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Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon, February 13, 1917. Council met in regular monthly session, and was called to order by Mayor Bell. Present Councilmen Polders, Parks, Peterson, Eoppe, Mosher, Devereaux, Quimby and Goodpasture. Minutes oF Council proceedings under dates of January 8th and 22nd were read and approved. Petition of the B. & ~. Tire an~! Vulcanizing Co. for permission to construct an approach to building at 8~6 Olive Street was referred to the Street Committee with power to act. Request of Mrs. Adds Riemenaehnieder for $60.00 as damages for an alleged personal injury on account of a fall on the sidewalk at T~nth and Willamette Streets was referred to the Judiciary Committee and City Attorney for investigation. Request of the Western Union Telegraph Co. for the privilege of ex- tending their wires over certain streets and alleys to new location as a tem- porary arrangement was referr,ed to the Street Committee with power to act. Report of the Building Inspector for the month of January was read and placed on file. The Judiciary Committ~ee recommended that the petition from the Secre- tary of the Buceel Entertainm~ent Course to be relieved from the p~yment of 0ity license be denied. Recommendation was on motion adopted. Said Committee also r~ecommended that the petition for the closing of East Seventh Street from Pearl to High Streets during school recesses be denied. Recommendation was on motion adopted. The Fire & Water Committee recommended that the petition for a stree~ light at the intersection of 19th and Potter Streets be &,ranted. On motion the recommendation was adopted. An Ordinance ~anting to the Postal Tele~rrapg Co. the right to con- struct and maintain its telegraph lines along certain streets in Eugene, Oregon, was read, and a motion was made, seconded and c~rried instructing the Recorder to ~dvertise, in accordance with the Charter, the proposed franehise~dtime for hearing the same. The-following bills were recommended by the Finance Committee for payment: