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Appraisal: $700.00 Eounter offer: $700.00 Alexis R. vVheeler offers $500.00 ~or lot 14 in bloc~ 22 of Gross'Addition~ Terms $100.00 cash and the balance at $12.00 or more per month plus interest at 6%. (North side 22nd 100 feet west of Agate Street.) Appraisal: $775.00 Counter ,offer $600.00 Motion 'was'made, seconded and carried that the recommendation otthe Finance Committee be adopted. ' II There was a letter from Paul W. Campbell, Benjamin E. and Helen Irene' Peterson regarding the purchase of the east -110 feet of lot 5 and 6, ,Block 3, Driverton Addition, which had been purchased from the City. - The purchasing parties beleiving the lots were at the northwest corner of 19th and Hilyard and after payment was made they discovered they were on the northwest corner of 18th and Patterson streets and were asking refund of the purchase price of $650.00. It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee that if a refund of the $32.50 commission paid to Mr. Campbell and tQe $17.00 paid by the City for'the cost of the title insurance was refunded to the City, that the deed should be ,caneelled anti a refund of the $650.00 be made, to the purchaser. A moiton was made, seconded and carried that this recommendation of~ the'Finance Commi ttee be adopted,. Street Committee - no report ~ Councilman Stewart reporting for the Fire Committee referred to the recent fire at the Firestone Buildi'ng located at the corner of Ilth,and Pearl~ He stated that the City was confronted with the unusual conditions lnthat theria were piles of truck and passenger tires located at the various vulcaniZing plants in Eugene, and that this was a dangerous situation. He stated: that ther was a huge pile of these tires 'stacked against the north and west wa~l of the Firestone Building and 'that it was almost impossible to put out the fire in this stack of tires. Councilman Stewart stated that these tires had been coll- ected and were awaiting government inspection to be shlpped back to the factory and they thought they should not be allowed to accumulate in large numbers at any of the vulcanizing places. He stated that the City did not yet have a report from the State Fire Marshall regarding the Firestone ,Fire. ,A motion was made, by Stewart and seconded by Crumbaker that no building'permit for reconstruction of this building should be issued until the Council had an opportunity to know just what was being done. Onvoterthis motion-was garried. Coun9ilman Hawn questioned if the Fire Chief had made a detailed report regarding this recent fire and stated that he thought the City was ,slack in inspectipg by the Fire Departing, of the different business firms "in Eugene. A recomL~endation was made by the Council that the Fire Cheif make a detailed wri tten repQrt regard,ing this Fire-Stone Fire and f?tated ih this report the fire hazards that they found there. Councilman Stewart explained that the Fire Department had not been making inspections on account of the shortage of help and Councilman Hawn suggested that it might not be out of place to ask the Fire, Chief to make some of these inspections. A motion was. made, s,econded and carried that the Fire Chief be instructed to see that the sidewalks around the 'Firestone Building be cleared up at once. ' Health Department no report, Parks Department - no report Sewers Committee, - no report ,Councilman Hawn reporting for the Police Department stated that I. W.' Parker oft the Naw Aid" AuxilIary had contacted him previous .to tl}e time the meeting was, to be held on April 24th.' That the Navy. Aid Auxilliary had a. captured Japanese Zero' plane that they were exhibiting at various places and had asked permission to exhibit the plane in Eugene for two days) that there was an addmission charge and that~the proceeds were for Navy Relief. Council- man Hawn stated that he had told Mr. Parker that he could not make a committ- ment for the Council but that he would be in favor of this exhibition and when there was no meeting on Arpil 24th he forgot the matter until he received a' letter from :Mrs.. Milton Bren thanking 'the Council for there consent in allowing 't~i's 'plane to be displayed in Eugene. A motion was made. by Davi,s and seconded by Barette that, Mr. Hawn's action in this matter be confirmed by ,the Council. C'OWl. cilman Hawn'.exnlained it would, be two or theee weeks yet befor.e the plahe wou~a De shown 1n Eugene. ' I I