />:i We would recommend tha t the owner be notified to clean up the place, remove
<br />;1 the woodshed and barn, repair plumbing where needed and rewire the house in
<br />:: order to make it habitable for the class of people desirable in that locality.
<br />:.'1' A motion was made, seconded, and carried, that the recommendation of the Building
<br />.. Inspector be adopted.
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<br />~ A letter from the Board of Appeals was read.
<br />,j "The Board of Appeals has received a request from Miss Frances E. Baker asking
<br />~ for a permit to build a six foot a~dition on the front of her house at
<br />,I 1107 Twenty-fifth Avenue East. This addition would bring the front of the
<br />14 :1 house wi thin thirteen feet of the sidewalk. As the owner of the adjoining
<br />:i property has signed a waiver of objections to the request, the Board of
<br />;; Appeals recommends that the request be granted." ~.
<br />liOn motion made, seconded, and carried, the recommendation of the Board of Appeals
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<br />:1 The Library report for the months of June and July was read and also the
<br />:: Police, Engineer's, Police Matron's and the Electrical Inspector's reports for
<br />;' the month of July were read and all were ordered placed on file. The report from
<br />~ the Eugene Water Board on sewage charges collected for the month of July was read
<br />I :\ and ordered placed on file.
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<br />~ A petition presented by John Cunningham and signed by sixteen citizens was
<br />~ read at this time.
<br />.1 "We, the undersigned, hereby respectfully petition the Common COUDcil that
<br />;! Wilbur Hyland, residing at 3rd and Lawrence, be restrained from destroying
<br />:1 trees between Lawrence and Washington Streets on Third Ave.nue West, located
<br />15 i: in the parking on the south side of Thir,d Avenue; ,and that he be further
<br />:; required to clean up and remove the 1l,lll1ber that is piled in the street."
<br />;1: Councilman Hawn said that Mr. Cunningham had been to see him and that he did not
<br />:! go out to see the trees mentioned, but that he did send Mr. Lamb out, and Mr.
<br />:': Lamb had reported that there were three trees in the parking, but that only one
<br />.: cherry tree was worth saving. Councilman Barette stated that this was a vacant
<br />:; corner and Mr. Hyland had pruchased it for business purposes and that he thought
<br />i' it was in much better condition since Ivrr. Hyland had taken it over. The peti tion
<br />:1 stated that there was lumber piled in the street and this matter was referred to
<br />the Street Department to report back at the next meeting.
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<br />A request from H. P. Dixon for a leave of absence on account of being called
<br />to the Army was read and also a request fronl Ray Hicks, Jr., for a leave of
<br />16 absence on account of betng called to the Army, and on motion made, seconded, and
<br />carried, the request of both of these gentlemen,t were granted.
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<br />The resignations of Douglas E. Volz from the Fire Department and Charles
<br />17 C. Lindsay from the Police Department were read and ordered placed on file.
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<br />A request of Cole Bros. Circus for permission to hold two performances in the
<br />18 City of Eugene on the 9th of September was granted.
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<br />i~ A motion was made by Councilman Farrington and seconded by Stewart tha t the
<br />19 :" Recorder be authorized to advertize for sealed bids for auditing the City's books
<br />!~ for the f-iscal year beginning July 1, 1942 and anding June 30, 1943. The motion
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<br />': was carrl.ed.
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<br />'; At this time Mayor Large questioned Councilman Brownson regarding the rubbish
<br />Iii on W~st 8th Aven':le next to the,. Jewish d.Te~ple, which had been referred to the Heal thl
<br />20 'I Comml. ttee some tlme ago. Nfr. Brownson sal.d tha t the mat ter had been .taken up
<br />~ at the time and he supposed it was all cleared up, but that he would see that the
<br />~ matter was taken care of.
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<br />Ii. Councilman Hawn asked regarding reports of inspections by the 1!'ire Depa rtment.
<br />h He said he knew the Fire Department had had some difficulty regarding employment,
<br />21 I: but tha t he thought these inspections should be kept up. Mayor Large explained
<br />!! that the Fire Department had been busy instructing new employees, and that he
<br />:: thought this matter 01' inspections would be reswned as soon as they could possibly
<br />i get to it.
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