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Council Chambers, 5llgene, Oregon, April 20, 191%~. Council met pursuant to adjournment of April 13, lglW, and was_ called to order by Nayor Yoran. Present Co~u~cilmen Johnson, Hempy, }~{cMurphey, Bogue, Bell, Devereaux, Beytien and Goodpast%m'e. Petitions we'~e p~Fesented to the Council requesting the re-establist~.ent of the Department .of Public Safety and for the appointment of a woman police officer. The Cc~ncil was ~addressed ~on this subject by representatives of womens organizations, and the petitions were referred to the Police Co~mittee for consideration. Consider~tion of petitions and re~onstr~nces in regard to the paving of Alder Street from ~t~irteenth Street to the City Limits, and ~ co~munication on this subject from .~¥~r. Deierlein was had at this time, and various interested property o~vners ad~lressed the Council. After full hearing the matter w~s re- referred to tt~e Street Corz~.ittee. A petition't6 have Ferry Street paved from Eighth Avenue to the Southern Pacific Railroad Track was read and referred with the renonstrance heretofore filed to the Street Co~nittee for consideration. A petition for a sewer on Agate Street from the southeast corner from Twenty-second and Agate Streets, north to the south side of 'l\,~enty-fourth Avenue thence west to con~ect with the sewer in the alley between Agate & Emerald' Streets WaSm referred, to the Sewer Co~ittee. Petition for ~ sidewalk on the east side of Monroe Street between First and Second Avenues was referred to the Street Committee. A petition requesti~ the Co~uueil to give preference to the local manufacturer of concrete sewer pipe in all of the contracts for construction of sewers was presented aud read to ~the Council and remarks were heard from Hessr~. Hall, Duryea and Paine, and the interested parties were assured the Council woul~ be glad to co-operate in the assistance of any local enterpriee. An Ordinance providing for the construction of a sidewalk abutting the hereinafter described property in the City of Pl~gene, and repe~ling Ordinance No. 1~68 was read the third time and placed upon its passage. Councilmen vot- ing ~ye Johnson, Hemp¥, McMurphey, Bogue, Bell, Devereaux, Beytien and Goodpast- ute, n~y none. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered ~1508. An Ordinance granting to A. C. Jennings the ri~t to construct and main~ rain a railroad track over s, nd across Fourth Avenue West in ti~e City of was read the third time and placed upon its passage. Councilmen vo'ting ~ye