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Councilman Farrington reported that the Finance Committee had looked Ii a t the tract af land between 23rd and 25tp, and Alder and Uni versi ty where 24th !I should be located and stated it was the recommendation of the Finance Committee i: that the City should dedicate the property owned by' the City for street purposes 13 I: for 24th from~der to University. Attorney Calkins stated that all that would i~ be necessary would be for the Council to authorize the Mayor and Recorder to [; sign a deed dedicating this tract for .street purposed. A motion was made by j Farrington and seconded by Crumbaker that the Mayor and Recorder be authorized I, to sign this deed. On vote the motion was carried. ~j I: Councilman Farrington stated that lots 7, 8, 9, block 6, Fairmount I' Heights were appraised too high and the Coromi ttee was recommending the appraisal i; should be lowered. Lot 7, has been at $1200.00 and the committee was recommend- ~ ing ~t be lowered to $750.00. Lots 8, $1200.00 lowered to $75a.00; lot 9, at Ii $1250 lowered to $800.00. Councilman Farrington also reported there were 14 II several other lots on the east side that would have to be reappraised the same Ii as these lots as they were priced too high. A motion was made by Farrington t, and seconded by Crumbaker that the 3 lots referred to above should Be appraised : at the given values. On vote the motion was carried. I:, I' ~,: At this time Mayor Large asked the Recorder to read the communique ;: from the Oregon Electric Railway Co. This was a request for the Oregon Electric 1- - I Railway Co. to change the motive power on the City streets from the Electric , 15 II power now used to Electric Deisel loc<?motives. Councilman Stewart stated that ;, he beleived this would be beneficial and favored the granting of this request. I: Coun-cilmap. Koppe stated that he thought there would be no objection to the. I ohange if the present power lines and poles would be removed as soon as the I; new locomotives were put in service. Mr. Biggs and Mr. Clough of the Oregon f: Electric were present and stated it was the intention to remove the power-lines I and the poles as soon as the engines could be secured; that the comapny was : making application for permission to purchase the engines and that it would ~ pro~ably by 8 months or a year before the engines would be in service.. A : motion was made by Farrington and seconded by Hawn and carriedthat this request I be granted and that the City Attorney bring in to the Council an amendment to ! the present ~ranchise covered by ordinance number 8514. On vote the motion was i, carried. I' I. Councilman Davis reporting for the Street Department stated he had a j: request from James Scroggs to rent space in the City's bUilding at 5th and r Olive for a paint shop but that he wanted to hold this over until the next 16 I Council meeting. I, !: Councilman Stewart reporting for the Fire and Water Coromi ttee stated ;: that the Water Board were extending their lines on Pearl Street from 16th to I 19th and on Hilyard from 19th to 24th and that it would be necessary for the ; City to supply 2 new hydrants. He stated that there were only 4 hydrants on r hand and that the Committee was requesting permission to order 6 more hydrants I" at this time as it might take time to get them; that the hydrants would cost 17 ~: in the neighborhood of $100 or $130 each and that there was money in the budget. II A motion was made, seconded and carried that the committee be instructed to I' place an order for 6 new water hydrants of the type now being used by the City. I,' Councilman Stewart stated that the chairs in the Fire Department were in I' very bad shape ; that they had been dona t~d by Mr. Frank Chambers, a good many I': years ago and were beyond repair; that they had an offer at this time to buy 18 ,: some second hand chairs at ahout $2.00 each and that he was recommending that I :' the committee be instructed to purchase up to 20 of these chairs. Councilman . I Barette stated that the davenport was in very bad condition and that he thought !~ it should be repaired. A motion was made by Stewart and seconded by Barette " that if the chairs the committee were referring to were in good condition and I, suitable to the Fire Department, the committee should be instructed to purchase i ~p to 20 of these and that they should see what could be done regarding repairing !i the davenport. On vote the motion was carried. Ii Councilman Bailey reporting for the Health Department stated that a I' Mr. Roberts had suggested there should be trash cans 'placed at 15th and Alder l' on-account of the trash scattered by the students. It was suggested this was 19 : a matter for the School Board and no further action was taken by the Council. 1 I I ' I ~