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/ 272 ~[ay 12, 1913. ,~otion was made and seconded that the bills be paid and warrants (trava~ in pay- merit of stone. The ayes and nays were c~lled; Councilmen voting ~ye Hensill, Joimson, I~.{e~f, urphey, Doff, Bell ~nd'Striker; nay none, absent Koppe, and Bean. Ti~e '.,notion was declared, e~rrled and so ordered. }~r. Striker reported that ti~e jmnitor, Mr. Gragg, was um¥illing to con- tinue the work at $10.00 p~r month, and would work for ~,)15. St.~bject w6s refer- red to the ~'ire & Water.Committee with~power to act. Councilman ~(e.~urphey reported that he had inspected the system of flushing the streets in Portland and the approximate cost of the same, and that in his opinion it would be more s~tisfactory and less expensive to the City to install a street flushing system instead of the present plan, although he had not gone into the question of exact cost of the necessary apparatus. The matte~ w~s left in the hands of the Street Co~nittee for further investigation. On motion by Nr. ~{cMurphey, seconded and carried, the ,Stree~ Co~aittee was instructed to purchase tt~e push cart for street cleaning with ex~ra ~ns. Councilman Striker reported ttmt a couple of tires for the fire engine t~e~l been sent by a Portland Firm on approval and ttmt the Cozm.uittee t~ad not accepted sm;~e, and trod informed them ti~at their supplies for ti~e engine would be bought throu~ the Nott-Joslyn Co. A petition requesting for tl~e Moose Lodge the ri~t to use certain streets in the Oity for a carnival to be l~eld from June 30th to July 5th inclUsive was read. 14r. Bell moved that the request of tt~e Lodge. be.granted, under the dir- eetion tlmt tt~e Street Comnnittee shall control the location, matter of using{ the streets and tt~e matter of cleaning up ti~e streets by tt~e petitioners. Motion was seconded and carried. Petitions for street lights at Spring Boulevard and ifeights. Boulevard intersection, and for three street lights .on Chesher Street at ~fasnington, Lawrence and Lincoln~St~eets were referred to the ?ire & Water Co~.~mittee. Request of the Hill Urest Co. and.a petitio~ askin~ the City to take over the Hill Crest lighting system and maintain same and offering to transfer the system to the City was read and referred to the Fire &.Water Con~.ittee and City Attorney. Petitions for sewers as follows; ' 1. Lateral sewer between llth and 12th Sts. from Van Buren to ~adison Sts 2. In the alley between Lincoln and Lawrence Sts. from 2nd St, to connect Witt~ sewer on 3rd ant[ Lawrence Streets,